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.