Faculty Scholar Medals
Each year a faculty award for excellence in scholarship, research, and the arts honors those who have excelled in creative work and will express the University’s gratitude and appreciation for their achievements.
Faculty Scholar Medals are given in recognition of scholarly or creative excellence represented by a single contribution or a series of contributions around a coherent theme. The contribution may be original basic research in any area of science; it may represent application of knowledge in the creation and/or commercial transfer of a process or device useful to society; the contribution may be in any area of the arts or humanities such as poetry, musical composition, design, sculpture, paintings, ceramics, theatre arts, and photography, history, literature, philosophy, etc.
Award Recipients
2025
- Arts and Humanities – Nicolas de Warren, Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Studies
- Engineering – Allison Beese, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
- Life and Health Sciences – Joseph ‘Joey’ A. Cotruvo, Jr, Professor of Chemistry
- Physical Sciences – Lauren Zarzar, Professor of Chemistry
- Social and Behavioral Sciences – David Almeida, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
2024
- Arts and Humanities – Bonnie Collura, Professor of Art (Sculpture)
- Engineering – Enrique D. Gomez, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
- Life and Health Sciences – Katsuhiko ‘Katsu’ Murakami, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Physical Sciences – Mikael Rechtsman, Professor of Physics
- Social and Behavioral Sciences – Shaun L. Gabbidon, Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice
- Entrepreneurship, Technology Transfer, and Economic Development – Tak-Sing Wong, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
2023
- Arts and Humanities – Steve H. Broadnax III, Professor of Theatre
- Engineering – Jon-Paul Maria, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
- Life and Health Sciences – Maciej F. Boni, Associate Professor of Biology
- Physical Sciences – Miguel Alejandro Mostafá, Professor of Physics and of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Social and Behavioral Sciences – Sy-Miin Chow, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
2022
- Arts and Humanities – Jonathan P. Eburne, Professor of Comparative Literature, English, and French & Francophone Studies
- Engineering – Ralph H. Colby, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical Engineering
- Entrepreneurship, Technology Transfer and Economic Development– Carleen F. Maitland, Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
- Life and Health Sciences – Jonathan P. Lynch, Distinguished Professor of Plant Science
- Physical Sciences– Susan B. Sinnott, Professor and Department Head of Materials Science and Engineering and Professor of Chemistry
- Social and Behavioral Sciences – Homero Gil de Zúñiga, Professor of Media Studies
2021
- Arts and Humanities – Amy Allen, Professor of Philosophy and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Engineering – Joshua Robinson, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
- Life and Health Sciences – Manuel Llinás, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Chemistry
- Physical Sciences– Chad Hanna, Professor of Mathematics, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Social and Behavioral Sciences –Pamela Cole, Liberal Arts Professor of Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies
2020
- Arts and Humanities – Marica Tacconi, Professor of Musicology, School of Music
- Engineering – Donghai Wang, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Life and Health Sciences – Iliana Baums, Professor of Biology
- Physical Sciences – Carina Curto, Professor of Mathematics
- Social and Behavioral Sciences – Jennie Noll, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
2019
- Arts and Humanities – Christopher Reed, Distinguished Professor of English and Visual Culture
- Engineering – Joan Redwing, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering
- Life and Health Sciences – Michael Axtell, Professor of Biology
- Physical Sciences – Marcos A. Rigol, Professor of Physics
- Social and Behavioral Sciences – Giuli Dussias, Professor of Spanish, Linguistics, and Psychology
2018
- Arts and Humanities – Sandra Spanier, Professor of English
- Engineering – Qing Wang, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
- Entrepreneurship, Technology Transfer, and Economic Development –Neil Christensen, Professor of Pathology Microbiology and Immunology
- Life and Health Sciences – Bernhard Luscher, Professor of Biology, and Biochemistry and Molecular
- Physical Sciences – Fuqing Zhang, Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
- Social and Behavioral Sciences – John M. Carroll, Distinguished Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
2017
- Arts and Humanities – Sophie C. De Schaepdrijver, Professor of History
- Engineering – Adrianus C. Van Duin, Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Engineering Science and Mechanics
- Entrepreneurship, Technology Transfer and Economic Development – James H. Adair, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacology
- Life and Health Sciences – Christine Keating, Professor of Chemistry
- Physical Sciences – Federico Rodriguez Hertz, Professor of Mathematics
- Social and Behavioral Sciences – Joshua Smyth, Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Medicine
2016
- Arts and Humanities – Kim Cook, Professor of Music
- Engineering – Mauricio Terrones, Professor of Chemistry
- Physical Sciences – Squire Booker, Professor of Chemistry
- Social and Behavioral Sciences – S. Shyam Sundar, Distinguished Professor of Communications
2015
- Arts and Humanities – Robert Nairn, Professor of Music
- Engineering – Qiming Zhang, Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering
- Life and Health Sciences – Song Tan, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Physical Sciences – John Badding, Professor of Chemistry
- Social and Behavioral Sciences – Robert J. Turrisi, Professor of Biobehavioral Health
2014
- Arts and Humanities – Eric Hayot, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies
- Life and Health Sciences – Joan Richtsmeier, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology
- Physical Sciences – Eric Feigelson, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Social and Behavioral Sciences – Karl Zimmerer, Professor of Geography
2013
Arts and Humanities – Helen O’Leary, Professor of Art
Engineering – Tony Jun Huang, Associate Professor of Engineering Sciences and Mechanics
Life and Health Sciences – Claude dePamphilis, Professor of Biology
Physical Sciences – Susan Brantley, Distinguished Professor of Geosciences
Social and Behavioral Sciences – Judith Kroll, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, and Women’s Studies
2012
Arts and Humanities – Michael F. Bérubé, Paterno Family Professor of Literature
Engineering – Venkatraman Gopalan, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Life and Health Sciences – Eric S. Post, Professor of Biology,
Physical Sciences – Raymond E. Schaak, Professor of Chemistry
Social and Behavioral Sciences – John D. McCarthy, Professor of Sociology
2011
Arts and Humanities – Patrick Cheney, Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Engineering – Chunshan Song, Distinguished Professor of Fuel Science and Chemical Engineering
Life and Health Sciences – Stephen Blair Hedges, Professor of Biology
Physical Sciences – Martin Bojowald, Associate Professor of Physics
Social and Behavioral Sciences – Vijay Krishna, distinguished professor of economics
2010
Arts and Humanities – Thomas O. Beebee, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and German
Engineering – Padma Raghavan, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Life and Health Sciences – Edward Holmes, Eberly College of Science Distinguished Senior Scholar
Physical Sciences – Philip Bevilacqua, Professor of Chemistry
Social and Behavioral Sciences – Alan MacEachren, Professor of Geography
2009
- Arts and Humanities – Velvet M. Brown, Professor of Music
- Engineering – Clive A. Randall, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering,
- Life and Health Sciences – Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky, Professor of Kinesiology
- Physical Sciences – J. Martin Bollinger, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Social and Behavioral Sciences – D. Wayne Osgood, Professor of Crime, Law, and Justice and Sociology
2008
- Arts and Humanities – Lisa O. Bontrager, Professor of Music
- Life and Health Sciences – Keith C. Cheng, Professor of Pathology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology,
- Physical Sciences – Nitin Samarth, Professor of Physics
- Social and Behavioral Sciences – Janice C. Light, Distinguished Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
2007
- Arts and Humanities – Matthew Restall, Professor of Latin American History, Anthropology, and Women’s Studies
- Life and Health Sciences – Ottar Bjornstad, Associate Professor of Entomology and Biology
- Physical Sciences – David S. Weiss, Professor of Physics
- Social and Behavioral Sciences – Darrell Steffensmeier, Professor of Sociology and Crime, Law and Justice