Date:
Thursday, April 14, 2016
We congratulate UCI faculty member Franklin Dollar who has been selected as a 2016 Sloan Fellow, a significant distinction for early career scientists. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced the awards on February 23, 2016.
Nominated by their fellow researchers and chosen by a distinguished panel of senior scholars, the Sloan Research Fellows represent the next generation of leaders in the natural sciences, economics, and mathematics.
Franklin Dollar, assistant professor in physics and astronomy, specializes in plasma physics, and is a member of the Dry Creek Band of Pomo Indians. His lab studies the interaction of light at extremely high intensities with the fourth state of matter, plasma. There is a potential for these sources to have wide-reaching applications including medical physics and fusion energy, as well as the potential for probing the fastest and smallest events in the known universe. Dollar was recognized previously by the American Indian Science and Engineering Society as the 2015 Most Promising Scientist.
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The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a philanthropic, not-forprofit grantmaking 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 2016 Sloan Research Fellows, please visit the website at:
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