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ORNL welcomes first Liane Russell fellows

Posted at 6:34 am August 31, 2014
By Oak Ridge National Laboratory 3 Comments

Liane Russell Reception at ORNL

Lab Director Thom Mason and award-winning scientist Liane Russell welcomed Celia Shiau, Huiyuan Zhu, and Huina Mao at a Thursday reception. Shiau, Mao, and Zhu are the first early-career researchers coming to Oak Ridge National Laboratory under a fellowship named for Russell. (Photo courtesy ORNL)

 

Renowned mammalian geneticist Liane Russell returned Thursday to Oak Ridge National Laboratory to congratulate the first recipients of a new fellowship named in her honor.

ORNL created the Liane Russell Distinguished Early Career Fellowship to attract a diverse and promising work force of early career scientists and engineers whose interests align with DOE missions.

“It is gratifying to see these opportunities being made available to a diverse group of talented young people because, sadly, in the scientific fields this has not always been the case,” Russell said. “For this reason I am particularly honored to have my name attached to the fellowships.”

The competitive, three-year fellowship is aimed toward establishing long-term research careers at ORNL. It is available to outstanding scientists and engineers who have received their doctorate degrees within the past seven years, with emphasis given to attracting women and minority candidates.

The first three Russell fellows, recognized at Thursday’s reception, are: [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Celia Shiau, Chemical Sciences Division, Computational Science and Engineering Division, engineer, Environmental Science and Bioscience divisions, fellowship, Huina Mao, Huiyuan Zhu, Joshua Sangoro, Liane Russell, Liane Russell Distinguished Early Career Fellowship, Mouse House, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, scientist, Stephanie TerMaath, Tessa Burch-Smith, Tessa Calhoun, University of Tennessee-ORNL Collaborative Cohort Program, UT-ORNL Science Alliance, William L. Russell

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