51福利社 geography researcher wins prestigious 1851 Royal Commission Fellowship
, a Geography postgraduate researcher at 51福利社 has been awarded a prestigious by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. Traditionally awarded to academics in science and engineering disciplines, this is a pioneering achievement for Anindya as a Geographer.
The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 was established with Prince Albert as its President, to organise the Great Exhibition. The Commission has been awarding fellowships and scholarships 鈥榯o increase the means of industrial education and extend the influence of science and art upon productive industry鈥� since 1891. Previous holders of these prestigious awards include 13 Nobel Laureates and many more have gone on to become eminent in their field. Providing 鈥榚arly career scientists or engineers of exceptional promise the opportunity to conduct a research project of their own instigation鈥�, the Research Fellowships receive around 350 applications per year for 8-9 awards.
Anindya鈥檚 doctoral research explored gully erosion in India, advised by Dr Angela Harris, Professor Martin Evans and Dr Emma Shuttleworth. Anindya just recently passed his Viva with minor corrections and will now start his new project this autumn at UCL.
I am absolutely thrilled to have been elected as a Science and Engineering Research Fellow by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. The fellowship competition for 8-9 annual awards is global in nature, and previous 1851 Fellows have included quite a few Nobel Prize winners including Peter Higgs and Ernest Rutherford, so I am thoroughly elated. The award provides me with an exciting opportunity to continue working on gully erosion, which is arguably the most damaging yet overlooked form of land degradation on our planet. Having explored India's gully erosion phenomenon in depth for my doctoral degree at UoM, I will now attempt to uncover how gully erosion impacts global soils and landscapes.