Yong-Baek Kim, Yanqin Wu and John Zilcosky named Guggenheim Fellows
The 重口味SM鈥檚 Yong-Baek Kim, Yanqin Wu and John Zilcosky have been recognized with prestigious from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
All are professors in the Faculty of Arts & Science. Kim is a professor in the and the director of the ; Wu is a professor of theoretical astrophysics in the and Zilcosky is a professor in the and the .
鈥淲hen honours like the Guggenheim Fellowships are awarded to multiple Faculty scholars, I am always impressed and fascinated by the diverse disciplines of the winners,鈥 says Dean . 鈥淭his year鈥檚 cohort is no exception. I am very happy that the fellowships will allow each to pursue their exciting and important work, and I congratulate them all.鈥
Leah Cowen, U of T鈥檚 vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives, congratulated the researchers on being among the 180 recipients of the fellowships 鈥 out of 2500 applicants.
鈥淭hese fellowships will help support important work,鈥 Cowen says, 鈥渇rom research into the proto-planetary disks of gas and dust around newly developing stars, to work on theoretical quantum condensed matter physics and a new book on the cultural history of wrestling.鈥