Two outstanding young professors from UCLA are among 126 scientists and scholars in the United States and Canada to receive 2014 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
The fellowships are awarded to exceptional young researchers who are "rising stars, the next generation of scientific leaders" and who push "the boundaries of scientific knowledge in unprecedented ways," the New York–based foundation said.
UCLA's 2014 recipients are:
Kirk Lohmueller, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology who joined UCLA's faculty last year, conducts research on the population genetics and genomics of humans and other species. His research focuses primarly on reconstructing population history, determining the role of natural selection in shaping genetic variation and assessing how genetic variation affects disease risk.
Alexander Sherstov, an assistant professor of computer science, conducts research in theoretical computer science, including computational complexity theory, computational learning theory and quantum computing. The recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, Sherstov was born and raised in Kazakhstan in the former Soviet Union. For more information, see this Newsroom story..
