Faculty Bulletin Board

Kaner, who is the Dr. Myung Ki Hong Professor of Materials Innovation, was selected to receive the society’s 2022 award in applied polymer science.

President Joe Biden today announced that the Fields Medal-winning UCLA math professor is among 30 appointees.

Michela Giorcelli was selected as one of the two American economists to receive the honor from the Kiel institute for the World Economy.

Aradhna Tripati, associate professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, is named CAS fellow and recipient of the Willi Dansgaard award.

The award honors individuals working in Earth and space sciences who have made notable scientific achievements.

Casillas specializes in the study of health inequities and improving access to medical care.

The $665,000 award will be used to create a new MRI technique.

Stewart has been recognized with the Fofonoff Early Career Award for his research about the dynamics of oceanic currents, eddies and sea ice in polar regions.

UCLA has been selected as one of eight members of the I-Corps Hub that will scale the National Science Foundation’s National Innovation Network.

The six scientists hope a deeper understanding of induced pluripotent stem cells will pave the way to more advanced therapies for injury and disease.

Wang, an assistant professor of mathematics, received the award which is presented to exceptional young women mathematicians.

A professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, Wirz is leading the modeling and integration team.

Laurent Pilon and Wilbur Marner have been honored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Shorter received $50,000 from the California Community Foundation to facilitate work on his Archive of Healing.

The foreign minister’s commendations are awarded to individuals and groups acknowledge their contribution to the promotion of friendship between Japan and other countries.

Van Valkenburgh has received the 2021 Romer-Simpson Medal from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology for lifetime achievement.

Two scientists from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have received the three-year award from the U.S. Department of Defense.

Narins has been honored by the Acoustical Society of America. This is only the fourth silver medal ever given by the society in animal bioacoustics.

Weiss, an expert in nanoscience, is the first UCLA faculty member to receive the honor from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

Lin, assistant professor of art at UCLA, is having her work “Seeping, Rotting, Resting, Weeping” displayed at the Walker Art Center.

Blumenstein has received the 2020 Richard Buchholz conservation behavior award from the Animal Behavior Society Conservation Committee.

Nair, associate professor of art history, is a 2021-2022 recipient of a research excellence award from the UCLA Center for the Study of Women.

Chenfanfu Jiang, assistant professor of mathematics, and his research team won the award for their paper about a morphing hybrid aerial vehicle.

Garud, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, has been named a UCLA Hellman fellow and honored by Scialog.

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