4 UCSB Ph.D. Students Chosen to Attend Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting This Summer in Germany

Four UC Santa Barbara Ph.D. students will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity this summer to meet and mingle with 70 Nobel Laureates on a picturesque island in Germany. The four – Stacy Copp of Physics, Matthew Gebbie and Gregory Su of Materials, and Nikki Marinsek of Dynamical Neuroscience – are among 672 young scientists from 88 countries selected to participate in the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting June 28 to July 3.

Since 1951, Nobel Laureates in chemistry, physics, and physiology/medicine have convened annually in Lindau, located at the common border of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, for open and informal meetings with students, postdocs, and young researchers. The Laureates lecture on the topic of their choice in the mornings and participate in less formal, small-group discussions with the students and postdocs in the afternoons and some evenings. The program is administered by ORAU (Oak Ridge Associated Universities) and is sponsored by ORAU, Mars Incorporated, and the National Science Foundation.

The UCSB students went through a highly competitive, multi-stage application process. First came an application, letter of recommendation, resume, and an essay explaining how attending the meeting could benefit their education and research. Once chosen as a UCSB nominee, the next stage involved national selection by the meeting’s sponsors (55 U.S. applicants were chosen), then the final international selection by the Lindau Council. UCSB was 4-for-4 this year, with all of the university’s nominees named participants for the 2015 meeting. 

News Date: 

Friday, March 13, 2015