Dr. Wiriya Thongsomboon reflects on how the Cambridge Global Meeting has opened her mind to the challenges and solutions of interdisciplinary science. Even though it has been several months since our Global Meeting in Cambridge MA, I still vividly remember the video presentation showing a rock climber, Jim Ewing, with his prosthetic leg climbing the … Continued
Each of us is shaped by the places we live and work throughout our lives. The different perspectives that geography, people, and cultures offer help to mould how we see opportunities, challenges – and potential solutions. For many scientists, traveling, working, and living on an international scale exposes them to ideas that change how they … Continued
Explore the science, motivations, and personal journeys of our Schmidt Science Fellows Schmidt Science Fellows are future interdisciplinary science leaders – but each of them is also so much more. They are world-changers, risk takers, and team players, passionate about their work. They are husbands, wives, partners, parents, children, friends, and collaborators. They have … Continued
Dr Janell Catlin has joined the Schmidt Science Fellows team as the program’s first Director of Global Meetings. Dr Catlin has started her role this week by joining the 2019 Fellows at their Global Meeting in Cambridge MA, hosted by MIT, the Broad Institute, and Harvard University. In her most recent previous role, she was … Continued
Our recent United Kingdom Global Meeting was the first time two cohorts of Schmidt Science Fellows came together, with the interaction sparking rich interdisciplinary conversations. The 2018 Fellows returned to Rhodes House and Oxford to complete their Fellowship year with sessions aimed to support the next steps in their careers. Our 2019 cohort came together … Continued
Dr. Jyotirmoy Mandal, 2019 Fellow, writes about his take on the UK Global Meeting. The concept at the heart of our Fellowship is that the world’s most pressing problems, the greatest challenges facing our society, will only be overcome when science can work across disciplinary boundaries.At a time when collaborations between research groups with different … Continued
Dr. Ina Anreiter, 2019 Fellow, tells us the lessons she took to heart following the UK Global Meeting. What makes a successful scientist, entrepreneur, and leader? During our first Global Meeting, the 2019 cohort of Schmidt Science Fellows had the privilege to meet an amazing and inspiring array of people, each person exceptionally accomplished in … Continued
Recent publications in several leading journals highlight the breadth of research from the Schmidt Science Fellows community. Senior Fellow and member of the 2018 cohort, Dr. Wes Fuhrman is part of an international team, alongside PIs Johnpierre Paglione and Nicholas Butch at UMD College Park, that has published a paper in Nature Physics that describes … Continued
We are proud to introduce our 2019 Schmidt Science Fellows. Our new cohort joins the inaugural Fellows as part of our remarkable and growing interdisciplinary community of emerging scientific leaders seeking to tackle global challenges and advancing scientific discovery. Our 2019 Fellows collectively represent 15 nations of origin, 18 nominating PhD institutions in 7 countries, … Continued
Schmidt Science Fellows are harnessing the potential of interdisciplinary science to advance discovery and tackle some of the world’s most pressing problems. Five of our 2018 Fellows shared their science, their ambition for the future, and their vision of the impact they hope to achieve at a special event at Rhodes House, Oxford, UK – … Continued