15 November 2011
Imperial has welcomed the third cohort of Fellows to its Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) scheme, bringing the total number of researchers supported by the scheme to almost 60. Fellows receive a competitive salary for three years, and the freedom to focus on their research, with no obligatory teaching or administration.
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19 April 2011
Dr Mimi Hii, Reader in Catalysis (Chemistry), explains her work as a mentor assisting with Imperial’s Junior Research Fellowship Scheme, which aims to give early career researchers the freedom to concentrate on their research.
I work on the development of catalysts and catalytic processes which are particularly useful for fine chemical or pharmaceutical industries. I’ve been here for eight years and came here as a senior lecturer from King’s College London.
I first met Dr Silvia Diez-Gonzalez (Chemistry) at an American Chemical Society meeting in San Francisco. Sometime after, she got in contact to see if I would be interested in supporting her application for an Imperial Junior Research Fellowship (JRF). I agreed and became a mentor for Silvia. It was the first time I had mentored anybody in an official capacity, so it was quite a novel experience, if not a little scary!
When I first started at the College in 1997, there weren’t any official schemes like the JRF scheme, but I will always remember the people who were there to support me at the time. In years to come, if Silvia can look back to this period of her career with fondness, I will know I have done a good job!
It’s brilliant that Imperial has started to do this. The scheme gives young researchers an opportunity to become independent and helps the College identify excellent people to work here. This is more important these days, as there are fewer opportunities and academic positions compared to when I started, even though there are a lot of excellent people around.
— Emily Govan, International Office
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