Sampling of National and International Faculty Awards and Recognitions

2024-25

Diana S. Aga

Chemistry

POWER LIST
The Analytical Scientist

Kafuli Agbemenu

Nursing

FELLOW
American Academy of Nursing

Gloria Aidoo-Frimpong

Epidemiology and Environmental Health

HEALTH DISPARITIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE SCHOLAR
National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities

JOINT SOCIOSTRUCTURAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH & IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE FELLOW
John Hopkins University

Barbara Rita Alevriadou

Biomedical Engineering

FELLOW
Biomedical Engineering Society

Jessy J. Alexander

Medicine

AAI LABORATORY TRAVEL GRANT
American Association of Immunologists

Tasha Austin

Learning and Instruction

RESEARCH SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP - EARLY CAREER AWARD
American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages

Katherine N. Balantekin

Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

ALISON FIELD EARLY-CAREER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH IN PEDIATRIC OBESITY
Pediatric Obesity Section of The Obesity Society

Joseph P. Balthasar

Pharmaceutical Sciences

OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC INVESTIGATOR AWARD
World Antibody-Drug Conjugate  

Christine P. Bartholomew

Law 

MEMBER
American Law Institute

Rajan Batta

Industrial and Systems Engineering

KOOPMAN PRIZE

SENIOR MEMBER
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences 

Francine Battaglia

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

ASSOCIATE FELLOW
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 

Leslie J. Bisson

Orthopaedics

HEALTH EQUITY LEADERSHIP AWARD
American Heart Association, Eastern States

Marina Blanton

Computer Science and Engineering

DISTINGUISHED MEMBER
Association for Computing Machinery

Matthew R. Bonner

Epidemiology and Environmental Health

FELLOW
American College of Epidemiology 

Ian Bradley

Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

FACULTY EARLY CAREER DEVELOPMENT (CAREER) AWARD
National Science Foundation

Irus Braverman

Law

CLAY MORGAN AWARD FOR BEST BOOK IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICAL THEORY
Western Political Science Association

Renier Brentjens

Medicine

WARREN ALPERT FOUNDATION PRIZE
Warren Alpert Foundation and Harvard Medical School

Michael R. Brown

Rehabilitation Science

FELLOWSHIP IN HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERSHIP
American Physical Therapy Association

Michel Bruneau

Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

ERNEST E. HOWARD AWARD
American Society of Civil Engineers

Federica Bulgarelli

Psychology

APS RISING STAR
Association for Psychological Science

Sabrina Casucci

Industrial and System Engineering

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE DIVISION, TEACHING AWARD
Institute of Industrial and System Engineers

Lora A. Cavuoto

Industrial and Systems Engineering

RISING STAR OF SAFETY AWARD
National Safety Council

WOMAN MENTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Paul Cefola

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

FELLOW
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 

Kim E. Chaney

Psychology

RISING STAR
Association for Psychological Science

Nicole E. Cieri-Hutcherson

Pharmacy Practice

FELLOW
American College of Clinical Pharmacy 

Deborah Duen Ling Chung

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD
California Institute of Technology 

Brian M. Clemency

Emergency Medicine

NANCY CAROLINE AWARD FOR MENTORSHIP AND EDUCATION
National Association of EMS Physicians

Richard A. Cohen

Jewish Thought

RECOGNIZED WITH EDITED VOLUME "THE EVENT OF THE GOOD: READING LEVINAS IN A LEVINASIAN WAY"

SUNY Press

Michael C. Constantinou

Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

FELLOW OF THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE
American Society of Civil Engineers

Luis A. Colón

Chemistry

JOSEPH J. KIRKLAND AWARD IN CHROMATOGRAPHY
American Chemical Society

"LATINO 10" 10 LATINOS RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2024
NBC News

Anne B. Curtis

Medicine

VIRGINIA KNEELAND FRANTZ AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED WOMEN IN MEDICINE
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Derek Daniels

Biological Sciences

COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DE PESSOAL DE NÍVEL SUPERIOR (CAPES) SCHOLAR
Institute of International Education

Andreas Daum

History

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
DAAD: German Academic Exchange Service

Luis R. De Jesús Báez

Chemistry

2025 YOUNG OBSERVER
U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

FORUM FOR EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AWARD
American Physical Society

Adrienne Decker

Engineering Education

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP IN ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGY,  ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE FELLOW
Drexel University

Patricia I. Diaz

Oral Biology

DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST AWARD IN RESEARCH IN ORAL BIOLOGY
International Association for Dental Research 

Liya Ding

Immunology - Roswell Park

MERIT AWARD (R37)
National Institutes of Health 

Simone Duarte

Restorative Dentistry

FELLOW
American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research

Margarita L. Dubocovich

Pharmacology and Toxicology

PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND ENGINEERING MENTORING (PAESMEM)
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

D. Fernando Estrada

Biochemistry 

RICHARD OKITA EARLY CAREER AWARD IN DRUG METABOLISM AND DISPOSITION
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 

John Fiege

Media Study

MEDIA PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AWARD
National Endowment for the Humanities

Steven J. Fliesler

Ophthalmology

SCHROEPFER MEDAL
American Oil Chemists' Society 

Virginia J. Flood

Learning and Instruction

FACULTY EARLY CAREER DEVELOPMENT (CAREER) AWARD
National Science Foundation

Kelly Foltz-Ramos

Nursing

FELLOW
American Academy of Nursing

Nicholas M. Fusco

Pharmacy Practice

PEDIATRICS PROFESSIONAL RELATIONS NETWORK, OUTSTANDING PRACTITIONER AWARD
American College of Clinical Pharmacy

John Harland Giammatteo

Law

SECTION ON FEDERAL COURTS, BEST UNTENURED ARTICLE AWARD
Association of American Law Schools

Óscar F. Gil-García

Anthropology 

MELLON EMERGING FACULTY LEADERS AWARD
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Mishuana Goeman

Indigenous Studies

SHORT-TERM FELLOW
The Huntington Library

Omer Gokcumen

Biological Sciences

OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATOR AWARD (R35)
National Institutes of Health 

Kelly Gregg

Urban and Regional Planning 

GREAT PLACES AWARD
American Planning Association

Jennifer Guay

Nursing

FELLOW
American College of Nurse-Midwives

Shermali Gunawardena

Biological Sciences

FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR AWARD
Institute of International Education

Larry W. Hawk

Psychology

FELLOW
Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

David E. Heppner

Chemistry

MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY EMERGING INVESTIGATOR
Royal Society of Chemistry

OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATOR AWARD (R35)
National Institutes of Health

PHILIP S. PORTOGHESE LECTURESHIP AWARD
American Chemical Society, Division of Medicinal Chemistry

Daniel B. Hess

Urban and Regional Planning

FELLOWSHIP
Baltic-American Freedom Foundation

Sharon J. Hewner

Nursing

HARRIET H. WERLEY AWARD
American Medical Informatics Association

Carrie C. Hoefer

Pharmaceutical Sciences

STRIPE DOUBLE HELIX AWARD OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC INVESTIGATOR
American Society of Pharmacovigilance 

Maeve Howett

Nursing

DISTINGUISHED NURSING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Emory University, Neil Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing

Yingjie Hu

Geography

SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND MODELING SPECIALTY GROUP, EMERGING SCHOLAR AWARD
American Association of Geographers

David M. Jacobs

Pharmacy Practice

CLINICAL RESEARCH PAPER AWARD
American Pharmacists Association

Kaiyi Ji

Computer Science and Engineering

FACULTY EARLY CAREER DEVELOPMENT (CAREER) AWARD
National Science Foundation

Heidi Julien

Information Science

AWARD OF MERIT
Association for Information Science and Technology

Darrell F. Kaminski

Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

FELLOW
American Society of Civil Engineers 

Kara M. Kelly

Pediatrics

TOP LEADER IN HEALTHCARE
Becker's Hospital Review

Maria L. Kraimer

Organization & Human Resources

FELLOW
Academy of Management

Laura Kraning

Media Study

JURY’S CHOICE AWARD
44th Annual Thomas Edison Film Festival 

Jessica S. Kruger

Community Health and Health Behavior

DISTINGUISHED FELLOW
Public Health Academy of the National Academies of Practice

Douglas Landsittel

Biostatistics

PUBLIC HEALTH ALUMNI AWARD FOR RESEARCH
University of Pittsburgh

Hal Langfur

History

WARREN DEAN MEMORIAL BOOK PRIZE
Conference on Latin American History

Elad I. Levy

Neurosurgery

DUKE SAMSON AWARD
Congress of Neurological Surgeons 

Yiqiang Li

Mathematics

TRAVEL SUPPORT FOR MATHEMATICIANS AWARD
Simons Foundation

Y. Chris Li

Chemistry

COTTRELL SCHOLAR
Research Corporation for Science Advancement

ENERGY AND FUELS RISING STAR
American Chemical Society

Qing Lin

Chemistry

FELLOW
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Patricia Logan-Greene

Social Work

FELLOW
Society for Social Work and Research 

Donald E. Mager

Pharmaceutical Sciences

LEWIS B. SHEINER LECTURER AWARD
International Society of Pharmacometrics 

Christine Marie

Media Study

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANT
New York State Council on the Arts 

Gail Markowski

Nursing

FELLOW
American Heart Association 

Baishakhi Mazumder

Materials Design and Innovation

U.S. AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB SUMMER FACULTY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Mary B. McVee

Learning and Instruction

DIVISION G MENTORING AWARD
American Educational Research Association 

Calvin J. Meaney

Pharmacy Practice

FELLOWSHIP
National Kidney Foundation

Pauline Mendola

Epidemiology and Environmental Health

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
American College of Epidemiology

Monica L. Miles

Engineering Education

ARTHUR O. EVE EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
New York State Assembly

Amy E. Millen

Epidemiology and Environmental Health 

EXCELLENCE IN NUTRITION FELLOW
American Society for Nutrition 

Cristanne Miller

English

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Emily Dickinson International Society 

Hemn Mohammadpour

Cell Stress Biology - Roswell Park 

V SCHOLAR GRANT
V Foundation for Cancer Research

Jackie Murray

Classics

FELLOW IN HELLENIC STUDIES
Harvard University Center for Hellenic Studies

Patricia Z. Musacchio

Chemistry

RISING STAR, ACS ORGANIC AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY AU
American Chemical Society 

Ariel Nereson

Theatre and Dance

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
American Society for Theatre Research 

Amanda B. Nickerson

Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

FELLOW
American Educational Research Association 

Mostafa Nouh

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

EARLY CAREER DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD
University of Maryland

Harry O'Malley

Gifted Math Program

PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHING
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Yotam Ophir

Communication

10 EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS TO WATCH
Science News

Jamie M. Ostrov

Psychology

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD
College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Elizabeth Otto

Global Gender and Sexuality Studies

FELLOW
Harvard Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

JUSTUS BIER PRIZE FOR CURATORS
The Helga Pape Foundation

MEMBER (Declined)
Institute for Advanced Study

SENIOR FELLOWSHIP
Dedalus Foundation

Eunhee Park

Nursing

FELLOW
American Academy of Nursing

Kristin Poinar

Earth Sciences

FACULTY EARLY CAREER DEVELOPMENT (CAREER) AWARD
National Science Foundation

Stephanie Poindexter

Anthropology

EARLY CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
American Society of Primatologists

Paras N. Prasad

Chemistry

VAJRA DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORSHIP AT INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION & RESEARCH
Department of Science and Technology, Government of India 

Gina M. Prescott

Pharmacy Practice

PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP, BEST PUBLICATION AWARD
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy 

Barbara Prinari

Mathematics

FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR AWARD
Institute of International Education

Bina Ramamurthy

Computer Science and Engineering

FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR AWARD
Institute of International Education

Steven J. Ray

Chemistry

FELLOW
Society for Applied Spectroscopy 

Adrián Rodríguez-Riccelli

Romance Languages and Literatures

FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR AWARD
Institute of International Education

Arnaldo Rodriguez-Gonzalez

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

MGM-SIAM, EARLY CAREER FELLOW
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Atri Rudra

Computer Science and Engineering

ALBERTO O. MENDELZON TEST OF TIME AWARD
Association for Computing Machinery

Bibhu Datta Sahoo

Electrical Engineering

CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS SOCIETY'S DISTINGUISHED LECTURER 
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Frank A. Scannapieco

Oral Biology

DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST AWARD IN GERIATRIC ORAL RESEARCH
International Association for Dental Research

Saguna Shankar

Information Science

PROQUEST DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AWARD
Association for Information Science and Technology

David A. Sherris

Otolaryngology

WILLIAM K. WRIGHT AWARD
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Natalie C. Simpson

Operations Management and Strategy

DENNIS E. GRAWOIG DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Decision Sciences Institute

Beth A. Smith

Psychiatry

FELLOW
Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine

Daniel Smith

Nursing

FELLOW
American Academy of Nursing

Craig A. Snoeyink

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

EARLY CAREER RESEARCH PROGRAM AWARD
U.S. Department of Energy

Mickey Sperlich

Social Work

AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
National Association of Perinatal Social Workers

IMPROVE INITIATIVE
National Institutes of Health

Kaila L. Stipancic

Communicative Disorders and Sciences

EARLY CAREER CONTRIBUTIONS IN RESEARCH AWARD
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Mark T. Swihart

Chemical and Biological Engineering

AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN POWER ELECTRONICS STANDARDS
IEEE Power Electronics Society

Andrew H. Talal

Medicine

TOP TEN CLINICAL RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Clinical Research Forum

Jean Wactawski-Wende

Epidemiology and Environmental Health

GO RED FOR WOMEN COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD
American Heart Association

Hua (Helen) Wang

Communication

FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR AWARD
Institute of International Education

Andrew S. Whittaker

Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

DISTINGUISHED MEMBER
American Society of Civil Engineers

Paris D. Wicker

Educational Leadership and Policy

IRVIN LEE (BOBBY) WRIGHT DISSERTATION OF THE YEAR AWARD
Association for the Study of Higher Education

Gregory E. Wilding

Biostatistics

MEMBER
Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health

Olga Wodo

Materials Design and Innovation

U.S. AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB SUMMER FACULTY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Air Force Office of Scientific Research 

Jinjun Xiong

Computer Science and Engineering

BEST PAPER AWARD
IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences

COUNCIL ON ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION, OUTSTANDING SERVICE RECOGNITION
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 

Sai Yendamuri

Surgery - Roswell Park

FELLOW
American Surgical Association

NSF CAREER AWARD
National Science Foundation

Leslie (Lei) Ying

Biomedical Engineering; Electrical Engineering

FELLOW
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Juan Carlos Zaldivar

Media Study 

BEST COMPOSER OF THE FUTURE (MEROPE)
Cannes World Film Festival 

BEST DANCE FILM (MEROPE)
Consonance Music Dance Film Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia

BEST FILM SOUNTRACK (MEROPE)
9th Film Music Festival, Los Angeles

Hao Zeng

Physics

FELLOW
American Physical Society

FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR AWARD
Institute of International Education

Jun Zhuang

Industrial and Systems Engineering

FELLOW
Institute of Industrial Systems Engineers

SENIOR MEMBER
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

Gene Zubovich

History

FELLOW
National Endowment for the Humanities

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