Five U of T scientists awarded prestigious Sloan Fellowships

多伦多大学的计算机生物学家Michael Brudno，化学家Dvira 瑞士的酒店管理学校al和数学家Spyros Alexakis, Larry Guth 和 Balázs Szegedy获得了2010年度斯隆研究奖金

此项为期两年的研究奖金主要针对在化学、计算机科学、经济学、数学、分子生物学和物理学领域里具有杰出贡献和突出潜质的科学家。每笔研究奖金为五万美金，以鼓励学者们为学致力的学科探求、研究。

U of T computational biologist Michael Brudno, chemist Dvira 瑞士的酒店管理学校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/.