Ashok Das to receive 2006-2007 Fulbright Award (Brazil)
Ashok Das,, Professor of Physics, has received a Fulbright Scholar Award to do research in Brazil in 2006-2007.
This is the second Fulbright Scholarship that was awarded to Ashok Das.
For details about the Fulbright Scholar Programs See: http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/us_awards/
For a list of Faculty, Graduate Student and Undergraduate Honors & Distinctions in Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester see: http://www.pas.rochester.edu/www/yigal//distinctions.html
Previous PAS Faculty to have received Fulbright Award Scholarships include:
Professor Harry Fulbright was a Fulbright Scholar in 1956-57. http://spider.pas.rochester.edu/mainFrame/people/pages/Fulbright.html
Prof. Shapir was Fulbright Scholar in 1981-82. http://spider.pas.rochester.edu/mainFrame/people/pages/Shapir.html
Professor Eberly received La Caixa Special Fulbright Award, Autonomous Univ. of Barcelona, Spain (1988-89) http://spider.pas.rochester.edu/mainFrame/people/pages/Eberly.html
Das was a Fulbright Scholar in 1997-98 and again in 2006-2007 (Brazil) http://spider.pas.rochester.edu/mainFrame/people/pages/Das.html
Undergraduate Students who received Fulbright Awards include
Kathrine Schultz (UR Optics, UR Physics/PREP 2001) was Fulbright Scholar in 2003-04 (Germany). She was the first U of R scholar since the 1999-2000 competition began. (See: http://spider.pas.rochester.edu:8080/wwwPAS/PASforms/news/newsReader$0000360)
Article submitted by:
Arie Bodek
4/3/06; 11:51:03 AM