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)

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