July 30, 2004 — The National Science Foundation named 34 international research fellows this week, two of which will be working on nanotechnology projects.
The awards are given to American postdoctoral scientists and engineers and allow them to conduct cutting-edge research. Winners will have the help of international collaboration, with the use of overseas instrumentation or in research environments available abroad.
Award recipient Alexander Agrios of Northwestern University will work with Michael Graetzel at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland and with Anders Hagfeldt at Uppsala University of Sweden. They will work on the fabrication and characterization of solar cells based on titanium dioxide nanoparticles.
Ilke Arslan of University of California, Davis, will work with Paul Midgley at the University of Cambridge on STEM tomography of nanoscale systems.
The awards are given annually and are for an average of around $100,000. They allow scientists and engineers with fewer than three years experience after earning their degree to work abroad from three to 24 months.