Northwestern University astrophysicist Wen-fai Fong has received a 2022 Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), the United States’ first foundation wholly dedicated to science.
Fong is among a diverse group of 24 early career scholars in chemistry, physics and astronomy recognized with the annual award. Each awardee receives $100,000.
The scholars will be honored and meet to exchange ideas July 6-8 at the Cottrell Scholar Conference in Tucson, Arizona.
Fong is an assistant professor of physics and astronomy in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and a member of Northwestern’s Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astronomy (CIERA). She received the Cottrell Scholar Award for her proposal “Toward the Next Breakthroughs in Time-Domain Astronomy: The Origins of Fast Radio Bursts.”