Allison Strom Named Sloan Research Fellow
February 18, 2026
Congratulations to Physics and Astronomy Professor Allison Strom for being named a Sloan Research Fellow!
The two-year $75,000 fellowship is one of the most competitive and prestigious awards available to early-career researchers. Selected by an independent panel of senior scholars, recipients represent the fields of chemistry, computer science, Earth system science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience and physics.
Strom is an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Weinberg and member of the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) and the NSF-Simons AI Institute for the Sky (SkAI). She received a Sloan fellowship in physics. Strom’s research group observes galaxies throughout cosmic history to determine their internal properties and growth histories. In this work, she aims to understand why galaxies follow different evolutionary paths.
Strom’s other honors include a Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and she was named a Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences.
Since the fellowships were first awarded in 1955, 171 faculty from Northwestern have received a Sloan Research Fellowship. Many fellows have gone on to become distinguished leaders in science. To date, 58 fellows have received a Nobel Prize, 72 have received the National Medal of Science, 17 have received the Fields Medal in mathematics and 24 have received the John Bates Clark Medal in economics, including every winner since 2009.