Minjung Kim Awarded 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Congratulations to Minjung Kim on being named a 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow. Minjung, born in Seoul, South Korea, is currently pursuing her PhD in the Department of Chemistry in the Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences under the mentorship of Professors Omar Farha and Dayne Swearer. Minjung is primarily interested in the interactions of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and metal nanoparticles. As the world battles the climate crisis, Minjung hopes her fundamental studies in light-matter interactions of these novel nanomaterials catalyze the implementation and expansion of direct air capture and environmental remediation. Learn more about Minjung here.
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans support outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants who are pursuing graduate education in the United States. Since 1998, the fellowship has awarded 805 fellows from 103 countries with fellowships to pursue degrees of their choosing. This year, 30 individuals were selected out of over 2,300 applicants, who will each receive up to $90,000 toward their graduate education. Fellows are chosen for their achievements and their potential to make meaningful contributions to the United States across fields of study. The selection criteria focus on a student’s drive, creativity, intellectual spirit, and commitment to the values at the heart of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights.
The 2024 Fellows will join an active PD Soros alumni network, which includes US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy; Olympians Amy Chow and Patricia Miranda; US Ambassador to Spain & Andorra Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón; Stanford AI leader Fei-Fei Li; computational biologist Pardis Sabeti; composer Paola Prestini; Open AI public policy leader Anna Makanju; award-winning writer Kao Kalia Yang, and more than 800 fellows. Read more about the 2024 Class of Fellows here.
Applications for the 2025–26 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship are open now until Thursday, October 31 at 1:00 PM CT. View the eligibility requirements here.
Congratulations again to Minjung Kim!
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