2020–2022 Early Career Awardees
The following awards recognize significant early-career research contributions and impact by faculty members and rising scholars across several academic fields.
- Maisam AlomarÌý•ÌýWOMEN ANDÌýGENDER STUDIES2021: Career Enhancement Fellowship (Institute for Citizens & Scholars)
- Allie Anderson •ÌýAEROSPACE ENGINEERING2023 (applied in 2022):ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Nausica ArnoultÌý•ÌýMOLECULAR, CELLULAR ANDÌýDEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY2021: Outstanding Investigator Award (NIH)2021: Boettcher Investigator (Boettcher Foundation)2021: Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program (Boettcher Foundation)
- Kyri A. BakerÌý•ÌýCIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL ANDÌýARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Agnès BeaudryÌý•ÌýMATHEMATICS2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Zachory Berta-ThompsonÌý•ÌýASTROPHYSICAL ANDÌýPLANETARY SCIENCES2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Angela BoninoÌý•ÌýSPEECH, LANGUAGE ANDÌýHEARING SCIENCES2020:ÌýNIDCD Early Career Research Award (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders/NIH/DHHS)
- Cassandra BrooksÌý•ÌýENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Jed BrubakerÌý•ÌýINFORMATION SCIENCE2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Carson Bruns•ÌýMECHANICAL ENGINEERING2023 (applied in 2022):ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Michael CalkinsÌý•ÌýPHYSICS2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) - GEO
- Xudong ChenÌý•ÌýELECTRICAL, COMPUTER ANDÌýENERGY ENGINEERING2020: Young Investigator Program (Air Force Office of Scientific Research/DOD)2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Edward Boyi ChuongÌý•ÌýMOLECULAR, CELLULAR ANDÌýDEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (MCDB)2020:ÌýPackard Fellowships for Science and Engineering (David and Lucile Packard Foundation)
- Brianne CohenÌý•ÌýART AND ART HISTORY2022:ÌýAmerican Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship (American Association of University Women)
- Sherri CookÌý•ÌýCIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL ANDÌýARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Joelle CruzÌý•ÌýCOMMUNICATION2021:ÌýFeminist and Gender Studies Division/Outstanding Article Award (National Communication Association)
- Emiliano Dall'AneseÌý•ÌýELECTRICAL, COMPUTER ANDÌýENERGY ENGINEERING2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Laura DevendorfÌý•ÌýINFORMATION SCIENCEÌý• INTERMEDIA ART, WRITING AND PERFORMANCE2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Jason A. DexterÌý•ÌýASTROPHYSICAL ANDÌýPLANETARY SCIENCES2020:ÌýSloan Research Fellowship-Physics (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation)
- Daniel DigÌý•ÌýCOMPUTER SCIENCE2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Zoe DonaldsonÌý•ÌýPSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)2021: Editors’ Early Career Award (Neuropsychopharmacology)
- Casey FieslerÌý•ÌýINFORMATION SCIENCE2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Samantha Fladd• ANTHROPOLOGY2022:ÌýResearch and Collections Grant (National Historical Publications and Records Commission)
- Rafael FrongilloÌý•ÌýCOMPUTER SCIENCE2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Kathryn Goldfarb• ANTHROPOLOGY2022: Grant (NWA/NOAA)
- Joshua GrochowÌý•ÌýCOMPUTER SCIENCE2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- June GruberÌý•ÌýPSYCHOLOGY ANDÌýNEUROSCIENCE2020:ÌýNARSAD Young Investigator Grant (Brain & Behavior Research Foundation)
- Ankur GuptaÌý• CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING2023 (applied in 2022):ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Eve-Lyn HinckleyÌý•ÌýECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Laurel HindÌý• CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERINGÌý2022: Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (NIH)
- Adam HolewinskiÌý•ÌýCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Lauren Hosek•ÌýANTHROPOLOGY2022:ÌýGlobal Initiative Grant (Wenner-Gren Foundation )
- Loren HoughÌý•ÌýPHYSICS2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Shu-Wei HuangÌý•ÌýELECTRICAL, COMPUTER AND ENERGY ENGINEERING2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Mija HublerÌý•ÌýCIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING2020:ÌýEMI Leonardo Da Vinci Award (Engineering Mechanics Institute)2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Joseph IzraelevitzÌý• ELECTRICAL, COMPUTER AND ENERGY ENGINEERING2023 (applied in 2022):ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Hilary KalismanÌý•ÌýHISTORY2020: ACLS Fellowship (American Council of Learned Societies)2020: NAEd/Spencer Fellowship (National Academy of Education, Spencer Foundation)
- Adam KaufmanÌý•ÌýPHYSICS2020: Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program (Office of Naval Research/DOD)
- Maria KazachenkoÌý•ÌýASTROPHYSICAL AND PLANETARY SCIENCES2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Sebastian KopfÌý•ÌýGEOLOGICAL SCIENCES2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Nicole LabbeÌý•ÌýMECHANICAL ENGINEERING2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Daniel LarremoreÌý•ÌýCOMPUTER SCIENCE2022: Alan T. Waterman Award (NSF)
- Christine LarsonÌý• JOURNALISM2021:ÌýACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellowship (ACLS/New York Public Library)
- Ashleigh Lawrence-SandersÌý• HISTORY2023 (applied in 2022): ACLS Fellowship (American Council of Learned Societies)
- Katherine Lininger• GEOGRAPHY2023 (applied in 2022):ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Michael LitosÌý•ÌýPHYSICS2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Henry LovejoyÌý• HISTORY2021: New Directions Fellowship (Andrew W. Mellon Foundation)
- Andrew LucasÌý• PHYSICS2020:ÌýSloan Research Fellowship-Physics2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)2022: George E. Valley Jr. Prize (American Physical Society)
- Maureen LynchÌý• MECHANICAL ENGINEERING2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Robyn MacdonaldÌý• AEROSPACE ENGINEERING2022:ÌýYoung Investigator Program (Air Force Office of Scientific Research/DOD)
- Cresten MansfeldtÌý• CIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING2021:ÌýScience to Achieve Results (STAR) Research Grant (Environmental Protection Agency)
- Robert MarshallÌý• AEROSPACE ENGINEERING2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Jay McMahonÌý• AEROSPACE ENGINEERING2020:ÌýYoung Faculty Award, Defense Sciences Office (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
- Samira MehtaÌý• WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES2021:ÌýReligion and Theology Program (Luce Foundation)
- Natalie Mendoza • HISTORY2023 (applied in 2022): Summer Stipend (NEH)
- Marco NicotraÌý• ELECTRICAL, COMPUTER AND ENERGY ENGINEERING2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Jessica OrdazÌý• ETHNIC STUDIES2022: First Book Award (Immigration and Ethnic History Society)
- Sean O'RourkeÌý• MATHEMATICS2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Orit PelegÌý• COMPUTER SCIENCE2022:ÌýCottrell Scholar Award (Research Corporation for Science Advancement)2023 (applied in 2022):ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Dennis PerepelitsaÌý• PHYSICS2020:ÌýCottrell Scholar Award (Research Corporation for Science Advancement)
- Colette PeroldÌý• MEDIA STUDIES2021:ÌýBrooke Hindle Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship (Society for the History of Technology)2023 (applied in 2022): NEH Digital Humanities Advancement grant
- Fatemeh PourahmadianÌý• CIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Tracy Quan• SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE 2021:ÌýBest Articles Award (Modern Languages Journal)
- A. Marie RanjbarÌý•ÌýWOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES2022:ÌýAmerican Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship (American Association of University Women)
- Colleen ReidÌý• GEOGRAPHY2021: Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Research Grant (Environmental Protection Agency)
- Sandra RistovskaÌý• MEDIA STUDIES2021:ÌýScholars & Society Fellowship (Mellon/ACLS)2022: Activism Communication and Social Justice Outstanding Book Award (International Communication Association)
- Nancy Rodriguez-BunnÌý• APPLIED MATHEMATICS2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Alessandro RonconeÌý• COMPUTER SCIENCE2022:ÌýFY2021 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program (Office of Naval Research/DOD)
- David RootÌý• PSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE2020:ÌýNARSAD Young Investigator Grant (Brain & Behavior Research Foundation)
- Julio SepúlvedaÌý• GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Maryam Shakiba • AEROSPACE ENGINEERING2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Sandeep SharmaÌý• CHEMISTRY2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Josh ShepperdÌý•ÌýMEDIA STUDIES2020:ÌýCenter for Humanities and Information FellowÌý(Pennsylvania State University)
- C. Wyatt Shields IVÌý• CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)2022:ÌýYoung Investigator Program (Office of Naval Research / DOD)2022:ÌýPew Biomedical Scholars (Pew Charitable Trusts)2022:ÌýMaximizing Investigators' Research Award (NIH)2022: Fellowship (Packard Foundation)
- Alexandra SiegelÌý• POLITICAL SCIENCE2020:ÌýHarry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar Award (Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation)2020:ÌýHarry Frank Guggenheim Research Grant (Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation)
- Annika Socolofsky• COMPOSITION, COLLEGE OF MUSIC2021:ÌýGaudeamus Award (Gaudeamus Foundation)
- WilÌýV. Srubar• CIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Christine SteegerÌý•ÌýINSTITUTE OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE2020:ÌýPilot Research Projects in Tobacco Regulatory Science for Early Career Researchers (University of Southern California/NIH/NCI)
- Shuo SunÌý• PHYSICS2021:ÌýRalph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award (Oak Ridge Associated Universities)
- Ross TaylorÌý• JOURNALISM2020:ÌýBest Documentary Long (American Golden Picture International Film Festival)2020:ÌýFaculty Award of Excellence (Festival of Media Arts, Broadcast Education Association)
- William TaylorÌý• ANTHROPOLOGY2020: Franklin Grant (American Philosophical Society)2021:ÌýMulti-Country Research Fellowship (Council of American Overseas Research Centers)2022: High-Risk Research Grant (NSF)
- Stephanie Toliver Ìý• SCHOOL OF EDUCATION2023 (applied in 2022): NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- Ashutosh TrivediÌý• COMPUTER SCIENCE2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Lizzy TrowerÌý• GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES2022:ÌýSloan Research Fellowship: Earth System Science (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation)2023 (applied in 2022):ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Marina VanceÌý• MECHANICAL ENGINEERING2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)2021: Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Research Grant (Environmental Protection Agency)
- Tam VuÌý• COMPUTER SCIENCE2020:ÌýSloan Research Fellowship: Computer Science (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation)
- Aaron Whiteley • BIOCHEMISTRY2022:ÌýNIH Director’s New Innovator Award (NIH)2022: Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program (Boettcher Foundation)
- Bethany WilcoxÌý• PHYSICS2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Eric WustrowÌý• ELECTRICAL, COMPUTER AND ENERGY ENGINEERING2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Majid ZamaniÌý• COMPUTER SCIENCE2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)