FQxI physicist Natalia Ares of Oxford University, UK, has been awarded one of 30 prizes from the Leverhulme Trust, in 2024. Chosen from over 350 nominations, the Trust offered five prizes in each of the following subject areas: Classics, Earth Sciences, Physics, Politics and International Relations, Psychology, and Visual and Performing Arts. The prizes recognise and celebrate the achievements of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition and whose future careers are exceptionally promising.
Each Leverhulme Prize is worth £100,000.
Speaking to Oxford University, Ares said: "Winning the Philip Leverhulme Prize is a great honour. It is a recognition of our group’s achievements and of its future potential. This prize will enable me to lay the foundations for bold new projects and enhance the capabilities of my laboratory."
You can learn more about Ares' FQxI-funded work on experiments with carbon nanotubes to learn more about the arrow time in Geoff Marsh's mini-documentary about her group, Information as Fuel.
Congratulations to all of this year's winners!