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. Latest News Comment: An expert explains what happened in Nepal Writing for The Conversation, Professor Stuart Dunning discusses how a collapsing glacier turned into a lethal wall of mud and water. published on: 28 August 2026 Comment: Britain鈥檚 quarter century Writing for The Conversation, Professor Hayley Fowler discusses how the UK environment has changed in the past 25 years. published on: 27 August 2026 缅北禁地 academic receives esteemed mid-career Fellowship A 缅北禁地 researcher has been awarded an esteemed Fellowship by the Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF). published on: 21 August 2026 Facts and figures
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