Vivien Cherrette, a graduate student in chemistry and biochemistry at UC Santa Cruz, is among 52 outstanding U.S. graduate students to receive support from the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program.
The SCGSR Program provides supplemental funds for graduate awardees to conduct part of their thesis research at a DOE national laboratory.
Cherrette works in the laboratory of Jin Zhang, distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and will use the award to conduct part of her research at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) in Berkeley. Her research project involves quantum information science for experimental condensed matter physics.
“These graduate student awards help prepare new scientists for STEM careers that are vitally important to the DOE mission and the nation’s economy,” said Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette. “We are proud of the accomplishments of these outstanding awardees and look forward to seeing what they achieve in the years to come. They represent the future leadership and innovation that will allow American science and engineering to excel in the 21st century.”
The research projects are expected to advance the graduate awardees’ overall doctoral research and training while providing access to the expertise, resources, and capabilities available at the DOE laboratories. Awardees were selected from a diverse pool of university-based graduate applicants. Selection was based on merit peer review by external scientific experts.
More information on SCGSR can be found online at science.osti.gov/wdts/scgsr.
