2020–2022 Early Career Faculty 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 STUDIES
2021: Career Enhancement Fellowship (Institute for Citizens & Scholars) - Allie Anderson •ÌýAEROSPACE ENGINEERING
2023 (applied in 2022):ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Nausica ArnoultÌý•ÌýMOLECULAR, CELLULAR ANDÌýDEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
2021: Outstanding Investigator Award (NIH)2021: Boettcher Investigator (Boettcher Foundation)2021: Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program (Boettcher Foundation) - Kyri A. BakerÌý•ÌýCIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL ANDÌýARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING
2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Agnès BeaudryÌý•ÌýMATHEMATICS
2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Zachory Berta-ThompsonÌý•ÌýASTROPHYSICAL ANDÌýPLANETARY SCIENCES
2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Angela BoninoÌý•ÌýSPEECH, LANGUAGE ANDÌýHEARING SCIENCES
2020:ÌýNIDCD Early Career Research Award (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders/NIH/DHHS) - Cassandra BrooksÌý•ÌýENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Jed BrubakerÌý•ÌýINFORMATION SCIENCE
2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Carson Bruns•ÌýMECHANICAL ENGINEERING
2023 (applied in 2022):ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Michael CalkinsÌý•ÌýPHYSICS
2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) - GEO - Xudong ChenÌý•ÌýELECTRICAL, COMPUTER ANDÌýENERGY ENGINEERING
2020: 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 HISTORY
2022:ÌýAmerican Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship (American Association of University Women) - Sherri CookÌý•ÌýCIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL ANDÌýARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING
2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Joelle CruzÌý•ÌýCOMMUNICATION
2021:ÌýFeminist and Gender Studies Division/Outstanding Article Award (National Communication Association) - Emiliano Dall'AneseÌý•ÌýELECTRICAL, COMPUTER ANDÌýENERGY ENGINEERING
2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Laura DevendorfÌý•ÌýINFORMATION SCIENCEÌý• INTERMEDIA ART, WRITING AND PERFORMANCE
2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Jason A. DexterÌý•ÌýASTROPHYSICAL ANDÌýPLANETARY SCIENCES
2020:ÌýSloan Research Fellowship-Physics (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) - Daniel DigÌý•ÌýCOMPUTER SCIENCE
2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Zoe DonaldsonÌý•ÌýPSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE
2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)2021: Editors’ Early Career Award (Neuropsychopharmacology) - Casey FieslerÌý•ÌýINFORMATION SCIENCE
2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Samantha Fladd • ANTHROPOLOGY
2022:ÌýResearch and Collections Grant (National Historical Publications and Records Commission) - Rafael FrongilloÌý•ÌýCOMPUTER SCIENCE
2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Kathryn Goldfarb• ANTHROPOLOGY
2022: Grant (NWA/NOAA) - Joshua GrochowÌý•ÌýCOMPUTER SCIENCE
2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Ankur GuptaÌý• CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
2023 (applied in 2022):ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Eve-Lyn HinckleyÌý•ÌýECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Laurel HindÌý• CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
2022: Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (NIH) - Adam HolewinskiÌý•ÌýCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Lauren Hosek•ÌýANTHROPOLOGY
2022:ÌýGlobal Initiative Grant (Wenner-Gren Foundation) - Loren HoughÌý•ÌýPHYSICS
2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Shu-Wei HuangÌý•ÌýELECTRICAL, COMPUTER AND ENERGY ENGINEERING
2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Mija HublerÌý•ÌýCIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING
2020:ÌýEMI Leonardo Da Vinci Award (Engineering Mechanics Institute)
2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Joseph IzraelevitzÌý• ELECTRICAL, COMPUTER AND ENERGY ENGINEERING
2023 (applied in 2022):ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Hilary KalismanÌý•ÌýHISTORY
2020: ACLS Fellowship (American Council of Learned Societies)2020: NAEd/Spencer Fellowship (National Academy of Education, Spencer Foundation) - Adam KaufmanÌý•ÌýPHYSICS
2020: Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program (Office of Naval Research/DOD) - Maria KazachenkoÌý•ÌýASTROPHYSICAL AND PLANETARY SCIENCES
2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Sebastian KopfÌý•ÌýGEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Nicole LabbeÌý•ÌýMECHANICAL ENGINEERING
2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Daniel LarremoreÌý•ÌýCOMPUTER SCIENCE
2022: Alan T. Waterman Award (NSF) - Christine LarsonÌý• JOURNALISM
2021:ÌýACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellowship (ACLS/New York Public Library) - Ashleigh Lawrence-SandersÌý• HISTORY
2023 (applied in 2022): ACLS Fellowship (American Council of Learned Societies) - Katherine Lininger• GEOGRAPHY
2023 (applied in 2022):ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Michael LitosÌý•ÌýPHYSICS
2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Henry LovejoyÌý• HISTORY
2021: New Directions Fellowship (Andrew W. Mellon Foundation) - Andrew LucasÌý• PHYSICS
2020:ÌýSloan Research Fellowship-Physics
2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
2022: George E. Valley Jr. Prize (American Physical Society) - Maureen LynchÌý• MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Robyn MacdonaldÌý• AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
2022:ÌýYoung Investigator Program (Air Force Office of Scientific Research/DOD) - Cresten MansfeldtÌý• CIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING
2021:ÌýScience to Achieve Results (STAR) Research Grant (Environmental Protection Agency) - Robert MarshallÌý• AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Jay McMahonÌý• AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
2020:ÌýYoung Faculty Award, Defense Sciences Office (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) - Samira MehtaÌý• WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES
2021:ÌýReligion and Theology Program (Luce Foundation) - Natalie Mendoza • HISTORY
2023 (applied in 2022): Summer Stipend (NEH) - Marco NicotraÌý• ELECTRICAL, COMPUTER AND ENERGY ENGINEERING2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
- Jessica OrdazÌý• ETHNIC STUDIES
2022: First Book Award (Immigration and Ethnic History Society) - Sean O'RourkeÌý• MATHEMATICS
2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Orit PelegÌý• COMPUTER SCIENCE
2022:ÌýCottrell Scholar Award (Research Corporation for Science Advancement)2023 (applied in 2022):ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Dennis PerepelitsaÌý• PHYSICS
2020:ÌýCottrell Scholar Award (Research Corporation for Science Advancement) - Colette PeroldÌý• MEDIA STUDIES
2021: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 ENGINEERING
2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Tracy Quan• SPANISH AND PORTUGUESEÌý
2021:ÌýBest Articles Award (Modern Languages Journal) - A. Marie RanjbarÌý•ÌýWOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES
2022:ÌýAmerican Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship (American Association of University Women) - Colleen ReidÌý• GEOGRAPHY
2021: Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Research Grant (Environmental Protection Agency) - Sandra RistovskaÌý• MEDIA STUDIES
2021:ÌýScholars & Society Fellowship (Mellon/ACLS)
2022: Activism Communication and Social Justice Outstanding Book Award (International Communication Association)
- Nancy Rodriguez-BunnÌý• APPLIED MATHEMATICS
2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Alessandro RonconeÌý• COMPUTER SCIENCE
2022:ÌýFY2021 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program (Office of Naval Research/DOD) - David RootÌý• PSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE
2020:ÌýNARSAD Young Investigator Grant (Brain & Behavior Research Foundation) - Julio SepúlvedaÌý• GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Maryam Shakiba • AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Sandeep SharmaÌý• CHEMISTRY
2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Josh ShepperdÌý•ÌýMEDIA STUDIES
2020:ÌýCenter for Humanities and Information FellowÌý(Pennsylvania State University) - C. Wyatt Shields IVÌý• CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
2022: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 SCIENCE
2020: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 MUSIC
2021:ÌýGaudeamus Award (Gaudeamus Foundation) - WilÌýV. Srubar• CIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING
2020:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Christine SteegerÌý•ÌýINSTITUTE OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
2020:ÌýPilot Research Projects in Tobacco Regulatory Science for Early Career Researchers (University of Southern California/NIH/NCI) - Shuo SunÌý• PHYSICS
2021:ÌýRalph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award (Oak Ridge Associated Universities) - Ross TaylorÌý• JOURNALISM
2020:ÌýBest Documentary Long (American Golden Picture International Film Festival)
2020:ÌýFaculty Award of Excellence (Festival of Media Arts, Broadcast Education Association) - William TaylorÌý• ANTHROPOLOGY
2020: Franklin Grant (American Philosophical Society)
2021:ÌýMulti-Country Research Fellowship (Council of American Overseas Research Centers)
2022: High-Risk Research Grant (NSF) - Stephanie Toliver • SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
2023 (applied in 2022): NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program - Ashutosh TrivediÌý• COMPUTER SCIENCE
2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Lizzy TrowerÌý• GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
2022:ÌýSloan Research Fellowship: Earth System Science (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation)
2023 (applied in 2022):ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Marina VanceÌý• MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
2021:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)
2021: Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Research Grant (Environmental Protection Agency) - Tam VuÌý• COMPUTER SCIENCE
2020:ÌýSloan Research Fellowship: Computer Science (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) - Aaron Whiteley • BIOCHEMISTRY
2022:ÌýNIH Director’s New Innovator Award (NIH)
2022: Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program (Boettcher Foundation) - Bethany WilcoxÌý• PHYSICS
2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Eric WustrowÌý• ELECTRICAL, COMPUTER AND ENERGY ENGINEERING
2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER) - Majid ZamaniÌý• COMPUTER SCIENCE
2022:ÌýFaculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER)