Category: Update

32 Fellows representing 14 nationalities, including first from Brazil, Ecuador, Nigeria, and North Macedonia. New cohort includes Fellows from 11 new universities, including first from Brazilian and Indian institutions. New York, NY, 3 May 2023 – Today, Eric and Wendy Schmidt announced the members of the 2023 cohort of Schmidt Science Fellows. The 32 exceptional … Continued

2019 Fellow, Kadi Liis Saar has recently had work on a predictive inhibitor design against the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 published in The Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences of the USA. The work combined machine learning and structural biology approaches, which was one of the key directions of her Fellowship research. Together with the COVID … Continued

Prof Boothroyd to succeed the current Chair, Prof Sir Keith Burnett in July 2023 Sir Keith Burnett will become Chair Emeritus and will continue to mentor Fellows Prof John Boothroyd has been appointed Chair of the Schmidt Science Fellows Academic Council. Prof Boothroyd is currently Deputy Chair of the Council and has been a Council … Continued

Congratulations to 2022 Fellow Christine Wilkinson on receiving the Cell Press, Cell Signaling Technology, and the Elsevier Foundation 3rd Annual Rising Black Scientists Award. The Rising Black Scientists Award offers awards to undergraduate and graduate/postdoctoral Black scholars in the life, physical, and health sciences. The award offers monetary support to scientists early in their career … Continued

2022 Fellow Xiangkun Elvis Cao and 2019 Fellow Gladys Ngetich have recently co-authored a comment article published in Nature Reviews Chemistry describing the failures they have both experienced in academia and their careers and the resilience they have built after their PhDs. The article includes suggestions from both Fellows on how institutions, departments, and advisors … Continued

Schmidt Science Fellows has appointed Prof Samir Bhatt as a Member of its Academic Council. Council Members provide bespoke mentoring to individual Schmidt Science Fellows and, as a Council, act as an advisory group to Program leadership. Prof Bhatt’s appointment increases the breadth of expertise available to the Schmidt Science Fellows community, especially in computer … Continued

A research team, including 2021 Fellow Austin Evans, has discovered a new form of carbon that has the potential to unlock new nanomaterials for applications in electronics, aerospace, automotive, and defense. The findings are published today in Nature. The research team, including scientists at the University of Florida, Columbia University, Harvard University, and the University … Continued

Congratulations to 2022 Fellow, Sandya Subramanian, on recently receiving the L’Oréal USA For Women in Science fellowship. The Women in Science fellowship awards five women postdoctoral scientists annually with grants of $60,000 each for their contributions in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math fields and their commitment to serving as role models for younger generations. Sandya … Continued

New research published in Nature Sustainability analyzes the potential of symbiotic infrastructure systems, compared with independent infrastructures, to increase environmental and economic benefits. The research led by 2020 Fellow, Yang Guo at Princeton University working with Prof. Denise Mauzerall and supported by Schmidt Science Fellows, suggests fostering connections between coal power and wastewater treatment plants. These … Continued