Five U of T scientists awarded prestigious Sloan Fellowships

多倫多大學的計算機生物學家Michael Brudno，化學家Dvira 瑞士的酒店管理學校al和數學家Spyros Alexakis, Larry Guth 和 Balázs Szegedy獲得了2010年度斯隆研究獎金

此項為期兩年的研究獎金主要針對在化學、計算機科學、經濟學、數學、分子生物學和物理學領域里具有杰出貢獻和突出潛質的科學家。每筆研究獎金為五萬美金，以鼓勵學者們為學致力的學科探求、研究。

U of T computational biologist Michael Brudno, chemist Dvira 瑞士的酒店管理學校al and mathematicians Spyros Alexakis, Larry Guth and Balázs Szegedy are among the 118 young scholars awarded 2010 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

The two-year fellowships recognize exceptional performance and unique potential in early-career scientists in the fields of chemistry, computer science, economics, mathematics, molecular biology and physics. Each fellowship provides 0,000 US to enable the scientists to pursue chosen lines of inquiry.

"The Sloan fellowships are a wonderful acknowledgement and encouragement of our young scientists," said Professor Meric Gertler, dean of the Faculty of Arts & Science. "U of T''''''''s particularly strong showing in this year''''''''s round reflects the excellent quality of our new faculty members. We are truly privileged to have so many rising stars."

With three Sloan recipients, the Department of Mathematics has set a new U of T record for the number of fellowships going to a single department. Of 19 Sloans awarded to mathematicians this year, three went to U of T, two went to SUNY, Stony Brook and 14 other universities got one each.

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a philanthropic, not-for-profit institution based in New York City. Established in 1934 by Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr., then-president and chief executive officer of the General Motors Corporation, the Foundation makes grants in support of original research and education in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and economic performance. For a complete list of recipients visit http://www.sloan.org/.