RCSA Welcomes Two New Fulbright-Cottrell Scholars
Ann-Christin Pöppler and Günther Thiele have been named recipients of the German-American Fulbright Commission’s 2020 Fulbright-Cottrell Award recognizing excellence in research and teaching.
Based on RCSA’s Cottrell Scholar Award, the Fulbright-Cottrell Award recognizes junior faculty in chemistry, physics, and astronomy for integrating top-notch research with creative teaching. Recipients take part in RCSA’s Cottrell Scholar conferences and meetings, and may collaborate on team projects.
“Since the Fulbright-Cottrell Award began in 2016, RCSA has been happy to welcome these outstanding teacher-scholars into our Cottrell Scholar community,” said Senior Program Director Silvia Ronco. “They add a transatlantic dimension to a network of scientists that is committed to innovation and supporting each other throughout their careers.”
Funds for the awards are made available by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
Pöppler leads a research group on organic structural chemistry at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg and received the award for her project “Complementary Tools for the Characterization of Complex Solid Materials.” Thiele is a junior research group leader at Freie Universität Berlin’s Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry and received the award for his project “Structural Chemistry 2.0: Augmented Reality meets Solid State Research.”
