A trio of faculty members have received highly competitive national awards in recognition of their commitment to teaching and research excellence. , Thonis Family Professor of Earth and environmental sciences, and聽, assistant professor of physics, were named聽Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellows, an honor recognizing early-career scholars who represent the most promising scientific researchers working today. In addition, Patteson received a 2023聽Cottrell Scholar聽award, a national honor that ranks her among the country鈥檚 best faculty researchers and teachers from the fields of astronomy, chemistry and physics.
Adding to the significant list of awards, Patteson, Bhattacharya and chemistry professor聽聽have also won National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grants, the NSF鈥檚 most competitive award in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education. Last year,聽聽won CAREER awards, which marked the most for the College in a single year. With several CAREER proposals still pending, A&S could exceed that total in 2023.
鈥淪loan fellowships, Cottrell Scholar awards and NSF CAREER grants are among the most prestigious distinctions for early career researchers, and we are incredibly fortunate to have winners of each in A&S this year,鈥 says Alan Middleton, A&S associate dean of research and scholarship. 鈥淭hese honors affirm our standing as a premier research institution. I congratulate Tripti, Alison and Olga, and look forward to seeing their future research breakthroughs.鈥
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