Selected Faculty Honors

Memberships and Fellowships

 

American Academy of Arts and Letters: Member

Jeffrey Eugenides, professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts (2018)

 

American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Member

Simon Gikandi, Robert Schirmer Professor of English; chair, Department of English (2018)

Daniel Heller-Roazen, Arthur W. Marks ’19 Professor of Comparative Literature (2018)

Tali Mendelberg, John Work Garrett Professor in Politics (2018)

Jacqueline Stone, professor of religion (2018)

 

American Council of Learned Societies: Fellow

Thomas Conlan, professor of East Asian studies and history (2018)

Katja Guenther, associate professor of history (2018)

 

American Mathematical Society: Fellow

Fernando Codá Marques, professor of mathematics (2018)

Alexandru Ionescu, professor of mathematics (2018)

Sergiu Klainerman, Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics (2018)

John Pardon, professor of mathematics (2018)

Peter Sarnak, Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics (2018)

 

Association for Computing Machinery: Fellow

Aarti Gupta, professor of computer science (2017)

 

Combustion Institute: Fellow

Frederick Dryer, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, emeritus; senior scholar (2018)

Irvin Glassman, Robert H. Goddard Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Emeritus (2018)

Yiguang Ju, Robert Porter Patterson Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (2018)

Chung Law, Robert H. Goddard Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (2018)

 

Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers: Fellow

Brooke Holmes, Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities, professor of classics (2018)

 

Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers: John and Constance Birkelund Fellow

David Bell, Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor in the Era of North Atlantic Revolutions, professor of history (2018)

 

Econometric Society: Fellow

Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, Theodore A. Wells ’29 Professor of Economics and International Affairs (2017)

Leeat Yariv, Uwe Reinhardt Professor of Economics (2017)

 

ITER: Science Fellow

David Johnson, principal research physicist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (2018)

Francesca Poli, research physicist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (2017)

Charles Skinner, principal research physicist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (2018)

 

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: Fellow

Elizabeth Paluck, professor of psychology and public affairs (2017)

 

National Academy of Design: National Academician

Eve Aschheim, lecturer in visual arts and the Lewis Center for the Arts (2017)

 

National Academy of Medicine: Member

Anne Case, Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Emeritus (2017)

 

National Academy of Sciences: Member

Sanjeev Arora, Charles C. Fitzmorris Professor in Computer Science (2018)

Orley Ashenfelter, Joseph Douglas Green 1895 Professor of Economics (2018)

Dalton Conley, Henry Putnam University Professor in Sociology (2018)

David MacMillan, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry (2018)

Peter Ozsváth, professor of mathematics (2018)

Virginia Zakian, Harry C. Wiess Professor in the Life Sciences, professor of molecular biology (2018)

 

National Distinctions for Early Career Researchers

 

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: Research Fellowship

Todd Hyster, assistant professor of chemistry (2018)

Mary Caswell Stoddard, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology (2018)

 

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation: Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar

Mohammad Seyedsayamdost, assistant professor of chemistry (2018)

 

David and Lucile Packard Foundation: Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering

John Pardon, professor of mathematics (2017)

 

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: Young Faculty Award

Amir Ali Ahmadi, assistant professor of operations research and financial engineering (2017)

Nathalie De Leon, assistant professor of electrical engineering (2018)

Kaushik Sengupta, assistant professor of electrical engineering (2018)

 

National Science Foundation: Early Career Development (CAREER) Award

José Avalos, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment (2018)

Ian Bourg, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and the Princeton Environmental Institute (2018)

Nathalie De Leon, assistant professor of electrical engineering (2018)

Barbara Engelhardt, associate professor of computer science (2018)

Gillat Kol, assistant professor of computer science (2018)

Andrej Kosmrlj, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering (2017)

Wyatt Lloyd, assistant professor of computer science (2017)

Jared Toettcher, assistant professor of molecular biology, James A. Elkins, Jr. ’41 Preceptor in Molecular Biology (2018)

Mark Zhandry, assistant professor of computer science (2018)

 

U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research: Young Investigator Research Program Award

Jeffrey Thompson, assistant professor of electrical engineering (2017)

 

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science: Early Career Research Program Award

Nathalie De Leon, assistant professor of electrical engineering (2018)

Nathaniel Ferraro, theoretical/computational research physicist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (2018)

Samuel Lazerson, research physicist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (2018)

 

U.S. Office of Naval Research: Young Investigator Program Award

Prateek Mittal, assistant professor of electrical engineering (2018)

 

Prizes and Distinctions

 

American Astronomical Society’s Division on Dynamical Astronomy

James Stone, Lyman Spitzer Jr., Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics; professor of astrophysical sciences and applied and computational mathematics; chair, Department of Astrophysical Sciences: 2018 Brouwer Award

 

American Chemical Society

Emily Carter, dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science; Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment; professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and applied and computational mathematics: 2018 Award in Theoretical Chemistry

David MacMillan, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry: 2018 Gabor A. Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis

 

American Geophysical Union

Eric Wood, Susan Dod Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering: 2017 Robert E. Horton Medal

 

American Historical Association

Matthew Karp, assistant professor of history, Elias Boudinot Bicentennial Preceptor: 2017 John H. Dunning Prize

 

American Philosophical Society

Angela Creager, Thomas M. Siebel Professor in the History of Science, professor of history: 2018 Patrick Suppes Prize in the History of Science

Douglas Massey, Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School: 2017 Henry Allen Moe Prize in the Humanities

 

American Physical Society

William Bialek, John Archibald Wheeler/Battelle Professor in Physics and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics: 2018 Max Delbrück Prize in Biological Physics

 

American Political Science Association

Paul Frymer, professor of politics: 2018 J. David Greenstone Book Prize

Alisha Holland, assistant professor of politics: 2018 Giovanni Sartori Book Award

 

American Society for Matrix Biology

Jean Schwarzbauer, Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular Biology: 2018 Senior Investigator Award

 

American Society of Civil Engineers

Sigrid Adriaenssens, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering: 2018 George Winter Award

 

American Statistical Association

Jianqing Fan, Frederick L. Moore, Class of 1918, Professor in Finance; professor of operations research and financial engineering: 2018 Noether Senior Scholar Award

 

Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture

Mónica Ponce de León, dean, School of Architecture; professor of architecture: 2018 Teaching Award of Excellence

 

Association for Computing Machinery

Kyle Jamieson, associate professor of computer science: 2018 SIGMOBILE RockStar Award

Stephen Lyon, professor of electrical engineering: 2017 SenSys Test of Time Award

Margaret Martonosi, Hugh Trumbull Adams ’35 Professor of Computer Science: 2017 SenSys Test of Time Award

Jennifer Rexford, Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor in Engineering; professor of computer science; chair, Department of Computer Science: 2018 SIGCOMM Award

 

Association for Psychological Science

Jonathan Cohen, Robert Bendheim and Lynn Bendheim Thoman Professor in Neuroscience; professor of psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute: 2018 William James Fellow Award

 

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

Ilana Witten, associate professor of psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute: 2017 Freedman Prize for Exceptional Basic Research

 

Breakthrough Prize Foundation

Jo Dunkley, professor of physics and astrophysical sciences: 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, as part of the WMAP Science Team

Norman Jarosik, senior research physicist, lecturer in physics: 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Lyman Page Jr., James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Physics: 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

David Spergel, Charles A. Young Professor of Astronomy on the Class of 1897 Foundation, professor of astrophysical sciences: 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

 

Econometric Society

Stephen Redding, Harold T. Shapiro ’64 Professor in Economics; professor of economics and international affairs, Woodrow Wilson School: 2018 Frisch Medal

 

Fusion Power Associates

Steven Cowley, director, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory; professor of astrophysical sciences:  2017 Distinguished Career Award

Nathaniel Fisch, professor of astrophysical sciences:  2018 Distinguished Career Award

Stewart Prager, professor of astrophysical sciences:  2017 Distinguished Career Award

 

Gruber Foundation

Jo Dunkley, professor of physics and astrophysical sciences: 2018 Cosmology Prize, as part of the Planck Team

William Jones, associate professor of physics: 2018 Cosmology Prize, as part of the Planck Team

 

IEEE

Bede Liu, professor of electrical engineering, emeritus: 2018 Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal

Margaret Martonosi, Hugh Trumbull Adams ’35 Professor of Computer Science: 2018 Technical Achievement Award

 

INFORMS Optimization Society

Robert Vanderbei, professor of operations research and financial engineering: 2017 Khachiyan Prize

 

Jewish Book Council

Eve Krakowski, assistant professor of Near Eastern studies and program in Judaic studies, Christian Gauss Fund University Preceptor: 2017 National Jewish Book Award

Yair Mintzker, professor of history: 2017 National Jewish Book Award

 

Journal of Africana Religions

Judith Weisenfeld, Agate Brown and George L. Collord Professor of Religion: 2017 Albert J. Raboteau Prize for the Best Book in Africana Religions

 

Materials Research Society

Sigurd Wagner, professor of electrical engineering, emeritus; senior scholar: 2017 David Turnbull Lectureship Award

 

Modern Language Association

Christy Wampole, associate professor of French and Italian: 2016 Prize for a First Book

 

National Book Critics Circle

John McPhee, Ferris Professor of Journalism: 2018 Sandhof Award for Lifetime Achievement

National Endowment for the Humanities

Judith Weisenfeld, Agate Brown and George L. Collord Professor of Religion: 2017 Fellowship

 

New York State

Alicia Ostriker, lecturer with the rank of professor in creative writing and the Lewis Center for the Arts: 2018 New York State Poet, New York State Walt Whitman Citation of Merit for Poets

 

Nokia Corporation

Kaushik Sengupta, assistant professor of electrical engineering: 2017 Bell Labs Prize

 

Northwestern University

Assaf Naor, professor of mathematics: 2018 Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize in Mathematics

 

PEN America Center

Edmund White, professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts, emeritus: 2018 PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction

 

Phi Beta Kappa Society

Nancy Weiss Malkiel, professor of history, emeritus: 2018 Sidney Hook Memorial Award

 

Pulitzer Prize Board

Matthew Desmond, professor of sociology: 2017 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction

 

Research & Development Council of New Jersey

Craig Arnold, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering: 2017 Edison Patent Award, Technology Transfer

Manfred Bitter, principal research physicist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory: 2017 Edison Patent Award, Imaging Systems

Philip Efthimion, head, plasma science and technology, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory: 2017 Edison Patent Award, Imaging Systems

Kenneth Hill, principal research physicist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory: 2017 Edison Patent Award, Imaging Systems

 

Simons Foundation

Steven Gubser, professor of physics: 2017 Simons Investigator Award, Physics

Eve Ostriker, professor of astrophysical sciences: 2017 Simons Investigator Award, Astrophysics

Ran Raz, professor of computer science: 2018 Simons Investigator Award, Theoretical Computer Science

Igor Rodnianski, professor of mathematics: 2017 Simons Investigator Award, Mathematics

Amit Singer, professor of mathematics and the Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics: 2017 Simons Investigator Award, Math+X

Allan Sly, Henry Burchard Fine Professor of Mathematics: 2017 Simons Investigator Award, Mathematics

 

Society for Developmental Biology

Eric Wieschaus, Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology,  professor of molecular biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics: 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award

 

Society for Ethnomusicology

Gavin Steingo, assistant professor of music: 2017 Alan Merriam Prize

 

Society of Labor Economists

Henry Farber, Hughes-Rogers Professor of Economics: 2018 Jacob Mincer Award

 

U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science

Nathaniel Fisch, professor of astrophysical sciences: 2017 One of 40 Research Milestones over the Past 40 Years

 

University of California-Berkeley Center for Buddhist Studies

Jacqueline Stone, professor of religion: 2017 Toshihide Numata Book Award

 

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Bonnie Bassler, Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology; chair, Department of Molecular Biology: 2018 Dickson Prize in Medicine

 

International Prizes and Distinctions

 

BBVA Foundation

Rosemary Grant, senior research biologist, emeritus; senior biologist, ecology and evolutionary biology: 2018 Frontiers of Knowledge Award

Peter Grant, Class of 1877 Professor of Zoology, Emeritus; professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, emeritus: 2018 Frontiers of Knowledge Award

 

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Vincent Poor, Michael Henry Strater University Professor of Electrical Engineering: 2017 Foreign Member

 

Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Gáspár Bakos, professor of astrophysical sciences: 2017 Dénes Gábor Award

 

International Association of Mathematical Physics

Michael Aizenman, professor of physics and mathematics: 2018 Henri Poincaré Prize

 

King’s College, University of Cambridge

Michael Cook, Class of 1943 University Professor of Near Eastern Studies: 2018 Honorary Fellow

 

National Economics Foundation, China

Gregory Chow, Class of 1913 Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus; professor of economics, emeritus: 2017 China Economics Prize

 

Queen Elizabeth II

Steven Cowley, director, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory; professor of astrophysical sciences: 2018 Knighthood

 

Royal College of Music

Michael Pratt, conductor, Princeton University Orchestra; director, Program in Musical Performance: 2018 Honorary Member

 

Royal Spanish Mathematical Society

Javier Gómez Serano, assistant professor of mathematics: 2017 Vicent Caselles Mathematical Research Award

 

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Crafoord Foundation

Syukuro Manabe, senior meteorologist, atmospheric and oceanic sciences: 2018 Crafoord Prize in Geosciences

 

Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin

Beatriz Colomina, professor of architecture: 2018 Fellow