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Fellowships and Internships
Clifford G. Shull Fellowship
The Shull Fellowship was established
in 2005, with the first appointments in
2006. Corecipient of the 1994 Nobel
Prize in Physics, Shull began his work in
1946 at what is now ORNL. He is often
called the “Father of Neutron Scattering,”
and this fellowship was established
in recognition of his pioneering work in
this field. The goal of this fellowship is
to attract new scientific talent to ORNL
for development of its neutron science
program. We look for candidates with
exceptional ability who are capable of developing
innovative research programs and who show the
promise of outstanding leadership. Appointments are
for two to three years. To date, five Shull fellows have
been appointed.
Olivier Delaire was appointed a Shull fellow in 2008.
He received his PhD in materials science from the
California Institute of Technology. His current work
involves investigations of the microscopic structure
and dynamics of materials for energy applications
with neutron scattering and computer simulations.
Sylvia McLain (University of Oxford and ISIS) and
Christopher Stanley (National Institute of Standards
and Technology and the National Research Council)
were appointed as Shull fellows in 2007. Chris
received his PhD in polymer science and engineering
from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is
currently working on protein structure and aggregation
related to neurological disorders using small-
angle neutron
scattering.
Sylvia received
her PhD in
chemistry from
the University
of Tennessee.
Recent research
included studies
of the atomic
structure of
amino acids in
solution. Sylvia is now
continuing her research in the UK.
The first two Shull fellowships were awarded in
2006 to Andrew Christianson and Wei-Ren Chen.
Andy received his PhD in physics in 2003 from
Colorado State University. Recent work includes
studies of new superconducting materials and the
structure and dynamics of magnetic nanoparticles.
Wei-Ren received his PhD in nuclear science and en-
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Shull fellows Christopher
Stanley (top left),
Sylvia McLain (top
middle), Wei-Ren Chen
(top right), Andrew
Christianson (bottom
left), and Olivier Delaire
(bottom right).
gineering in 2004 from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. Recent work includes studies of the
structure and dynamics of synthetic macromolecules.
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