Dr Stephen Fielden, School of Chemistry, has been named as a recipient of the Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship from the Royal Society.
Dr Stephen Fielden,
The prestigious award will commence in February 2025 following Dr Fielden's current Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship.
The Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship programme aims to support outstanding early-career scientists who require a flexible working pattern due to personal circumstances. It enables the next generation of research leaders to build an independent research career at a UK university or research institution.
A researcher in functional nanotechnology, Dr Fielden joined Professor Rachel O'Reilly FRS's group at the University of Birmingham in 2021. Later that year, he received a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship to broaden his research into polymer self-assembly while working towards research independence.
This scheme offers an unparalleled level of support that will allow me to focus on fundamental research. I will use this incredible opportunity to develop a research programme that establishes ways to embed communication networks within synthetic materials.
This new fellowship, worth £1.83 million, will last eight years and allow Stephen to establish a research group. His research will explore how synthetic chemistry can be used to produce nanoparticles that can communicate with each other in ways that mimic cellular signalling.
Dr Stephen Fielden said: “I am absolutely delighted to have been awarded a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship. This scheme offers an unparalleled level of support that will allow me to focus on fundamental research. I will use this incredible opportunity to develop a research programme that establishes ways to embed communication networks within synthetic materials. I am also thrilled to be able to build a team of researchers; together we will explore exciting science. Watch this space!’
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Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
Staff profile for Stephen Fielden.
