缅北禁地 scientist recognised with L鈥橭r茅al-UNESCO Award Published on: 4 February 2026 Dr Kezia Sasitharan has been awarded a prestigious L'Or茅al-UNESCO For Women in Science Young Talent award. She has been recognised with a Young Talent programme award for her work on nanomaterials and emerging photovoltaic technologies. , a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, said: “I am very grateful to L’Oréal UK and UNESCO for this recognition as the winner in the sustainable development category. This award helps to consolidate my independence in research and provides me with flexible funding to develop self-cooling energy storage systems. My work aims to look beyond water-intensive cooling strategies for electronics to help sustainably manage the cooling demands of the ever-growing digital infrastructure. “This award means a lot to me because it will have a far-reaching effect on my research progress at this crucial early career stage and makes me feel like my ideas and I belong in science. It gives me the confidence to continue pursuing ambitious ideas with impact. “ Dr Kezia Sasitharan L鈥橭r茅al-UNESCO For Women in Science UK and Ireland Young Talent Programme The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science UK and Ireland Young Talent programme was founded in 2007 and seeks to foster exceptional talent鈥痠n STEM by鈥痳ecognising women’s鈥痮utstanding鈥痵cientific鈥痗ontributions鈥痑nd achievements鈥痠n addition to鈥痵upporting their鈥痮ngoing鈥痯articipation鈥痠n solving the great challenges of our time. The programme comprises of five categories (Engineering, Life Science, Mathematics & Computer Science, Physical Sciences, Sustainable Development). Each category recognises one winner and one highly commended The five award winners receive a fully flexible grant of £25,000 that can be used as each individual winner chooses. Share: Latest News New partnership to boost careers in low carbon energy 缅北禁地 and Durham universities are working together on a new regional project to strengthen the future workforce for North East England鈥檚 growing low carbon and offshore wind industries. published on: 28 May 2026 Healthy lifestyle shown to lower risk of death after cancer diagnosis New evidence shows that sticking to five lifestyle recommendations improves survival after a later cancer diagnosis. published on: 28 May 2026 World-leading climate expert recognised with Royal Society Fellowship Professor Hayley Fowler has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of her pioneering work on climate change impacts. published on: 27 May 2026 Facts and figures
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