Faculty Bulletin Board

Ravi Netravali, assistant professor of computer science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award.

Anastassia Alexandrova, professor of chemistry and biochemistry in the UCLA College, has received the award from the American Chemical Society.

Opie’s evocative photographs of contemporary America have challenged norms around sexuality and gender, domestic life and feelings of community

Hosea Nelson has been awarded the 2020 Bristol-Myers Squibb unrestricted grant in synthetic organic chemistry, which carries $150,000 over two years.

Thomas Belin received the Long-Term Excellence Award for significant contributions to health care policy and health services research.

Rebeca Méndez, professor of design media arts at UCLA, was bestowed with the honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts.

The 2020 Rick Hess Straight Up Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings are published annually in Education Week.

Justin Caram, UCLA professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has received a Faculty Early Career Development award.

Alain Mabanckou, literature professor was chosen by “New African” as one of its of 2019’s 100 most influential Africans.

Chon Noriega has won the 2019 Distinguished Editor award from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.

Alex Hall, professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at the UCLA College, has been awarded the 2019 Turco Lectureship.

UCLA’s Ravi Netravali was awarded best paper by the Association for Computing Machinery at the association’s 2019 symposium on cloud computing.

The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering’s Songwu Lu and Carlo Zaniolo have been elected as fellows of the world’s largest educational and scientific society for computing.

Kara Cooney was awarded the Nancy Lapp Popular Book Award from the American Schools of Oriental Research.

UCLA historian Sarah Abrevaya Stein’s “Family Papers: A Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century” was selected for the magazine’s list.

Glen MacDonald, distinguished professor of geography, has been chosen for the American Association of Geographers' 2020 Class of Fellows.

Stephanie Pincetl of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability received the honor from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom.

Yongjie Hu, UCLA assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, is a recipient of the 2019 Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award.

Peter Petersen and Romyar Sharifi have been elected to the American Mathematical Society's Fellows program.

Yahya Rahmat-Samii, distinguished professor in electrical engineering/electromagnetics, receives highest distinction in China in the field of engineering.

Brenda Stevenson, the Nickoll Family Professor of History at UCLA, has been selected to receive the 2020 Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal.

Susan Slyomovics received a research fellowship to the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Aix-Marseilles in France.

Katherine Marino, UCLA assistant professor of history, was selected for group’s the distinguished lectureship program.

“At CRESST, we believe assessment design is a critical linchpin to understanding and improving the quality of education for every student,” said Li Cai.

Four professors in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have been elected as part of the organization’s 2019 class of 168 fellows.