The award recipients for the 2024 Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) Visiting Scholar Program for Experimental Science are:
- Erich Leistenschneider from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and
- Yassid Ayyad from the University of Santiago de Compostela.
They received their awards for their outstanding record and potential impact on the FRIB science program.
In addition, Ivis F. Chaple Gore from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville received a travel stipend to support her radiochemistry collaboration at FRIB.
FRIB initiated the FRIB Visiting Scholar Program for Experimental Science in 2016. The goal of the program is to encourage and help junior researchers to establish a research program at FRIB.
The award supports short-term stays at FRIB for junior/non-tenured faculty or staff members. The award includes a stipend to support travel to FRIB and for establishment of a research program at FRIB.