3 Indians win UK’s prestigious Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
Rahul R Nair, Mehul Malik, Tanmay Bharat and others will be honoured and receive grants totalling 480,000 pounds at a black-tie gala dinner and award ceremony in London on February 27
3 Indians win UK’s prestigious Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
London: Three Indian scientists are among the nine recipients of this year’s Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK for their pioneering work in the fields of chemical, physical and life sciences.
Rahul R Nair, Mehul Malik, Tanmay Bharat and others will be honoured and receive grants totalling 480,000 pounds at a black-tie gala dinner and award ceremony in London on February 27.
“Providing recognition and funding early in a scientist’s career can make the difference between discoveries that remain in the lab and those that make transformative scientific breakthroughs,” said Sir Leonard Blavatnik, Founder and Chairman of Access Industries and Head of the Blavatnik Family Foundation.
“We are proud that the Awards have promoted both UK science and the careers of many brilliant young scientists and we look forward to their additional discoveries in the years ahead.”
Professor Nair, a materials physicist at the University of Manchester, was named Laureate in Physical Sciences & Engineering for developing novel membranes based on two-dimensional (2D) materials that will enable energy-efficient separation and filtration technologies.
Using graphene and other 2D materials, his research aims to study the transport of water, organic molecules and ions at the nanoscale, exploring its potential applications to address societal challenges, including water filtration and other separation technologies.
He will receive 100,000 pounds in unrestricted funds for his research that has provided valuable insights “into the movement of water and other molecules in nano-capillaries, as those movements differ from their behaviour on the macro scale,” the award statement said.
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