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Faculty additions, retirements, and accolades
Updates from the Division of the Physical Sciences.
Jacob Bean (Astronomy & Astrophysics) received a Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering. Stephen Berry (Chemistry) received a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation 2014 Senior Scientist Mentor Award. Andrew Chien (Computer Science) was named a William Eckhardt Distinguished Service Professor. Cheng Chin (Physics) was elected an American Physical Society Fellow. Jian Ding (Statistics) received a 2015 Sloan Research Fellowship. Margaret Gardel (Physics) was elected an American Physical Society Fellow. Craig Hogan (Astronomy & Astrophysics) received a 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Wayne Hu (Astronomy & Astrophysics) was named the Horace B. Horton Professor. Susan Kidwell (Geophysical Sciences) received the Mary Clark Thompson Medal. Takeshi Oka (Chemistry) received a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation 2014 Senior Scientist Mentor Award. Stuart Rice (Chemistry) received a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation 2014 Senior Scientist Mentor Award. Norbert Scherer, SB’82 (Chemistry) was elected an Optical Society of America Fellow. Tiffany Shaw (Geophysical Sciences) received a 2015 Sloan Research Fellowship. Michael Stein (Statistics) received a Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Statistical Association Section on Statistics and the Environment. Matthew Stephens (Statistics) received a Moore Investigator in Data-Driven Discovery Award. Bozhi Tian (Chemistry) received an AFOSR Young Investigator Award.