Faculty Honors 2015-2016

MEMBERSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Academy of American Poets
Tracy K. Smith, professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts (2014)

American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Sanjeev Arora, Charles C. Fitzmorris Professor in Computer Science (2015)
Martin Gilens, professor of politics (2015)
Ali Yazdani, Class of 1909 Professor of Physics (2015)

American Economic Association
Gregory Chow, Class of 1913 Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus (2014)

American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies Fellowship
Isabelle Clark-Decès, professor of anthropology (2015)

American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Richard Register, Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering (2014)

American Philosophical Society
John Fleming, Louis W. Fairchild ’24 Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Emeritus (2015)
Martin Kern, Greg (’84) and Joanna (P13) Zeluck Professor in Asian Studies
Thomas Shenk, James A. Elkins Jr. Professor in the Life Sciences (2015)

American Physical Society
Suzanne Staggs, Henry DeWolf Smyth Professor of Physics (2014)

Andrew Carnegie Fellowship
Max Weiss, associate professor of history and Near Eastern studies (2015)

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation New Directions Fellowship
Meredith Martin, associate professor of English (2015)

Association for Computing Machinery
Adam Finkelstein, professor of computer science (2014)
Sharad Malik, George Van Ness Lothrop Professor in Engineering (2014)

Donald D. Harrington Fellows Program
Brian Herrera, assistant professor of theater in the Lewis Center for the Arts (2014)

Econometric Society
Mikhail Golosov, Chemical Bank Chairman’s Professor of Economics (2015)
Ulrich Mueller, professor of economics (2015)

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Investigator Award
Robert Cava, Russell Wellman Moore Professor of Chemistry (2014)
M. Zahid Hasan, professor of physics (2014)
Nai Phuan Ong, Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics (2014)
Jason Petta, professor of physics (2014)
Loren Pfeiffer, senior research scholar, electrical engineering (2014)
Mansour Shayegan, professor of electrical engineering (2014)
Amit Singer, professor of mathematics and the Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics (2014)
Ali Yazdani, Class of 1909 Professor of Physics (2014)

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
David August, professor of computer science (2015)

International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science
Garnet Chan, A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Chemistry (2014)

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
Jeff Dolven, associate professor of English (2015)

National Academy of Education
Marta Tienda, Maurice P. During Professor in Demographic Studies (2015)

National Academy of Engineering
Eric Wood, Susan Dod Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2015)

National Academy of Inventors
Ilhan Aksay, professor of chemical and biological engineering (2014)
Emily Carter, Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment (2014)

National Academy of Sciences
Adam Burrows, professor of astrophysical sciences (2015)
Angus Deaton, Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs (2015)

Simons Foundation Fellowship
Sergiu Klainerman, Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics (2015)

NATIONAL DISTINCTIONS FOR EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS

Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program Award
Paul Cuff, assistant professor of electrical engineering (2015)

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship
Oleg Itskhoki, associate professor of economics and international affairs (2015)
Greg Kaplan, professor of economics (2015)
Corina Tarnita, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology (2015)
Vlad Vicol, assistant professor of mathematics (2015)

American Council of Learned Societies
Janet Chen, associate professor of history and East Asian studies: 2015 Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowship for Recently Tenured Scholars

American Physical Society Thomas H. Stix Award for Outstanding Early Career Contributions to Plasma Physics Research
Ilya Dodin, research physicist (2015)

American Psychological Association
Nicholas Turk-Browne, associate professor of psychology: 2015 Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology

American Statistical Association Noether Young Scholar Award
Han Liu, assistant professor of operations research and financial engineering (2015)

Bert L and N Kuggie Vallee Foundation Young Investigator Award
Danelle Devenport, assistant professor of molecular biology (2014)

David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship for Science and Engineering
Sabine Petry, assistant professor of molecular biology (2014)

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award
David Wentzlaff, assistant professor of electrical engineering (2014)

Department of Energy Office of Science Early Career Research Award
Luis Delgado-Aparicio, research physicist (2015)

Ecological Society of America Early Career Fellow
Robert Pringle, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology (2015)

Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Foundation Scholar
Ileana Cristea, associate professor of molecular biology (2015)

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Junior Faculty Fellow
Benjamin Moll, assistant professor of economics and international affairs (2014)

Fulbright Scholar Fellowship
Isabelle Clark-Decès, professor of anthropology (2015)

Institute of Mathematical Statistics Tweedie New Researcher Award
Han Liu, assistant professor of operations research and financial engineering (2015)

National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award
Timothy Buschman, assistant professor of psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute (2014)
Mala Murthy, assistant professor of molecular biology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute (2014)

National Science Foundation Early Career Development Award
Mark Brynildsen, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering (2015)
Zeev Dvir, assistant professor of computer science (2015)
Han Liu, assistant professor of operations research and financial engineering (2015)
Alejandro Rodriguez, assistant professor of electrical engineering (2015)
David Wentzlaff, assistant professor of electrical engineering (2015)

Pew Charitable Trusts Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
Carolyn “Lindy” McBride, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute (2015)

Simons Foundation Investigator Award
Moses Charikar, professor of computer science (2014)
Christopher Skinner, professor of mathematics (2015)
Anatoly Spitkovsky, professor of astrophysical sciences (2014)

PRIZES AND DISTINCTIONS

Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs
Emmanuel Abbe, assistant professor of electrical engineering and the Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics: 2014 Bell Labs Prize

American Association for Cancer Research
Yibin Kang, Warner-Lambert/ Parke-Davis Professor of Molecular Biology: 2014 Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research

American Astronomical Society and the American Institute of Physics
David Spergel, Charles A. Young Professor of Astronomy on the Class of 1897 Foundation: 2015 Dannie Heineman Prize

American Chemical Society
Abigail Doyle, associate professor of chemistry: 2015 National Fresenius Award
John Groves, Hugh Stott Taylor Chair of Chemistry: 2015 ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry

American Finance Association
Yuliy Sannikov, professor of economics: 2015 Fischer Black Prize

American Geophysical Union
Bess Ward, William J. Sinclair Professor of Geosciences: 2014 Rachel Carson Lecture Award

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Alexander Smits, Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: 2014 Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Award

American Philosophical Society
David Tank, Henry L. Hillman Professor in Molecular Biology: 2015 Karl Spencer Lashley Award

American Public Health Association
John Storey, William R. Harman ’63 and Mary-Love Harman Professor in Genomics: 2015 Mortimer Spiegelman Award

American Society for Microbiology
Alexander Ploss, assistant professor of molecular biology: 2015 Merck Irving S. Sigal Memorial Award

American Sociological Association
Douglas Massey, Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School: 2014 Robert and Helen Lynd Career Lifetime Achievement Award

Chicago Tribune
Chang-rae Lee, professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts: 2015 Heartland Prize for Fiction for “On Such a Full Sea”

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
David Botstein, Anthony B. Evnin ’62 Professor of Genomics, Emeritus: 2015 Double Helix Medal

Council on Foreign Relations
Gary Bass, professor of politics and international affairs: 2014 Arthur Ross Book Award for “The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide”

Design Automation Conference
Margaret Martonosi, Hugh Trumbull Adams ’35 Professor of Computer Science: 2015 Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Automation Achievement Award

Ernst Schering Foundation
David MacMillan, James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry: 2015 Ernst Schering Prize

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
Bonnie Bassler, Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology: 2016 FASEB Excellence in Science Award

Fusion Power Associates
Ronald Davidson, professor of astrophysical sciences, emeritus: 2014 Distinguished Career Award

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Bede Liu, professor of electrical engineering, emeritus: 2016 Fourier Award for Signal Processing

Modern Language Association
Devin Fore, associate professor of German: 2014 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Germanic Languages and Literatures

The National Academies
Margaret Martonosi, Hugh Trumbull Adams ’35 Professor of Computer Science: 2015 Jefferson Science Fellow

National Academy of Sciences
Yael Niv, associate professor of psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute: 2015 Troland Research Award

New York Academy of Medicine
Uwe Reinhardt, James Madison Professor of Political Economy: 2014 New York Academy of Medicine Award

New York Dance and Performance Awards
Stuart Singer, lecturer in dance and the Lewis Center for the Arts: 2014 NY Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award for Outstanding Performer

PEN American Center
Karen Emmerich, assistant professor of comparative literature: 2014 PEN Award
Edmund Keeley, Charles Barnwell Straut Class of 1923 Professor of English, Emeritus: 2014 PEN Award

Phi Beta Kappa Society
Carol Greenhouse, Arthur W. Marks ’19 Professor of Anthropology: 2015 visiting scholar

Society for Philosophy and Psychology
Sarah-Jane Leslie, Class of 1943 Professor of Philosophy: 2015 Stanton Award

Society for the Foundations of Computational Mathematics
Mark Braverman, professor of computer science: 2014 Stephen Smale Prize

Society of Experimental Social Psychology
Susan Fiske, Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology: 2014 Distinguished Scientist Award

University of Maryland Clark School of Engineering
Naomi Leonard, Edwin S. Wilsey Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: 2014 Glenn L. Martin Medal

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine
David Tank, Henry L. Hillman Professor in Molecular Biology: 2015 Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Emily Carter, Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment: 2015-16 Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize in Theoretical Chemistry

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Robert George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence: 2014 Ahmadiyya Muslim Humanitarian Award

INTERNATIONAL PRIZES AND DISTINCTIONS

Academy of Athens
Christodoulos Floudas, Stephen C. Macaleer ’63 Professor in Engineering and Applied Science, Emeritus: 2015 Corresponding Member

Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation
Gene Grossman, Jacob Viner Professor of International Economics: 2015 Onassis Prize for International Trade

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Ali Yazdani, Class of 1909 Professor of Physics: 2014 Humboldt Research Award Shivaji Sondhi, professor of physics: 2015 Humboldt Research Award

Brazilian Studies Association
Bruno Carvalho, associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures: 2014 Roberto Reis Book Award for “Porous City: A Cultural History of Rio de Janeiro”

Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Simon Levin, George M. Moffett Professor of Biology: 2014 Pacioli Award

Dan David Foundation
Peter Brown, Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History, Emeritus: 2015 Dan David Prize

European Association for Signal Processing
H. Vincent Poor, dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science; Michael Henry Strater University Professor of Electrical Engineering: 2015 Athanasios Papoulis Award

European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division
Nathaniel Fisch, professor of astrophysical sciences: 2015 Hannes Alfvén Prize

Formentor Group
Ricardo Piglia, Walter S. Carpenter Professor of Language, Literature and Civilization of Spain, Emeritus: 2015 Formentor Prize for Literature

German Society for Virology
Alexander Ploss, assistant professor of molecular biology: 2015 Loeffler-Frosch Prize

Goethe Society
Walter Hinderer, professor of German, emeritus: 2015 Golden Goethe Medal

Government of Greece
Alexander Nehamas, Edmund N. Carpenter II Class of 1943 Professor in the Humanities: 2014 Brigadier of the Order of the Phoenix

Government of India
Manjul Bhargava, Brandon Fradd, Class of 1983, Professor of Mathematics: 2015 Padma Bhushan

Indian National Science Academy
Manjul Bhargava, Brandon Fradd, Class of 1983, Professor of Mathematics: 2015 Foreign Fellow

International Society of Political Psychology
Tali Mendelberg, professor of politics: 2015 David O. Sears Book Award for “The Silent Sex: Gender, Deliberation and Institutions

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
John Forbes Nash Jr., senior research mathematician: 2015 Abel Prize

Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz
Justin Sheffield, research scholar, civil and environmental engineering: 2014 Prince Sultan International Prize for Water
Eric Wood, Susan Dod Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering: 2014 Prince Sultan International Prize for Water

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Angus Deaton
, Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Public Affairs: 2015 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel

University of Munich Institute for Advanced Study
Yannis Kevrekidis, Pomeroy and Betty Perry Smith Professor in Engineering: 2015 Hans Fischer Senior Fellow

University of Roma La Sapienza
Igor Klebanov, Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics: 2014 Caterina Tomassoni and Felice Pietro Chisesi Prize