Anouk Rijs receives Joliot-Curie Fellowship
Dr. Anouk Rijs of the Molecular Dynamics group at FOM Rijnhuizen will be appointed as Joliot-Curie Fellow at the Dutch Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen starting 1 January 2012. This Fellowship gives talented and motivated women scientists the opportunity to set up their interdisciplinary research. Anouk Rijs investigates molecular systems at the user facility FELIX, a free electron infrared laser based at FOM Rijnhuizen. Her research focuses on the heart of the biomolecular motors found in living cells, on artificial model systems for such biomolecular motors, and, in the future, on characterising structured elements of proteins using far infrared light.
The Joliot-Curie Fellowship is named after Nobel laureate Irène Joliot-Curie, daughter of Nobel Laureates Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie. The Fellowship entails an appointment as assistant professor for a period of five years. This means that apart from setting up her own line of research at the Radboud University, Anouk Rijs will get the opportunity to teach classes and supervise young researchers. Earlier, she received a Veni grant from the Dutch science organisation NWO, and the FOm/v and NWO-Athena prizes for excellent women scientists.
The Joliot-Curie Fellowship has already generated unexpected spin-off: popular magazine Viva has put Anouk Rijs into its annual Viva400 list of the top 400 talented and enthousiastic young women in the Netherlands. In the accompanying contest, Anouk is in the race for the subcategory 'Smart' together with other scientists and members of parliament.
Relocation of FELIX to Radboud University Nijmegen
Anouk Rijs will remain a user at the FELIX facility. Mid-2012, the free electron infrared laser will move from its current location at Rijnhuizen to the Radboud University, there to merge with the FLARE free electron laser in the new user facility FELIX – Free Electron Lasers for Infrared eXperiments.