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By David Goddard. Photography by Steven Bridges.<\/em><\/p>\n Assistant Professor Mahshid Ahmadi has been selected for recognition as a Sloan Research Fellow for her work in chemistry.<\/p>\n She is just the fifth faculty member from UT to be so honored since the fellowship\u2019s beginning in 1955, joining William Eaton (mathematics, 1969), John Wood (neuroscience, 1976), John Walsh (mathematics, 1982), and Karen Lloyd (ocean sciences, 2015).<\/p>\n The awards are given by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which receives more than a thousand nominations every year for 118 fellowships.<\/p>\n \u201cI am humbled to have been selected for this recognition and honored to have the research that I have done and continue to do valued in this way,\u201d said Ahmadi. \u201cThis is a validation of the significance of the research direction I am excited to explore, and it serves to acknowledge the importance of the work that goes on in our department and the collaborative and supportive atmosphere at the University of Tennessee.\u201d<\/p>\n Ahmadi is an expert in dealing with a type of materials known as perovskites, which are grown from chemical solutions.<\/p>\n The goal of her research is to harness the power of automated synthesis and high-throughput characterization to accelerate discovery of new compositions and design of materials for solar cells and other electronic applications.<\/p>\n \u201cDevelopment of low-cost materials that can be easily manufactured for use in electronics and energy conversion applications is such an important field in this age of electrification that we now live in. Dr. Ahmadi\u2019s work is truly revolutionary and can have a deep impact far beyond the classroom and into the practical lives of nearly everyone on the planet,\u201d said Matthew Mench, dean and Wayne T. Davis Dean\u2019s Chair of the college. \u201cWe are proud of Dr. Ahmadi and this prestigious recognition of her work, and I look forward to seeing her important research progress. We\u2019re so glad she is a Volunteer.\u201d<\/p>\n That sentiment is echoed by department head and Chancellor\u2019s Professor Veerle Keppens.<\/p>\n \u201cDuring the relatively short time that I have known her, I have seen her grow into an independent young researcher, one that is making outstanding contributions in her field and serves as a role model for our students,\u201d said Keppens. \u201cHer research approach, using automated synthesis and scanning-probe and chemical imaging, supersedes the current standards in the field and is highly aligned with the department\u2019s vision of bringing data science and artificial intelligence into materials science and engineering.\u201d<\/p>\n Sloan Fellowships are currently granted in seven fields: chemistry, computer science, earth system science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, and physics.<\/p>\n \u201cToday\u2019s Sloan Research Fellows represent the scientific leaders of tomorrow,\u201d said Adam F. Falk, foundation president, in a release announcing this year\u2019s class. \u201cAs formidable young scholars, they are already shaping the research agenda within their respective fields\u2014and their trailblazing won\u2019t end here.\u201d<\/p>\n The foundation notes that five of the past six Nobel Prize winners in physics were former fellowship winners. A total of 53 total Nobel Prizes have been granted to fellowship honorees across all fields, along with 69 National Medals of Science and 22 John Bates Clark Medals in economics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By David Goddard. Photography by Steven Bridges. Assistant Professor Mahshid Ahmadi has been selected for recognition as a Sloan Research […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-1185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","category-faculty","tag-mahshid-ahmadi"],"yoast_head":"\n