India, April 24 -- Northwestern researcher Rogan Grant has been selected as a 2024 Schmidt Science Fellow.

The Schmidt Fellows Program sponsors promising, emerging scientists with post-doctoral placement in internationally renowned labs where their research will be an academic pivot from their Ph.D. topic. The program thereby promotes an intersectional approach to addressing global challenges like climate destruction and food insecurity and bolstering efforts to improve mental health, energy security and more.

"Rogan's philosophical disposition infuses his path-breaking science," said Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe, director of the Office of Fellowships. "He reaches beyond the baseline of survival to grasp the nuances of patient experience. Suc...