UNC-Chapel Hill chemistry professor Malcolm D.E. Forbes has received a Fulbright Scholar award to study in Russia.
Forbes will conduct research at the International Tomography Center in Novosibirsk, Russia, beginning in mid-2008 and continue to live and work in Siberia for eight months.
While in Russia, Forbes will carry out research on free radical interactions involved in the degradation of pharmaceutical compounds in the environment, lecture on reaction mechanisms at Novosibirsk State University and write a textbook with Russian colleagues on the field of spin chemistry.
Forbes is one of about 800 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad next year through the Fulbright Scholar Program, America’s flagship international educational exchange program, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. The program, established in 1946, operates in more than 150 countries worldwide. Fulbright Scholars have the opportunity to observe political, economic, educational and cultural institutions; to exchange ideas and to embark on ventures important to the welfare of the world’s inhabitants.
Fulbright Scholars are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields.
Forbes, who has been at UNC-Chapel Hill since 1990, received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
College of Arts and Sciences contact: Kim Weaver Spurr, (919) 962-4093, spurrk@email.unc.edu