Sergey Frolov Among 2017 Young Investigator Award Recipients

The Office of Naval Research's Young Investigator Program identifies and supports academic scientists and engineers who have recently received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees and who show exceptional promise fordoing creative research. The objectives of this program are to attract outstanding faculty members of institutions of higher education to the Navy's research program, to support their research, and to encourage their teaching and research careers. 

The Office of Naval Research has announced awards of $16 million through its 2017 Young Investigator Program (YIP). The awards were made to 33 scientists whose research holds strong promise across several naval-relevant science and technology areas.

Sergey Frolov was among this year's Young Investigator Award recipients for his proposal "Semiconductor Nanowire-Based Quantum Emulators".