Awards and Honors

The excellence of our faculty in research and teaching has been recognized by numerous prestigious awards.

MSE FACULTY AWARDS AND HONORS

National Academy of Enegineering (NAE) Members:                                  

  • Chris Ober
  • Darrell Schlom

American Physical Society (APS) Fellows:

  • DJ Jena
  • Chris Ober
  • Darrell Schlom
  • Bruce van Dover
  • Grace Xing

National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER:

  • Shef Baker
  • Nicole Benedek
  • Eve Donnelly
  • Lara Estroff
  • DJ Jena
  • Rich Robinson
  • Andrej Singer
  • Chekesha Watson
  • Grace Xing
  • Julia Dshemuchadse

American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellows:

  • Emmanuel Giannelis
  • Chris Ober

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows:

  • Chris Ober
  • Grace Xing

Materials Research Society (MRS) Fellows:

  • Darrell Schlom
  • Shef Baker

Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) Fellows:

  • Emmanuel Giannelis
  • Uli Wiesner

SPIE - The International Society for Optics and Photonics Senior Member:

  • Chris Ober

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellows:

  • Grace Xing

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Senior Member:

  • Debdeep Jena
  • Bruce van Dover
  • Grace Xing

American Vacuum Society (AVS) Fellow:

  • Darrell Schlom

Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE):

  • Chekesha Watson

Sloan Research Fellowship:

  • Jin Suntivich

Early Career Research Program (DOE):

  • Jin Suntivich

Fulbright Scholar (2015):

  • Rich Robinson

Non-tenured Faculty Award (3M) 2012:

  • Rich Robinson

National Science Foundation Creativity Award:

  • Uli Wiesner (2020, 2008)
  • Chris Ober

OTHER SIGNIFICANT MSE FACULTY AWARDS

2021 John A. Thornton Memorial Award and Lecture (AVS): Darrell Schlom

2021 James C. McGroody Prize for New Materials (APS): Darrell Schlom

2020 Intel Outstanding Researcher Awards: Grace Xing and Depdeep Jena

2019 International Organization for Crystal Growth Frank Prize: Darrell Schlom

2019 “Ambassadeur pour la Chimie Française”  by the Institute of Chemistry, CNRS, France: Uli Wiesner

2016 Arthur K. Doolittle Award (ACS): Uli Wiesner

2014 Cooperative Research Award(ACS): Emmanuel Giannelis

2009 N. American Award for Technical Contributions to Semiconductor Industry: Mike Thompson

2008 MRS Medal: Darrell Schlom

2006 Award in Applied Polymer Science(ACS): Chris Ober

Humboldt Research Prize: Chris Ober (2007),  Darrell Schlom (2018)

Gutenberg Research Prize (U of Mainz): Chris Ober

Junior Faculty Awards:

  • Jin Suntivich: 

    - Emerging Investigator in Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2020)

    - Young Innovator Award in Nano Energy, Nano Research, Tsinghua University (2019)

  • Eve Donnelly: 

    - ASBMR Young Investigator Award

    - Junior Faculty Osteoporosis Research Award

    - New Investigator Recognition Award ORS