Prof. Manoharan, Mitrano, Mundy to receive Star-Friedman Challenge Award

Congratulations to Professors Vinothan Manoharan, Matteo Mitrano, and Julia Mundy on receiving the 2023 Star-Friedman Challenge Awards for Promising Scientific Research.

Vinothan Manoharan, Wagner Family Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Physics, received the award for a proposed project "Imaging the products of viral lysis of cyanobacteria."

Matteo Mitrano, Assistant Professor of Physics, received the award for a proposed project "An ultrafast magnetic switch for energy-efficient electronics."

Julia Mundy, Assistant Professor of Physics, together with Jarad Mason, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, received the award for a proposed project "New methods to engineer metastable quantum materials."

The Star-Friedman Challenge for Promising Scientific Research, established in 2013, offers opportunities for eligible faculty to seek support for new work in their research programs within the life, physical and social sciences. The winners will make a presentation about their proposals during the Star-Friedman Challenge event. The presentations, open to the Harvard community, will take place on May 11, 2023, from 4-6pm in the Faculty Room in University Hall. A Zoom option is available for those who cannot attend in person. Please RSVP to aad_events@harvard.edu and indicate in your message whether you would like to attend in person or remotely. The Zoom link will be sent to registrants shortly before the event.