Faculty members named Sloan Research Fellows

March 17, 2008

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has announced that two University of Florida scientists have been named Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows among 116 of their national peers.

Christopher Jermaine and Ivan K. Furic have been conducting research at the frontiers of physics and computer science with the University of Florida and have received $50,000 grants for a two-year period, which they will use to pursue interests in relation to their fields.

The Sloan Research Fellowships have been awarded since 1955, initially in only three scientific fields: physics, chemistry and mathematics. Since 1955, 35 Sloan Research Fellows have gone on to win the Nobel Prize in their fields.