(L-R) Dr Ana Bonaca and Dr Danny van Dyk will be joining Durham University
(L-R) Dr Ana Bonaca and Dr Danny van Dyk will be joining Durham University - We've benefited from a share of £5.7m in funding to support the next generation of science leaders to research the evolution of stars and the decay of subatomic particles. The UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council has awarded Ernest Rutherford Fellowships to early career researchers who have leadership potential in their chosen field. The five-year funding allows talented researchers without an academic position to establish an independent research programme. Two of the fellowships have been awarded to Dr Ana Bonaca and Dr Danny van Dyk at Durham. Stellar streams Ana's work looks at what the Universe is made of and how it came to be. Her goal is to measure the orbits of stars in our Milky Way and create matching theoretical models to learn where they come from and what they encountered on their journey. She will calculate orbits for dozens of these stellar streams - groups of stars moving along similar orbits around our galaxy.
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