Faculty Honors

MEMBERSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Jeffrey Eugenides, professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts (2013)

Robert Kaster, the Kennedy Foundation Professor of Latin Language and Literature (2013)

Naomi Leonard, the Edwin S. Wilsey Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (2013)

Stephen Macedo, the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and the University Center for Human Values (2013)

Jennifer Rexford, the Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor in Engineering (2013)

Yoshiaki Shimizu, the Marquand Professor of Art and Archaeology, Emeritus (2013)

Michael Smith, the McCosh Professor of Philosophy (2013)

Leonard Wantchekon, professor of politics (2013)

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Ilhan Aksay, professor of chemical and biological engineering (2012)

Jonathan Cohen, the Robert Bendheim and Lynn Bendheim Thoman Professor in Neuroscience (2012)

Andrew Dobson, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology (2012)

Chung (Ed) Law, the Robert H. Goddard Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (2012)

Athanassios Panagiotopoulos, the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering (2012)

Ali Yazdani, professor of physics (2012)

Emily Carter, the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment (2012)

Richard Register, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering (2012)

Edward Taylor Jr., the A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Organic Chemistry, Emeritus (2012)

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Jay Benziger, professor of chemical and biological engineering (2012)

American Mathematical Society

Michael Aizenman, professor of physics and mathematics (2013)

Manjul Bhargava, the Brandon Fradd, Class of 1983, Professor of Mathematics (2013)

William Browder, professor of mathematics, emeritus (2013)

Peter Constantin, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Mathematics and Applied and Computational Mathematics (2013)

Weinan E, professor of mathematics and applied and computational

mathematics (2013)

David Gabai, the Hughes- Rogers Professor of Mathematics (2013)

Robert Gunning, professor of mathematics (2013)

Philip Holmes, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (2013)

Joseph Kohn, professor of mathematics, emeritus (2013)

Janos Kollar, the Donner Professor of Science (2013)

Elliot Lieb, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics (2013)

William Massey, the Edwin S. Wilsey Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering (2013)

John Moore, professor of mathematics, emeritus (2013)

John Nash Jr., senior research mathematician, mathematics (2013)

Edward Nelson, professor of mathematics, emeritus (2013)

Yakov Sinai, professor of mathematics (2013)

Christopher Skinner, professor of mathematics (2013)

Elias Stein, the Albert Baldwin Dod Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus (2013)

Anna Wienhard, assistant professor of mathematics (2013)

Paul Yang, professor of mathematics (2013)

American Philosophical Society

Robert Wuthnow, the Gerhard R. Andlinger ’52 Professor of Social Sciences (2013)

American Physical Society

Nikolai Gorelenkov, principal research physicist, Plasma Physics Laboratory (2012)

Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo, Theodora D. ’78 and William H. Walton III ’74 Professor in Engineering (2012)

Michael Romalis, professor of physics (2012)

American Society of Civil Engineers

Erik Vanmarcke, professor of civil and environmental engineering, emeritus (2013)

National Academy of Engineering

Edward Felten, professor of computer science and public affairs (2013)

National Academy of Sciences

Manjul Bhargava, the Brandon Fradd, Class of 1983, Professor of Mathematics (2013)

Susan Fiske, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology (2013)

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

Lucia Allais, assistant professor of architecture (2013)

Pamela Lins, lecturer in visual arts and the Lewis Center for the Arts (2013)

Simons Foundation Fellowship

Frederick Haldane, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics (2013)

Nicholas Katz, professor of mathematics (2013)

Anatoly Spitkovsky, associate professor of astrophysical sciences (2013)

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Christodoulas Floudas, the Stephen C. Macaleer ’63 Professor in Engineering and Applied Science (2013)

NATIONAL DISTINCTIONS FOR EARLY-CAREER RESEARCHERS

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship

Zeev Dvir, assistant professor of computer science and mathematics (2013)

A. James Link, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering (2013)

Jan De Loecker, assistant professor of economics and public affairs, Woodrow Wilson School (2013)

Anna Wienhard, assistant professor of mathematics (2013)

Ilana Witten, assistant professor of psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute (2013)

David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship in Science and Engineering

Gáspár Bakos, assistant professor of astrophysical sciences (2012)

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Young Faculty Award

Michael McAlpine, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering (2012)

European Mathematical Society Prize

Sophie Morel, professor of mathematics (2012)

New York Academy of Sciences Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists

David Blei, associate professor of computer science (2013)

Frans Pretorius, professor of physics (2013)

The Pew Charitable Trusts Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences

Ilana Witten, assistant professor of psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute (2013)

Searle Scholars Program Scholar

Danelle Devenport, assistant professor of molecular biology (2013)

PRIZES AND DISTINCTIONS

American Chemical Society

Robert Cava, the Russell Wellman Moore Professor of Chemistry: 2012 Linus Pauling Medal Award

Tom Muir, the Van Zandt Williams Jr. Class of 1965 Professor of Chemistry: 2013 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award

Martin Semmelhack, professor of chemistry: 2013 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award

Frank Stillinger, senior chemist, chemistry: 2013 ACS Award in Theoretical Chemistry

American Mathematical Society

Sanjeev Arora, the Charles C. Fitzmorris Professor in Computer Science: 2012 Delbert Ray Fulkerson Prize

American Political Science Association

Martin Gilens, professor of politics: 2013 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award

American Society for Microbiology

Alison Gammie, senior lecturer in molecular biology: 2013 William A. Hinton Research Training Award

American Society of Civil Engineers

Erik Vanmarcke, professor of civil and environmental engineering, emeritus: 2013 Distinguished Member, 2012 Alfred M. Freudenthal Medal

Association for Computing Machinery

Moses Charikar, professor of computer science: 2012 Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award

Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Operating Systems

Kai Li, the Paul M. Wythes ’55 P86 and Marcia R. Wythes P86 Professor in Computer Science: 2012 SIGOPS Hall of Fame Award

Association for Psychological Science

John Darley, the Dorman T. Warren Professor of Psychology, Emeritus: 2013 William James Lifetime Achievement Award for Basic Research

American Publishers

Mung Chiang, the Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of Electrical Engineering: 2012 PROSE Award in Engineering and Technology

Astronomical Society of the Pacific

James Gunn, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy, Emeritus: 2013 Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal

Board of Directors of City Trusts

Paul Steinhardt, the Albert Einstein Professor in Science: 2012 John Scott Award

Carnegie Mellon University

François Morel, the Albert G. Blanke Jr. Professor of Geosciences: 2013 Dickson Prize in Science

College Art Association

Hal Foster, the Townsend Martin, Class of 1917, Professor of Art and Archaeology: 2013 Frank Jewett Mather Award

Combustion Institute

Frederik Dryer, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, emeritus: 2012 Alfred C. Egerton Gold Medal

The Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund Inc.

Mala Murthy, assistant professor of molecular biology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute: 2012 Klingenstein Fellowship Awards

Geochemical Society

Blair Schoene, assistant professor of geosciences: 2013 F.W. Clarke Award

Harvard University

Sara McLanahan, the William S. Tod Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs: 2013 Thomas C. Schelling Award

International Studies Association

Christina Davis, professor of politics and international affairs, Woodrow Wilson School: 2013 Chadwick F. Alger Prize (International Organization Section), 2013 Best Book Award (International Law Section)

Middle East Studies Association

Erika Gilson, lecturer in Near Eastern studies: 2012 Jere L. Bacharach Service Award

Milton Society of America

Russell Leo III, assistant professor of English: 2013 James Holly Hanford Award

Modernist Studies Association

Anne Cheng, professor of English and African American studies: 2012 Modernist Studies Association Book Prize (Honorable Mention)

National Academy of Sciences

Asif Ghazanfar, associate professor of psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute: 2013 Troland Research Awards

Edward Taylor Jr., the A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Organic Chemistry, Emeritus: 2013 NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society

National Center for Women & Information Technology

Margaret Martonosi, the Hugh Trumbull Adams ’35 Professor of Computer Science: 2013 NCWIT Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award

National Institutes of Health

Clifford Brangwynne, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering: 2012 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

Ilana Witten, assistant-professor of psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute: 2012 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

NEC Corporation

Hisashi Kobayashi, the Sherman Fairchild University Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Emeritus: 2013 NEC C & C Prize

The Optical Society

Marlan Scully, lecturer with the rank of professor in mechanical and aerospace engineering and the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials: 2012 Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus Quinn Prize

Organization of American Historians

Jonathan Levy, assistant professor of history: 2013 Avery O. Craven Award, 2013 Ellis W. Hawley Prize and 2013 Frederik Jackson Turner Award

School for Advanced Research

João Biehl, the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Anthropology: 2013 J.I. Staley Prize

Society for Neuroscience

John Hopfield, the Howard A. Prior Professor in the Life Sciences, Emeritus: 2012 Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience

University of Iowa

Elaine Showalter, the Avalon Foundation Professor of the Humanities, Emeritus: 2012 Truman Capote Award

Warren Alpert Foundation

David Botstein, the Anthony B. Evnin ’62 Professor of Genomics: 2013 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize

INTERNATIONAL PRIZES AND DISTINCTIONS

Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics

Frederik Haldane, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics: 2012 Dirac Medal and Prize

Academia Sinica

Sun-Yung Alice Chang, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics: 2012 Academician

Jianqing Fan, the Frederick L. Moore, Class of 1918, Professor in Finance: 2012 Academician

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Yiguang Ju, Robert Porter Patterson Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: 2012 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

Brazilian Academy of Letters

Pedro Meira Monteiro, professor of Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures: 2013 Essay, Literary Criticism and History Prize

Brazilian Academy of Sciences

José Scheinkman, the Theodore A. Wells ’29 Professor of Economics: 2013 Corresponding Member

British Academy

Philip Pettit, the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and the University Center for Human Values: 2013 Corresponding Fellow

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

Thomas Fujiwara, assistant professor of economics: 2013 CIFAR Global Scholar

John Higgins, assistant professor of geosciences: 2013 CIFAR Global Scholar

European Geosciences Union

Justin Sheffield, research scholar, civil and environmental engineering: 2013 Plinius Medal

Jeroen Tromp, the Blair Professor of Geology: 2013 Beno Gutenberg Medal

European Molecular Biology Organization

Bonnie Bassler, the Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology: 2013 Associate Member

European Physical Society

Shivaji Sondhi, professor of physics: 2012 Condensed Matter Division Europhysics Prize

Infosys Science Foundation

Manjul Bhargava, the Brandon Fradd, Class of 1983, Professor of Mathematics: 2012 Infosys Prize

International Chinese Statistical Association

Jianqing Fan, the Frederick L. Moore, Class of 1918, Professor in Finance: 2012 Pao-Lu Hsu Prize

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Simon Levin, the George M. Moffett Professor of Biology: 2012 Honorary Scholar

Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Gene Grossman, the Jacob Viner Professor of International Economics: 2012 Bernhard Harms Prize

The Royal Society

Elliot Lieb, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics: 2013 Fellow

Royal Society of Edinburgh

David MacMillan, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry: 2013 Corresponding Fellow

Tom Muir, the Van Zandt Williams Jr. Class of 1965 Professor of Chemistry: 2013 Corresponding Fellow

H. Vincent Poor, Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the Michael Henry Strater University Professor of Electrical Engineering: 2013 Corresponding Fellow

 

Society for French Studies

Hannah Freed-Thall, lecturer in the Council of the Humanities and French and Italian: 2012 Malcolm Bowie Prize

The University of Heidelberg and the Heidelberg Center for American Studies

Albert Raboteau, the Henry W. Putnam Professor of Religion, Emeritus: 2012 James W.C. Pennington Award