Prestigious sloan fellowship for UVic astronomer
The New York City-based Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has selected
Dr. Julio Navarro, University of Victoria astronomer, for a 1999
research fellowship.
The fellowship includes a grant of $35,000 U.S. to support Navarro's research into the formation and evolution of galaxies and galaxy clusters.
It is an extremely competitive award involving nominations for most of the very best young scientists in North America who, according to the foundation, "show the most outstanding promise of making fundamental contributions to new knowledge."
The Sloan research fellowships were established in 1955 to support and recognize young scientists, often in their first appointments to university faculties. Navarro came to the UVic physics and astronomy department in 1998.
"We consider ourselves very fortunate that Julio has joined our university. He already has a very impressive record in theoretical cosmology," says UVic physics and astronomy chair, Dr. Charles Picciotto. "In the short time that he has been here he has established a strong research program and he has made himself a very effective member of our department, both in his interactions with colleagues and with our graduate students."
Navarro's work in theoretical cosmology has an emphasis on the structure and dynamics of the stellar, gaseous, and dark matter components of galaxies.
Born in northern Argentina, Navarro received his PhD at the University of Cordoba in Argentina and has studied or worked at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the Harvard University Observatory, the University of Durham and the University of Cambridge in the U.K. Prior to coming to UVic, he was on a fellowship at the Steward Observatory of the University of Arizona.
Navarro plans to use part of the proceeds from the Sloan fellowship to hire a postdoctoral research assistant to work with new equipment acquired through a 1998 infrastructure grant from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation.
Each year, 100 Sloan research fellowships are awarded in six fields of science. Navarro is one of only two Canadian university scientists to receive the 1999 fellowship.
Since the program began, 21 Sloan fellows have become Nobel laureates while hundreds more have received other honours.
Philanthropist Alfred P. Sloan established the foundation in 1934 and it now provides annual grants and program support worth $53 million U.S.
The fellowship includes a grant of $35,000 U.S. to support Navarro's research into the formation and evolution of galaxies and galaxy clusters.
It is an extremely competitive award involving nominations for most of the very best young scientists in North America who, according to the foundation, "show the most outstanding promise of making fundamental contributions to new knowledge."
The Sloan research fellowships were established in 1955 to support and recognize young scientists, often in their first appointments to university faculties. Navarro came to the UVic physics and astronomy department in 1998.
"We consider ourselves very fortunate that Julio has joined our university. He already has a very impressive record in theoretical cosmology," says UVic physics and astronomy chair, Dr. Charles Picciotto. "In the short time that he has been here he has established a strong research program and he has made himself a very effective member of our department, both in his interactions with colleagues and with our graduate students."
Navarro's work in theoretical cosmology has an emphasis on the structure and dynamics of the stellar, gaseous, and dark matter components of galaxies.
Born in northern Argentina, Navarro received his PhD at the University of Cordoba in Argentina and has studied or worked at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the Harvard University Observatory, the University of Durham and the University of Cambridge in the U.K. Prior to coming to UVic, he was on a fellowship at the Steward Observatory of the University of Arizona.
Navarro plans to use part of the proceeds from the Sloan fellowship to hire a postdoctoral research assistant to work with new equipment acquired through a 1998 infrastructure grant from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation.
Each year, 100 Sloan research fellowships are awarded in six fields of science. Navarro is one of only two Canadian university scientists to receive the 1999 fellowship.
Since the program began, 21 Sloan fellows have become Nobel laureates while hundreds more have received other honours.
Philanthropist Alfred P. Sloan established the foundation in 1934 and it now provides annual grants and program support worth $53 million U.S.
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