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Chiara Daraio Selected for Future Leaders Initiative
August 4, 2009
 Caltech's Chiara Daraio, assistant professor of aeronautics and applied physics, has been selected to participate in the 2009 Science and Technology in Society forum as part of the Future Leaders Initiative. Daraio will join nine other outstanding young scientists from Japan, England, Germany, Chile, Uruguay, Malawi, China, and the United States to discuss the impact of their research on societal development. This program is organized and sponsored by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
Guruswami Ravichandran, director of the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories (GALCIT) and the John E. Goode, Jr., Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, said, "I am delighted that Dr. Daraio will be representing GALCIT and Caltech at this internationally renowned, interdisciplinary, and cross-sectoral forum."
"Dr. Daraio's selection to participate in this world forum is yet another indication of the importance and far-reaching impact of the research conducted by the engineering and applied science faculty," said Ares Rosakis, chair of Caltech's Division of Engineering and Applied Science and Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering.
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