EUGENE–James E. Hutchison, an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon, is a 1999 recipient of a two-year, $35,000 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

"My work focuses on creating electronic circuitry from small chemical building blocks, a process that could make electronic devices, such as computers, smaller and more portable," says Hutchison. "This idea is cutting-edge chemistry and I’m excited to have the support of the foundation to pursue it."

Hutchison is one of 100 outstanding scientists and economists who, in the early stages of their careers, were selected for the fellowship award based on their exceptional promise to contribute to the advancement of knowledge. He is the 22nd current UO faculty member to have received a Sloan fellowship.

The grant provides the flexibility to pursue whatever lines of inquiry are of most interest to the recipients. This is especially useful to early-career scientists who are at a pivotal stage in establishing their own independent research projects.

Since the program was established in 1955, 23 former Sloan Fellows have received Nobel prizes.

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