The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has chosen six Stanford scholars to receive Sloan Research Fellowships.
FEI-FEI LI, MANUEL AMADOR, SEEMA JAYACHANDRAN, MICHAEL OSTROVSKY, NANCY RUONAN ZHANG and SEAN HARTNOLL are among the 118 early-career scientists and scholars in the United States and Canada to receive $50,000 in unrestricted research grants over the next two years. The fellowships, which have been awarded since 1955, are designed to help promising scholars pursue their research interests.
Fei-Fei Li is an assistant professor of computer science. She runs the Stanford Vision Lab, which focuses on computer vision and human vision.
Manuel Amador is an assistant professor of economics focusing on macroeconomics and international economics.
Seema Jayachandran is an assistant professor of economics focusing on development economics.
Michael Ostrovsky is an associate professor of economics who researches game theory, industrial organization and finance.
Nancy Ruonan Zhang is an assistant professor of statistics. Her current focus is on the detection of genomic variation from high-density SNP chips and next-generation sequencing experiments.
Sean Hartnoll is an assistant professor of physics who has directed his research on general relativity, string theory, field theory and condensed matter theory.
