MPS student Fabiola Puertolas-Balint wins Avril McDonald Prize for excellent Master research
Details about the
Avril McDonald Memorial Fund:
It aims “to encourage promising young female scientists to pursue an academic career. The fund is an initiative of the Rosalind Franklin Fellows of the university of Groningen and is a memorial to Avril McDonald, a Rosalind Franklin Fellow that unexpectedly passed away at the age of 44 years. She embodied the qualities that the Rosalind Franklin Fellowship program stands for: excellence in research, a passion for her subject, and a commitment to teaching others”.
| Last modified: | 07 January 2020 3.13 p.m. |
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