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										<p>The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has selected the 2022 cohort of <a rel="nofollow" href="https://as.cornell.edu/research/klarman-fellowships">Klarman Postdoctoral Fellows</a>: Seven exceptional early-career scholars who will receive three-year fellowships for independent research in the arts and humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences.</p>
 <p>They will begin their fellowships in the fall of 2022, exploring some of humanity's most pressing questions, each working with a mentor from the A&S faculty.</p>
  
<p>“Our first two cohorts of Klarman Postdoctoral Fellows have already enriched our academic community in many ways, sparking new ideas, perspectives and creativity throughout Cornell,” said President Martha E. Pollack.  "These highly coveted scholarships attract applicants of an extraordinary caliber, and I look forward to seeing what our new Klarman Scholars will accomplish and contribute in the years to come."</p>
  
<p>A scholar seeks to remedy the nitrate pollution permeating Earth's waterways;  another studies migrations forced by climate change and other crises.  A third party develops synthetic macromolecules to be used, ultimately, in plastic-based, metal-free batteries.</p>
  
 
 
<p>Also explored by individual scholars in this cohort: The Story of the Child Care Workforce;  the behavior of atomically thin quantum materials;  neurological causes of impaired social learning;  and repertoire for newly invented musical instruments.</p>
  
<p>“I see great promise among these curious, productive and highly motivated scholars,” said Ray Jayawardhana, dean of arts and sciences at Harold Tanner, who led the development and launch of the Klarman Fellows program in 2019.</p>
 <p>“Individually, each fellow is researching a topic of great interest to our diverse intellectual community.  Collectively, they represent the very heart of the College of Arts and Sciences: curiosity, discovery, and real-world engagement,” said Jayawardhana.</p>
  
<p>“In addition, the investigations of several Klarman Fellows align with strategic initiatives in Arts and Sciences and the university as a whole;  namely, weather and quantum research.  Therefore, they will contribute to and benefit from Cornell's momentum and investments in these frontline areas,” added Jayawardhana.</p>
 <p>The 2022 cohort of Klarman Fellows at Cornell are:</p>
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<li>Alexandra Easley, a doctoral student in materials science and engineering at Texas A&M University.  Her research focuses on the development of plastic-based, metal-free batteries.  During her Klarman fellowship, she will continue to investigate the structure-property relationship of redox-active synthetic macromolecules and their electron mobility.  She will work with the faculty host <a rel="nofollow" href="https://chemistry.cornell.edu/brett-p-fors">Brett Fors</a>associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology.</li>
<li>Richard Kong, who has a Ph.D.  in chemistry from Imperial College London.  His research project works to remove nitrates, a persistent environmental pollutant, from waterways.  His goal is to convert nitrate molecules to environmentally benign dinitrogen molecules using a single homogeneous catalyst.  Your faculty host is <a rel="nofollow" href="https://chemistry.cornell.edu/kyle-m-lancaster">Kyle Lancaster</a>associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology.</li>
<li>Paul Malinowski, a Ph.D. student in physics at the University of Washington.  As a Klarman fellow, he will use strain to precisely control the properties of atomically thin quantum materials, opening a door to new methods for manipulating quantum matter.  Your faculty host is <a rel="nofollow" href="https://physics.cornell.edu/kyle-shen">Kyle Shen</a>the James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences.</li>
<li>Anil Menon, a political science doctoral student at the University of Michigan.  He will write a book on the political legacy of forced migration, which is on the rise globally due to climate change and conflict.  She argues that forced migrants can develop a shared identity based on their victimization, which in turn can help mobilize their vote towards parties that defend their grievances.  Your faculty host is <a rel="nofollow" href="https://government.cornell.edu/thomas-pepinsky">Thomas Pepinsky</a>Walter F. LaFeber professor of government.</li>
<li>Justine Modica, a doctoral student in history at Stanford University.  Her research asks how the United States built a wage labor force to replace the traditionally unpaid work of maternity care.  It is the first academic study to examine the history of the child care workforce as a whole.  The host of her faculty is <a rel="nofollow" href="https://history.cornell.edu/julilly-kohler-hausmann">Julilly Kohler-Hausmann</a>associate professor of history.</li>
<li>Michael Poll, conductor and guitarist who has a doctorate in music from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.  Poll will use practice-based research in rhetoric to explore how instruments (such as language or the mouthpiece of music) impact both the experience of music and its creation.  Poll will work with Cornell ReSounds to arrange landmark works for newly designed plucked string instruments and commission original compositions.  Your faculty host is <a rel="nofollow" href="https://music.cornell.edu/elizabeth-ogonek">elizabeth ogonek</a>assistant professor of music</li>
<li>Zhilei Zhao, who has a Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology from Princeton University.  By studying domesticated parrots, she explores how impaired social learning, which underlies mental diagnoses such as autism and social anxiety, is implemented in the brain.  The host of her faculty is <a rel="nofollow" href="https://nbb.cornell.edu/jesse-h-goldberg">Jesse Goldberg</a>associate professor of neurobiology and behavior.</li>
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 <p>A significant gift from Seth Klarman '79 and Beth Schultz Klarman established the Klarman Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in 2019 as a five-year pilot program.</p> 									</div>
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