Professor Michael Naughton Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award

The U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board are pleased to announce that Professor Michael J. Naughton of Boston College, Department of Physics, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Ireland, commencing in the Fall of 2021. Dr. Naughton will undergo collaborative research at the AMBER Centre (Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research) at Trinity College Dublin, in support of projects on bioelectronics and nanostructured perovskite photovoltaics.

As a Fulbright Scholar, Naughton will share knowledge and foster meaningful connections across communities in the United States and Ireland. Fulbrighters engage in cutting-edge research and expand their professional networks, often continuing research collaborations started abroad and laying the groundwork for forging future partnerships between institutions. Upon returning to their home countries, institutions, labs, and classrooms, they share their stories and often become active supporters of international exchange, inviting foreign scholars to campus and encouraging colleagues and students to go abroad. As Fulbright Scholar alumni, their careers are enriched by joining a network of thousands of esteemed scholars, many of whom are leaders in their fields.

Fulbright alumni include 60 Nobel Prize laureates, 86 Pulitzer Prize recipients, and 37 who have served as a head of state or government.