Selected Faculty Honors

Memberships and Fellowships

Association for Computing Machinery: Fellow

Thomas Funkhouser, David M. Siegel ’83 Professor in Computer Science, Emeritus; senior scholar (2018)

Academia Europaea: Foreign Member

Douglas Massey, Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School (2018)

Academy of Arts and Sciences: Member

Kathryn Edin, professor of sociology and public affairs, Woodrow Wilson School (2019)

Brian Kernighan, professor of computer science (2019)

Sara McLanahan, William S. Tod Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs (2019)

Judith Weisenfeld, Agate Brown and George L. Collord Professor of Religion (2019)

Virginia Zakian, Harry C. Wiess Professor in the Life Sciences, Emeritus; professor of molecular biology, emeritus; senior scholar (2019)

Academy of Athens: Member

Alexander Nehamas, Edmund N. Carpenter II Class of 1943 Professor in the Humanities; professor of philosophy and comparative literature (2018)

American Academy in Berlin: Fellow

Barbara Nagel, assistant professor of German (2018)

American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Member

Frances Lee, professor of politics and public affairs, Woodrow Wilson School (2019)

American Association for Cancer Research: Fellow

Eric Wieschaus, Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology; professor of molecular biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics (2019)

American Association for the Advancement of Science: Fellow

Rebecca Burdine, associate professor of molecular biology (2018)

Dalton Conley, Henry Putnam University Professor in Sociology (2019)

Leo Donner, lecturer in geosciences and atmospheric and oceanic sciences (2019)

Shirley M. Tilghman, president of the University, emeritus; professor of molecular biology and public affairs (2019)

Elke Weber, Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment; professor of psychology and public affairs, Woodrow Wilson School (2018)

American Council of Learned Societies: Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships

Lital Levy, associate professor of comparative literature (2019)

Wendy Warren, associate professor of history (2019)

American Geophysical Union: Fellow

Tom Delworth, lecturer in geosciences and atmospheric and oceanic sciences (2018)

American Meteorological Society: Fellow

Leo Donner, lecturer in geosciences and atmospheric and oceanic sciences (2018)

Rong Zhang, lecturer in geosciences and atmospheric and oceanic sciences (2018)

American Nuclear Society: Fellow

Rajesh Maingi, head, Plasma Edge PFC research (2019)

American Philosophical Society: Member

Orley Ashenfelter, Joseph Douglas Green 1895 Professor of Economics (2017)

David Cannadine, Dodge Professor of History (2019)

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

Nancy Weiss Malkiel, professor of history, emeritus (2019)

American Physical Society: Fellow

Christiano Galbiati, professor of physics (2019)

Stefan Gerhardt, managing principal research physicist (2019)

Jason Petta, Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics (2019)

Joshua Shaevitz, professor of physics and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics (2019)

Association for Women in Mathematics: Fellow

Sun-Yung Alice Chang, Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics (2019)

British Academy: Corresponding Fellow

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

William Jordan, Dayton-Stockton Professor of History (2018)

Ecological Society of America: Permanent Fellow

Jonathan Levine, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology (2019)

Econometric Society: Fellow

Mark Aguiar, Walker Professor of Economics and International Finance (2018)

Leonard Wantchekon, professor of politics and international affairs (2018)

Guggenheim Foundation: Fellowship

Kevin Kruse, professor of history (2019)

Ilya Vinitsky, professor of Slavic languages and literatures (2019)

Hastings Center: Fellow

Keith Wailoo, Henry Putnam University Professor of History and Public Affairs (2019)

Hungarian Academy of Sciences: Honorary Member

Noga Alon, professor of mathematics and applied and computational mathematics (2019)

International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure: Fellow

Branko Glisic, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering (2019)

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: Fellow

Clifford Brangwynne, professor of chemical and biological engineering (2018)

Allan Sly, professor of mathematics (2018)

National Academy of Inventors: Fellow

Thomas Shenk, James A. Elkins Jr. Professor in the Life Sciences (2018)

Howard Stone, Donald R. Dixon ’69 and Elizabeth W. Dixon Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (2019)

James Sturm, Stephen R. Forrest Professor in Electrical Engineering (2019)

National Academy of Sciences: Member

Janet Curie, Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School (2019)

Helen Milner, B.C. Forbes Professor of Public Affairs; professor of politics and international Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School (2019)

Nieng Yan, Shirley M. Tilghman Professor of Molecular Biology (2019)

Ali Yazdani, Class of 1909 Professor of Physics (2019)

New York Historical Society: Distinguished Senior Fellow

Deborah Yashar, professor of politics and international affairs, Woodrow Wilson School (2018-19)

Royal Society: Fellow

Manjul Bhargava, Brandon Fradd, Class of 1983, Professor of Mathematics (2019)

Gregory Scholes, William S. Tod Professor of Chemistry (2019)

Society of American Historians: Member

Judith Weisenfeld, Agate Brown and George L. Collord Professor of Religion (2019)

Early Career Researchers

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: Sloan Research Fellowship

AnnegretFalkner, assistant professor of neuroscience (2019)

RalphKleiner, assistant professor of chemistry (2019)

GillatKol, assistant professor of computer science (2019)

MichalKolesár, assistant professor of economics (2019)

WyattLloyd, assistant professor of computer science (2019)

RicardoMallarino, assistant professor of molecular biology (2019)

LaureResplandy, assistant professor of geosciences and the Princeton Environmental Institute (2019)

JeffreyThompson, assistant professor of electrical engineering (2019)

American Political Science Association Urban and Local Politics: Susan Clarke Young Scholars’ Award

PatriciaKirkland, assistant professor of politics and public affairs, Woodrow Wilson School (2018)

Association for Computing Machinery: Grace Murray Hopper Award

MichaelFreedman, professor of computer science (2019)

Biophysical Society: Michael and Kate Bárány Award for Young Investigators

CliffordBrangwynne, professor of chemical and biological engineering (2020)

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation: Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar

JoseAvalos, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment (2019)

David and Lucile Packard Foundation: Fellowship for Science and Engineering

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

IZA Institute of Labor Economics: Young Labor Economist Award

LeahBoustan, professor of economics (2019)

National Academy of Sciences: Troland Research Award

TomGriffiths, Henry R. Luce Professor of Information Technology, Consciousness, and Culture of Psychology and Computer Science (2019)

National Institutes of Health: Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award

BradCarrow, assistant professor of chemistry (2019)

National Science Foundation: Alan T. Waterman Award

MarkBraverman, professor of computer science (2019)

National Science Foundation: CAREER Award

MinjieChen, assistant professor of electrical engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment (2019)

SujitDatta, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering (2020)

LucDeike, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the Princeton Environmental Institute (2019)

ToddHyster, assistant professor of chemistry (2019)

RalphKleiner, assistant professor of chemistry (2019)

AndrewLeifer, assistant professor of physics and neuroscience (2019)

ChristinaRiehl, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology (2019)

MohammadSeyedsayamdost, associate professor of chemistry (2019)

MattWeinberg, assistant professor of computer science (2020)

Searle Scholars Program: Searle Scholar

RicardoMallarino, assistant professor of molecular biology (2019)

Simons Foundation: Early Career Investigators in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution

XinningZhang, assistant professor of geosciences and the Princeton Environmental Institute (2019)

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics: Early Career Prize for Financial Mathematics & Engineering

MykhayloShkolnikov, assistant professor of operations research and financial engineering (2019)

U.S. Air Force: Young Investigators Research Program

YuxinChen, assistant professor of electrical engineering (2019)

PrateekMittal, associate professor in electrical engineering (2018)

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

TimothyStoltzfus-Dueck, theoretical plasma physicist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (2019)

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation: Beckman Young Investigator Award

LeslieSchoop, assistant professor of chemistry (2019)

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

AleksandrLogunov, assistant professor of mathematics (2019)

National Institutes of Health: New Innovator Award

SarahKocher, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics (2019)

AndrewLeifer, assistant professor of physics and neuroscience (2019)

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

JeffreyThompson, assistant professor of electrical engineering (2019)

United States Government: Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

AmirAli Ahmadi, professor of operations research and financial engineering (2019)

ArvindNarayanan, associate professor of computer science (2019)

AlejandroRodriguez, associate professor of electrical engineering (2019)

JeffreyThompson, assistant professor of electrical engineering (2019)

Vallee Foundation

JaredToettcher, assistant professor of molecular biology: 2019Scholar

Prizes and Distinctions

American Academy of Religion

Wallace Best, professor of religion and African American studies: 2018 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Textual Studies

American Association of Teachers of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Languages

Serguei Oushakine, professor of anthropology and Slavic languages and literatures: 2018 Outstanding Contribution to the Profession Prize

American Cancer Society

Yibin Kang, Warner-Lambert/Parke Davis Professor of Molecular Biology: 2019 Research Professorship

American Geophysical Union

Isaac Held, senior meteorologist in atmospheric and oceanic sciences; lecturer with the rank of professor in geosciences and atmospheric and oceanic sciences: 2018 Roger Revelle Medal

Yi Ming, lecturer in geosciences: 2018 Ascent Award for Atmospheric Sciences

American Historical Association

Nell Irvin Painter, Edwards Professor of American History, Emeritus: 2018 Award for Scholarly Distinction

Jack Tannous, assistant professor of history: 2019 James Henry Breasted Prize

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Pablo Debenedetti, dean for research; Class of 1950 Professor in Engineering and Applied Science; professor of chemical and biological engineering: 2019 Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Chemical Engineering Research

William Schowalter, Class of 1950 Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, Emeritus; professor of chemical engineering, emeritus: 2019 Lectureship in his name

American Mathematical Society

René Carmona, Paul M. Wythes ’55 Professor of Engineering and Finance; professor of operations research and financial engineering: 2020 Joseph L. Doob Prize

Robert Sedgewick, William O. Baker *39 Professor in Computer Science: 2018 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition

American Meteorological Society

James Smith, William and Edna Macaleer Professor of Engineering and Applied Science; professor of civil and environmental engineering: 2018 Hydrologic Sciences Medal

American Physical Society

B. Andrei Bernevig, professor of physics: 2018 James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials

Will Fox, research physicist: 2019 Thomas H. Stix Award

Zia Mian, research scientist, Woodrow Wilson School and the Program on Science and Global Security: 2019 Leo Szilard Lectureship Award

Rodney Priestley, vice dean for innovation; professor of chemical and biological engineering: 2020 John H. Dillon Medal

Alexander Smits, Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Emeritus; senior scholar: 2019 Fluid Dynamics Prize

American Political Science Association

Rafaela Dancygier, associate professor of politics and international affairs, Woodrow Wilson School: 2019 Luebbert Best Book Award

Jonathan Mummolo, assistant professor of politics and public affairs, Woodrow Wilson School: 2018 Harold D. Lasswell Award

Frances Lee, professor of politics and public affairs, Woodrow Wilson School: 2019 Barbara Sinclair Lecture Award

Deborah Yashar, professor of politics and international affairs, Woodrow Wilson School: 2019 Comparative Democratization Section – Best Book Award

American Society for Cell Biology

Coleen Murphy, professor of molecular biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics: 2019 Women in Cell Biology Mid-Career Award for Excellence in Research

Sabine Petry, assistant professor of molecular biology: 2019 Women in Cell Biology Junior Award for Excellence in Research

American Society of Engineering Educators

Vincent Poor, interim dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science; Michael Henry Strater University Professor of Electrical Engineering: 2019 Benjamin Garver Lamme Award

American Sociological Association

Paul Frymer, professor of politics: 2018 Political Sociology – Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award

Architectural Review and Architects’ Journal

Elizabeth Diller, professor of architecture: 2019 Jane Drew Prize

Association for Computing Machinery

Robert Sedgewick, William O. Baker *39 Professor in Computer Science: 2019 Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award

Association of American Publishers

Rosina Lozano, associate professor of history: 2019 Language and Linguistics Award

Audubon New York

John McPhee, Ferris Professor of Journalism in Residence: 2018 Award for Environmental Writing

BBVA Foundation and the Royal Spanish Mathematical Society

Daniel Álvarez-Gavela, instructor in mathematics: 2019 Vincent Caselles Prize

Biomedical Engineering Society

Celeste Nelson, professor of chemical and biological engineering: 2019 Mid-Career Award

Breakthrough Prize Foundation

Jo Dunkley, professor of physics and astrophysical sciences: 2019 New Horizons in Physics Prize

June Huh, Robert and Luisa Fernholz Visiting Professor of Mathematics: 2018 New Horizons in Mathematics Prize

CAA

Nathan Arrington, associate professor of art and archaeology: 2018 Arthur Kingsley Porter Prize

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Angus Deaton, Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs, Emeritus; professor of economics and international affairs, Emeritus; senior scholar: 2019 Great Immigrants

Aleksandar Hemon, professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts: 2019 Great Immigrants

Clay Mathematics Institute

Tristan Buckmaster, assistant professor of mathematics: 2019 Clay Research Award

Combustion Society of Japan

Yiguang Ju, Robert Porter Patterson Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: 2018 International Award Lecture

Comenius University

Paul Seymour, Albert Baldwin Dod Professor of Mathematics: 2019 Commemorative Medal

Computing Research Association

Ed Felten, Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs; professor of computer science and public affairs: 2019 Distinguished Service Award

Council on Foreign Relations

Stephen Kotkin, John P. Birkelund ’52 Professor in History and International Affairs: 2018 Arthur Ross Book Award – Gold Medal

Crown of Spain

Alejandro Portes, Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professor of Sociology, Emeritus; senior scholar: 2019 Princess of Asturias Award in the Social Sciences

Eighteenth-Century Russian Studies Association

Ilya Vinitsky, professor of Slavic languages and literatures: 2018 Marc Raeff Book Prize

Eni Company

Paul Chirik, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Chemistry: 2019 Eni Award for Advanced Environmental Solutions

European Association for Theoretical Computer Science

Noga Alon, professor of mathematics and applied and computational mathematics: 2019 Nerode Prize

European Consortium for Political Research

Rafaela Dancygier, associate professor of politics and international affairs, Woodrow Wilson School: 2018 Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research

European Geophysical Union

Amilcare Porporato, Thomas J. Wu ’94 Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; professor of civil and environmental engineering and the Princeton Environmental Institute: 2020 Dalton Medal in Hydrology

European Physical Society

Christopher Tully, professor of physics, as part of the D Zero collaboration: 2019 High Energy and Particle Physics Prize

European Symposia on Algorithms

Bernard Chazelle, Eugene Higgins Professor of Computer Science: 2018 Test-of-Time Award

Franklin Institute

John Hopfield, Howard A. Prior Professor in the Life Sciences, Emeritus; professor of molecular biology, emeritus: 2019 Award in Physics

Georgetown Law

Keith Whittington, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics; professor of politics: 2019 Thomas M. Cooley Book Prize

Goethe Institute

Juri Seo, assistant professor of music: 2019 Goethe Award

Government Executive Media Group

Jorge Sarmiento, George J. Magee Professor of Geoscience and Geological Engineering, Emeritus; professor of geosciences, emeritus; senior scholar: 2019 Theodore Roosevelt Government Leadership Award

Humboldt Foundation

Ed Belbruno, visiting research collaborator: 2017 Humboldt Research Award

Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Rosina Lozano, associate professor of history: 2018 First Book Award

Inamori Foundation of Japan

James Gunn, Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy, Emeritus; professor of astrophysical sciences, emeritus: 2019 Kyoto Prize

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)

Amir Ali Ahmadi, professor of operations research and financial engineering: 2018 Optimization Society – Young Researchers Paper Prize

Mykhaylo Shkolnikov, assistant professor of operations research and financial engineering: 2019 Applied Probability Society – Erlang Prize

International Balzan Foundation

Michael Cook, Class of 1943 University Professor of Near Eastern Studies: 2019 Balzan Prize for Islamic Studies

International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures

Claire White, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment: 2019 Gustavo Colonetti Medal

Italy’s National Institute of Nuclear Physics

Juan Maldacena, visiting lecturer with the rank of Professor in Physics: 2019 Galileo Galilei Medal

Journal of Political Economy

Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, Theodore A. Wells ’29 Professor of Economics and International Affairs: 2018 Robert E. Lucas Jr. Prize

Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences

Amaney Jamal, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics: 2019 Economics and Social Sciences Prize

National Book Foundation

Edmund White, professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts, emeritus: 2019 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters

NOMIS Foundation

Janet Currie, Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School: 2019 Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award

Organization of American Historians

Beth Lew-Williams, associate professor of history: 2019 Ellis W. Hawley Prize and 2019 Ray Allen Billington Prize

Ostrowski Foundation, University of Basel

Assaf Naor, professor of mathematics: 2019 Ostrowski Prize in Higher Mathematics

PEN America

Imani Perry, Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies: 2019 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography

Population Association of America

Sara McLanahan, William S. Tod Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs: 2019 Robert J. Lapham Award

Research and Development Council of New Jersey

Christopher L. Eisgruber, president of the University; Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Public Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School and the University Center for Human Values: 2019 Educator of the Year

Robert Prud’homme, professor of chemical and biological engineering: 2018 Edison Patent Award

Royal Society

Peter Sarnak, Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics: 2019 Sylvester Medal

Royal Society of Chemistry

David MacMillan, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry: 2019 Centenary Prize

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

P. James Peebles, Albert Einstein Professor of Science, Emeritus; professor of physics, emeritus: 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics

Schering Stiftung

Bonnie Bassler, Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology: 2018 Ernst Schering Prize

Semiconductor Research Corporation

Margaret Martonosi, Hugh Trumbull Adams ’35 Professor of Computer Science: 2019 Aristotle Award

Sigma Xi

Daniel Rubenstein, Class of 1877 Professor of Zoology; professor of ecology and evolutionary biology: 2018 John P. McGovern Science and Society Award

Simons Foundation

Amitava Bhattacharjee, professor of astrophysical sciences: 2018 Mathematical and Physical Sciences Award

Society for Classical Studies

Harriet Flower, Andrew Fleming West Professor in Classics: 2018 Charles J. Goodwin Awards of Merit

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics – Dynamical Systems

Philip Holmes, Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Emeritus: 2019 Jürgen Moser Lecture Award

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and ETH Zürich

Weinan E, professor of mathematics and applied and computational mathematics: 2019 Peter Henrici Prize

Society for Neuroscience

Sabine Kastner, professor of psychology and neuroscience: 2019 Award for Education in Neuroscience

United Kingdom

Jo Dunkley, professor of physics and astrophysical sciences: 2019 Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

University of California-Berkeley

Allan Sly, professor of mathematics: 2019 Line and Michel Loève International Prize in Probability

University of Pennsylvania Perry World House

Melissa Lee, assistant professor of politics and international affairs, Woodrow Wilson School: 2019 Emerging Scholars Global Policy Prize

University of Texas-Austin

Neta Bahcall, Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy; and professor of astrophysical sciences: 2018 Antoinette de Vaucouleurs Medal

Western History Association

Beth Lew-Williams, associate professor of history: 2019 Sally and Ken Owens Award

Bavarian State Association

Jan-Werner Mueller, professor of politics: 2019 Bavarian Book Prize