Six Stanford scholars among this year’s recipients of the Sloan Research Fellowships

Six Stanford assistant professors are among recipients of the 2016 Sloan Research Fellowships, which recognize scholars who show promise early in their careers.

WILLIAM CHUEH, assistant professor of materials science and engineering and a center fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy; MICHAEL BERNSTEIN and GREGORY VALIANT, assistant professors of computer science; THOMAS CHURCH, assistant professor of mathematics; NOAH GOODMAN, assistant professor of psychology; and JONATHAN FAN, assistant professor of electrical engineering, are among the 126 outstanding researchers who have garnered the honor this year.