Two Rutgers Professors Earn Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships

 February 13, 2026

A Rutgers chemist working to develop sustainable fuels, medicines and materials and a mathematician probing mysteries of the universe were awarded the Sloan Research Fellowship, one of the most prestigious honors for early-career researchers in science.

The fellowship, which includes a two-year $75,000 award, is among the most competitive and distinguished available to early career scholars. Many recipients go on to receive some of the highest honors in their fields, including 58 who went on to receive the Noble prize.

The two Rutgers scholars—Maxime Van de Moortel from Rutgers-New Brunswick and Demyan Prokopchuk from Rutgers-Newark—are among 126 young scientists from across the U.S. and Canada selected this year.

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Reposted from Rutgers Today