Faculty Scholar Medals
Each year a faculty award for excellence in scholarship, research, and the arts honors those who have excelled in creative work and will express the University's gratitude and appreciation for their achievements.
The awards are given in recognition of scholarly or creative excellence represented by a single contribution or a series of contributions around a coherent theme. The contribution may be original basic research in any area of science; it may represent application of knowledge in the creation and/or commercial transfer of a process or device useful to society; the contribution may be in any area of the arts or humanities such as poetry, musical composition, design, sculpture, paintings, ceramics, theatre arts, and photography, history, literature, philosophy, etc.
Faculty Scholar Medals & Nominations Guidelines
- Arts and humanities
- Engineering
- Entrepreneurship, technology transfer, and economic development
- Life and health sciences
- Physical sciences
- Social and behavioral sciences
- Name of the selected candidate
- No award if suitable candidates are not available, in the judgment of the area review panel.
Award Recipients Listed by Area of Scholarship
Faculty and researchers that receive the Faculty Scholars Award provide inspiration for others in their fields who are working to further advance our understanding of the world around us.
Arts and Humanities - Bonnie Collura, Professor of Art (Sculpture)
Engineering - Enrique D. Gomez, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
Life and Health Sciences - Katsuhiko ‘Katsu’ Murakami, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Physical Sciences - Mikael Rechtsman, Professor of Physics
Social and Behavioral Sciences - Shaun L. Gabbidon, Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice
Entrepreneurship, Technology Transfer, and Economic Development - Tak-Sing Wong, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
Arts and Humanities - Steve H. Broadnax III, Professor of Theatre
Engineering - Jon-Paul Maria, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Life and Health Sciences - Maciej F. Boni, Associate Professor of Biology
Physical Sciences - Miguel Alejandro Mostafá, Professor of Physics and of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Social and Behavioral Sciences - Sy-Miin Chow, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Arts and Humanities - Jonathan P. Eburne, Professor of Comparative Literature, English, and French & Francophone Studies
Engineering - Ralph H. Colby, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical Engineering
Entrepreneurship, Technology Transfer and Economic Development- Carleen F. Maitland, Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
Life and Health Sciences - Jonathan P. Lynch, Distinguished Professor of Plant Science
Physical Sciences- Susan B. Sinnott, Professor and Department Head of Materials Science and Engineering and Professor of Chemistry
Social and Behavioral Sciences - Homero Gil de Zúñiga, Professor of Media Studies
Arts and Humanities - Amy Allen, Professor of Philosophy and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Engineering - Joshua Robinson, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Life and Health Sciences - Manuel Llinás, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Chemistry
Physical Sciences- Chad Hanna, Professor of Mathematics, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Astrophysics
Social and Behavioral Sciences -Pamela Cole, Liberal Arts Professor of Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies
Arts and Humanities - Marica Tacconi, Professor of Musicology, School of Music
Engineering - Donghai Wang, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Life and Health Sciences - Iliana Baums, Professor of Biology
Physical Sciences - Carina Curto, Professor of Mathematics
Social and Behavioral Sciences - Jennie Noll, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Arts and Humanities - Christopher Reed, Distinguished Professor of English and Visual Culture
Engineering - Joan Redwing, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering
Life and Health Sciences - Michael Axtell, Professor of Biology
Physical Sciences - Marcos A. Rigol, Professor of Physics
Social and Behavioral Sciences - Giuli Dussias, Professor of Spanish, Linguistics, and Psychology
Arts and Humanities - Sandra Spanier, Professor of English
Engineering - Qing Wang, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Entrepreneurship, Technology Transfer, and Economic Development - Neil Christensen, Professor of Pathology Microbiology and Immunology
Life and Health Sciences - Bernhard Luscher, Professor of Biology, and Biochemistry and Molecular
Physical Sciences - Fuqing Zhang, Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Social and Behavioral Sciences - John M. Carroll, Distinguished Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
Arts and Humanities - Sophie C. De Schaepdrijver, Professor of History
Engineering - Adrianus C. Van Duin, Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Entrepreneurship, Technology Transfer and Economic Development - James H. Adair, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacology
Life and Health Sciences - Christine Keating, Professor of Chemistry
Physical Sciences - Federico Rodriguez Hertz, Professor of Mathematics
Social and Behavioral Sciences - Joshua Smyth, Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Medicine
Arts and Humanities - Kim Cook, Professor of Music
Engineering - Mauricio Terrones, Professor of Chemistry
Physical Sciences - Squire Booker, Professor of Chemistry
Social and Behavioral Sciences - S. Shyam Sundar, Distinguished Professor of Communications
Arts and Humanities - Robert Nairn, Professor of Music
Engineering - Qiming Zhang, Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering
Life and Health Sciences - Song Tan, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Physical Sciences - John Badding, Professor of Chemistry
Social and Behavioral Sciences - Robert J. Turrisi, Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Arts and Humanities - Eric Hayot, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies
Engineering -
Life and Health Sciences - Joan Richtsmeier, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology
Physical Sciences - Eric Feigelson, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Social and Behavioral Sciences - Karl Zimmerer, Professor of Geography
Arts and Humanities - Helen O’Leary, Professor of Art
Engineering - Tony Jun Huang, Associate Professor of Engineering Sciences and Mechanics
Life and Health Sciences - Claude dePamphilis, Professor of Biology
Physical Sciences - Susan Brantley, Distinguished Professor of Geosciences
Social and Behavioral Sciences - Judith Kroll, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, and Women’s Studies
Arts and Humanities - Michael F. Bérubé, Paterno Family Professor of Literature
Engineering - Venkatraman Gopalan, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Life and Health Sciences - Eric S. Post, Professor of Biology,
Physical Sciences - Raymond E. Schaak, Professor of Chemistry
Social and Behavioral Sciences - John D. McCarthy, Professor of Sociology
Arts and Humanities - Patrick Cheney, Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Engineering - Chunshan Song, Distinguished Professor of Fuel Science and Chemical Engineering
Life and Health Sciences - Stephen Blair Hedges, Professor of Biology
Physical Sciences - Martin Bojowald, Associate Professor of Physics
Social and Behavioral Sciences - Vijay Krishna, distinguished professor of economics
Arts and Humanities - Thomas O. Beebee, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and German
Engineering - Padma Raghavan, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Life and Health Sciences - Edward Holmes, Eberly College of Science Distinguished Senior Scholar
Physical Sciences - Philip Bevilacqua, Professor of Chemistry
Social and Behavioral Sciences - Alan MacEachren, Professor of Geography
Arts and Humanities - Velvet M. Brown, Professor of Music
Engineering - Clive A. Randall, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering,
Life and Health Sciences - Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky, Professor of Kinesiology
Physical Sciences - J. Martin Bollinger, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Social and Behavioral Sciences - D. Wayne Osgood, Professor of Crime, Law, and Justice and Sociology
Arts and Humanities - Lisa O. Bontrager, Professor of Music
Life and Health Sciences - Keith C. Cheng, Professor of Pathology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology,
Physical Sciences - Nitin Samarth, Professor of Physics
Social and Behavioral Sciences - Janice C. Light, Distinguished Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Arts and Humanities - Matthew Restall, Professor of Latin American History, Anthropology, and Women’s Studies
Life and Health Sciences - Ottar Bjornstad, Associate Professor of Entomology and Biology
Physical Sciences - David S. Weiss, Professor of Physics
Social and Behavioral Sciences - Darrell Steffensmeier, Professor of Sociology and Crime, Law and Justice