Key facts
- Dai Liang, a physicist awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship in 2021, has returned to China.
- He has taken up a professorship at Fudan University in Shanghai.
- He will join the Fudan Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics.
- The Sloan Research Fellowship is reserved for bright young scientists.
Physicist Dai Liang, who was recognized with a Sloan Research Fellowship in 2021 for his work in black hole research, has returned to China. The fellowship is known for supporting promising early-career scientists in the US and Canada. Dai Liang has accepted a professorship at Fudan University in Shanghai and will be part of the Fudan Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics. The Sloan Research Fellowships were established in 1955 by Alfred Sloan, former CEO of General Motors, to aid researchers at the beginning of their careers.