Faculty Awards
Seven Faculty Members Named 2021-22 Hellman Fellows
Adria L. Imada Named 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
Dear colleagues, On behalf of Chancellor Gillman, we are pleased to announce that Adria L. Imada, professor of history, has been named a 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. Her project will examine diverse survivors of 20th-century epidemics in the United States and its territories. Professor Imada joins a group of 26 fellows nationwide selected from more…
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Adriana Darielle MejÃa Briscoe Awarded 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship
Dear colleagues, On behalf of Chancellor Gillman, we are pleased to announce that Adriana Darielle MejÃa Briscoe, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, has been awarded a 2021 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. Appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, she was chosen through a rigorous peer-review process from almost 3,000…
Read MoreCharles Glabe Named 2020 National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Dear colleagues, It is our pleasure to congratulate Charles Glabe, Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, on being named a 2020 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Among his achievements, Professor Glabe is being recognized for the creation of antibodies that bind to the four kinds of proteins forming the amyloid associated with…
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Kyriacos A. Athanasiou Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that Kyriacos A. Athanasiou, Henry Samueli Chair in Engineering and Distinguished Professor of biomedical engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. He is one of 90 U.S.-based members and 10 international members announced this week. A globally renowned biomedical engineer, he is being honored “for…
Read MoreFive UCI junior faculty named Hellman Fellows for 2020-21
Leo Chavez Honored by Society for Applied Anthropology for a Career of Contributions Enhancing Understanding of Latinx Communities
Ellen Druffel Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that Ellen Druffel, Distinguished Professor and Fred Kavli Chair in Earth System Science, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences. She is one of 146 scientists from around the world being recognized this year for their outstanding and continuing achievements in original research. Professor Druffel…
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