Shout-Outs

Congratulations to recent award recipients in our research community. This is not an exhaustive list but a few highlights. Includes some alumni.

 

Two UW–Madison have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences:

Francis Halzen, PI for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and professor of physics

Grace Wahba,  honorary associate/fellow emeritus,Departments of Statistics and Computer Sciences

 

American Association for the Advancement of Science:

Jean-Michel Ane, professor of bacteriology

Vernon Barger, professor of physics

Katrina T. Forest, professor of bacteriology

Simon Gilroy, professor of botany

James Keck, professor of biomolecular chemistry

Sissel Schroeder, professor of anthropology

Brad Schwartz, professor of medicine

Jue “Jade” Wang, professor. of bacteriology

 

American Association of Geographers Fellow:

Song Gao, associate professor (with tenure) in GIScience, Department of Geography

 

Guggenheim Fellowship:

Beth Nguyen, professor of English and director of the master’s in fine arts program in creative writing

 

Shaw Early Career Research Award:

Monica Neugebauer, assistant professor of biochemistry

 

Chancellor’s Entrepreneurial Achievement Awards:

Mark Bakken

James Dahlberg

Dorri McWhorter

 

Cozzarelli Prize:

Jenna Nobles, professor of sociology

 

Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Award:

Yu (Kristy) Guo, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Waisman investigator Xinyu Zhao, PhD, professor of neuroscience