Rowland Institute for Science

Rowland Institute for Science
Established	1980
Research type	Experimental science
Director	Cynthia Friend
Location	Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Operating agency	Harvard University
Website	www2.rowland.harvard.edu

The Rowland Institute for Science was founded by Edwin H. Land, founder of Polaroid Corporation, as a nonprofit, privately endowed basic research organization in 1980. It is named for the first head of the American Physical Society, Henry Augustus Rowland. The Rowland is dedicated to experimental science across a wide range of disciplines. Research subjects at the institute includes chemistry, physics and biology, and focuses on interdisciplinary work and the development of new experimental tools.

The institute merged with Harvard University on July 1, 2002, and is now called The 'Rowland Institute at Harvard'. It is located near Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is a few miles away from the main campus.

Rowland Junior Fellows

The flagship program at the Rowland Institute is the Junior Fellowship.^[1] The program serves as a postdoctoral research program for early career experimental scientists.^[2] Fellows receive funding for salary and research expenses and are allocated their own laboratory space. The Rowland Institute also provides technical support from permanent staff. The Fellowship lasts for five years, with continuation past three years contingent on a favorable internal review.^[3]

Notable members and alumni

Howard Berg - biophysicist noted for his work on the motility of the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli)
Steven Block - pioneered the use of optical tweezers to study step dynamics of kinesin and RNA polymerase on DNA templates
Colleen Cavanaugh - microbiologist recognized for her studies of hydrothermal vent ecosystems
Donald A. Glaser - physicist, neurobiologist, and winner of the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing the bubble chamber
Jene Golovchenko - physicist noted for his work on materials for whole genome sequencing
Lene Hau - physicist noted for her work on Bose–Einstein condensate, and ultracold atomic system optics
Winfield Hill - co-authored the popular text The Art of Electronics with Harvard Physicist Paul Horowitz

Past Directors

Edwin H. Land: 1980 - 1992
Phil Dubois: 1992 - 1997
Michael Burns: 1998 - 2002
Frans Spaepen: 2002 - 2013
Cynthia Friend: 2013 - present

References

↑ "Rowland Institute at Harvard - Sponsor Information on GrantForward | Search for federal grants, foundation grants, and limited submission opportunities". Grant Forward. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
↑ von Bubnoff, Andreas (23 March 2007). "Superpostdocs Reach for the Stars". Cell. 128 (6): 1023–1026. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2007.03.005. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
↑ "Rowland Institute at Harvard -- Rowland Junior Fellows". Research Funding. Duke University. Retrieved 12 April 2017.

Coordinates: 42°21′49″N 71°04′40″W / 42.3637°N 71.0779°W / 42.3637; -71.0779

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[1] "Rowland Institute at Harvard - Sponsor Information on GrantForward | Search for federal grants, foundation grants, and limited submission opportunities". Grant Forward. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2017.

[2] von Bubnoff, Andreas (23 March 2007). "Superpostdocs Reach for the Stars". Cell. 128 (6): 1023–1026. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2007.03.005. Retrieved 11 April 2017.

[3] "Rowland Institute at Harvard -- Rowland Junior Fellows". Research Funding. Duke University. Retrieved 12 April 2017.