Princeton chemist Mohammad Seyedsayamdost awarded a MacArthur Fellowship
Tuesday, Oct 6, 2020
Mohammad (Mo) Seyedsayamdost, an associate professor in Princeton University's Department of Chemistry, has been awarded a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship.
Awards
Professor Betsy Levy Paluck and librarian Meghan Testerman awarded Data-Driven Social Science Initiative Grant to fund open database of prejudice reduction studies
Sunday, Sep 20, 2020
Professor of psychology and public affairs Betsy Levy Paluck and behavioral sciences librarian Meghan Testerman were recently awarded Princeton’s Data-Driven Social Science Initiative (DDSSI) Grant for their joint proposal, “Prejudice Reduction: Creating an Open Repository of ‘What Works’ from Experimental Research.”
Mathematician Logunov wins New Horizons Prize
Thursday, Sep 10, 2020
The Breakthrough Prize Foundation announced today that mathematician Aleksandr Logunov is one of 12 recipients of their New Horizons Prizes for early-career scientists and mathematicians who have already made a substantial impact on their fields. He wins “for novel techniques to study solutions to elliptic equations and their application to long-standing problems in nodal geometry.”
Donia wins Vilcek Prize in biomedical science
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2020
The Vilcek Foundation announced today that Mohamed Abou Donia was one of three recipients of the 2021 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science, awarded annually to extraordinary early-career scientists whose work represents a profound advance in their respective fields. Like the other Vilcek Prizes, it is awarded to scholars who work in the United States but were born elsewhere.
Lionnet awarded National Science Foundation grant to document endangered languages
Monday, Aug 17, 2020
In summer 2020, Florian Lionnet, Assistant Professor of Linguistics, was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for “Dynamic Language Infrastructure-Documenting Endangered Languages.” The three-year grant supports the documentation of the Kulaale language of southern Chad.
Russakovsky recognized for fighting bias and advancing diversity in AI research
Monday, Aug 17, 2020
Olga Russakovsky, an assistant professor of computer science, has been recognized with two early-career awards from organizations that promote diversity in technical fields. The awards honor her contributions in research, education and outreach.
Astrophysicist Adam Burrows wins international prize for brown dwarf and exoplanet research
Thursday, Jul 23, 2020
The Republic of Armenia announced on July 18 that Princeton astrophysicist Adam Burrows is one of three recipients of the Viktor Ambartsumian International Science Prize “for his seminal and pioneering contributions to the theories of brown dwarfs and exoplanets and for his leadership role in educating a generation of scientists at the frontiers of brown dwarf and exoplanet research.”
Bioengineer Clifford Brangwynne named 2020 Blavatnik National Awards laureate
Wednesday, Jul 22, 2020
Clifford Brangwynne, a biophysical engineer who transformed the way scientists see cell biology, has won the 2020 Blavatnik National Award in Life Sciences.
Astrophysicist Jo Dunkley wins Tomassoni Chisesi Prize
Tuesday, Jun 23, 2020
Jo Dunkley, a professor of physics and astrophysical sciences, is the 2020 recipient of the Caterina Tomassoni and Felice Pietro Chisesi Prize for her innovative work exploring the earliest moments of our universe.
Astrophysicist Kunz receives NSF award for research and for establishing plasma physics summer school aimed at attracting underrepresented students to field
Tuesday, Jun 23, 2020
Matthew Kunz, an assistant professor of astrophysical sciences at Princeton University and a physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) five-year grant to research magnetic fields throughout the early universe and to establish a summer school on plasma physics aimed at attracting women and underrepresented minorities to the field.
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