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  • Yan Gu (Chair)
  • Justin Valenstein
  • Erica Smith
  • Tom Garrison
  • Nuwan Desilva
  • Tezcan Guney
  • Pranaw Kunal
  • Weiwei Xie

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  • Erica Smith (President)
  • Jakoah Brgoch (Professional Advancement Grant Chair)
  • Marilu Dick-Perez
  • Selena Russell
  • Brian Tlach

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Faculty Awards

Faculty Member

Name of Honor or Award

Robert Angelici

ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry, 2006

Andreja Bakac

Named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2006

Thomas Barton

ISU Award for Achievement in Economic Development in Iowa, 2009

Federal Laboratory Consortium of Tech Transfer Director of the Year, 2002

ACS Midwest Award, 1995

Joseph Burnett

Outstanding Faculty Member Award for excellence in teaching and student relations from the ISU Greek Community, 2009

LAS Early Achievement in Advising, 2009

Promotion to Senior Lecturer, 2006

LAS Undergraduate Introductory Teaching Award, 2006-2007

LAS Faculty of the Year Award, 2007

John Corbett

Monie Ferst Award of the Georgia Tech Chapter of Sigma Xi, 2009

Named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2009

Monie Ferst Award of the Georgia Tech Chapter of Sigma Xi, 2008

ACS F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry, 2007

Terrae Rarae Award, 2007

The Spedding Award, 2005

Honorary Professor, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, 2001

Iowa daVinci Award and Recognition, 2001

ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry, 2000

Phi Kappa Phi, Centennial Medalist, ISU, 1997

DOE Award for Sustained Outstanding Research in Materials Chemistry, 1995

Mark Gordon

Named an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow (AAAS), 2009

ACS Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research, 2009

Harry Emmett Gunning Lecturer, University of Alberta, 2007

IBM Faculty Award for work on perfecting quantum chemistry software modes to run on IBM's Blue Gene supercomputers, 2007

Named the Francis M. Craig Chair by the Iowa State University Foundation, 2006

LAS Master Teacher, 2005-2006

LAS Award for Excellence in Research/Artistic Creativity, 2005

Midwest Award from the St. Louis section of the ACS, 2004

Elected to International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, 2004

Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, 2003

Anna Pate Mentoring Award, Program for Women in Science and Engineering, 2000

LAS Award for Excellence in Research, ISU, 1997

Thomas Greenbowe

Named 2008 Iowa Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)

LAS Ruth Swenson Award for Outstanding Advising, 2009

LAS Master Teacher, 2009-2010

Iowa State University Advisor of the Year, 2006

LAS Ruth Swenson Award for Academic Advising, 2005

ISU Foundation Academic Advising Award, 2005

ISU James Huntington Ellis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2004

VEISHA Committee ISU Outstanding Faculty Award, 2004, 2003, 2001

College of Engineering Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2004

Most Effective Instructor Award, 2003

LAS Teaching Excellence Award for Introductory Courses, 1996

Wilkinson Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching, 1995

Stephen Heideman

P&S Award for Excellence in Information Technology Award, 2008

David Hoffman

Regents Award for Faculty Excellence, 1997

Faculty Citation by ISU Alumni Association, 1996

Tom Holme

Named an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow (AAAS), 2010

Named an American Chemical Society Fellow, 2010

Mei Hong

Named an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow (AAAS), 2009

International Council on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems Founders Medal, 2009

Appointed to the John D. Corbett Professorship, 2007

Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award from Iowa Sigma Pi, 2006

Iowa State University Award for Mid-Career Achievement in Research, 2007

Promotion to Professor, 2005

Mary Lyon Alumnae Award from Mount Holyoke College, 2004

ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, 2003

LAS Early Achievement in Research/Creativity, 2003

Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, 2002

NSF CAREER Award, 2001

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Young Investigator Award, 1999

Robert Houk

Fellow of Society for Applied Spectroscopy, 2007

Margaret Ellen White Graduate Faculty Award, 2006

Research Award, LAS, 2000

Anachem Award, Association for Analytical Chemistry (ACS Detroit Section), 2000

ACS Award for Chemical Instrumentation, 1993

Malika Jeffries-EL

LAS Diversity Award, 2010

CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation, 2009

Lloyd Ferguson Young Scientist Award from NOBCChE, 2009

Emerald Honor - Most Promising Scientist Science Spectrum Magazine, 2006

Gregory L. and Kathleen C. Geoffroy Faculty Fellow, 2005

William Jenks

LAS Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, 2009

Cottrell Scholar (Research Corp), 2005, 1995

Promotion to Professor, 2004

LAS College Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2002

Wilkinson Award for Undergraduate Teaching, 1998

NSF CAREER Award, 1996

Jesudoss Kingston

Department of Chemistry Wilkinson Teaching Award, 2009

George Kraus

Named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2009

"Distinguished Service" Award for the Midcontinent Region of the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC), 2005

LAS Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching, 2005

Appointed Associate Director of Bioinitiatives at Ames Lab, 2004

University Professor, 2004

Appointed Director of the Biorenewal Resource Consortium and Center for Catalysis at Ames Lab, 2004

Regents' Award for Faculty Excellence, 2004

LAS Award for Excellence in Research/Artistic, 2001

Miller Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, ISU, 1999

American Soybean Association Production Research Award,1998

LAS Teaching Excellence Award for Introductory Courses, 1996, 1997

Wilkinson Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching, 1995

Richard Larock

Appointed Distinguished Professor, 2007

ACS Arthur C. Cope Senior Scholar Award, 2004

Paul Rylander Award of the Organic Reactions Catalysis Society, 2004

ACS Edward Leete Award in Organic Chemistry, 2003

University Professor, 1999

Merck Academic Development Program Award, 1998

Regent's Award for Faculty Excellence, 1998

Merck Academic Development Award, 1997

Gordon Miller

ISU Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research, 2010

Advisory Board, Advanced Materials School, TU-Munchen, 2009

LAS Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2009

Cassling Family Faculty Award, 2008-2009

LAS Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2008

LAS Outstanding Teaching Award, 2008

LAS Mid-Career Award for Excellence in Research/Artistic Creativity, 2006

Exxon Faculty Fellowship in Solid State Chemistry

Jacob Petrich

 

LAS Achievement in Intellectual Property Award, 2010

Honorary Member Golden Key International Honor Society, 2010

 

LAS Departmental Leadership Award, 2009

Iowa State University CELT (Center for Learning and Excellence in Teaching) Miller Faculty Fellowship for 2006-2007

Appointed Department Chair, 2005

USDA Secretary's Honor Award for Enhancing Protection and Safety of the Nation's Agriculture and Food Supply, 2004

LAS Mid-Career Award for Excellence in Early Research/Artistic Creativity, 2004

Agricultural Research Services Technology Transfer Award, 2003

Award Honoring Iowa State University Inventors, 2002

Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Tech Transfer, 2002

Iowa da Vinci Award, 2001

Finsen Award (Presented by the Association Internationale de Photobiologie and the American Society for Photobiology to an Outstanding Photobiology Researcher), 2000

R&D 100 Award, 2000

Nicola Pohl

 

Named Wilkinson Professor of Interdisciplinary Engineering, 2010

Technology Association of Iowa's Women of Innovation Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership Award, 2010

Technology Association of Iowa Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership Award, 2010

 

American Chemical Society Carbohydrate Division Horace S. Isabell Award, 2009

LAS Master Teacher Award, 2009

Promoted to Full Professor, 2009

LAS Mid-Career Achievement in Research Award, 2008

LAS Master Teacher Award, 2008

Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure, 2006

Caldwell Chair in Chemistry, 2006

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 2005

NSF Career Award, 2004

Research Corp. Cottrell Scholar, 2003

Aaron Sadow

 

LAS Early Achievement in Research Award, 2010

Promoted to Associate Professor, 2010

 

National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2009

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 2009

The Department of Chemistry Wilkinson Teaching Award, 2007

Michael Schmidt

LAS P & S Research Award, 2009

Klaus Schmidt-Rohr

Named a Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2009

ISU Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research, 2009

Promotion to Professor, 2005

Dillon Medal (Polymer Division, APS), 2001

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 2000

Beckman Young Investigator Award, 1996

Rudolf-Kaiser Prize (German Physical Society), 1996

Emily Smith

Department of Chemistry Wilkinson Teaching Award, 2010

National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2009

Xueyu Song

Promotion to Full Professor, 2009

Promoted to Associate Professor, 2004

Patricia Thiel

 

Named an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow (AAAS), 2010

Named John D. Corbett Professor of Chemistry, 2010

 

LAS Institutional Service Award, 2009

ISU LAS Master Teacher Award, 2009

American Chemical Society Arthur Adamson Award, 2009

American Physical Society David Adler Lecturship sponsored by the Devision of Materials Physics and Friends of D. Adler, 2009

Honorary Ph.D. ("Doctor Honoris Causa") from the Institute National Polytechnique de Lorraine, 2005

Elected a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, London, 2005

Distinguished Professor, 2002

Iowa State University Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research, 1998

Accomplishment in Materials Chemistry, 1998

Department of Energy Award for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Materials Chemistry, 1998

ISU Department of Chemistry Wilkinson Teaching Award, 1996

Faculty Award for Women in Science and Engineering (NSF), 1991-1996

Walter Trahanovsky

Named an American Chemical Society Fellow, 2009

Ruth W. Swenson Award for Outstanding Advising, 2008

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2004

John Verkade

 

ACS St. Louis Regional Midwest Award, 2010

Named an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow (AAAS), 2010

 

Named an American Chemical Society Fellow, 2009

ISU Award for Outstanding Career Achievement in Research, 2008

Ames Lab DOE Outstanding Mentoring Award, 2008

Ames Lab Outstanding Mentoring Award, 2008

University Professor, 1998

LAS College Award for Excellence in Research, 1995

Arthur WinterNamed Iowa State University Caldwell Chair in Chemistry, 2010

Keith Woo

LAS Institutional Service Award, 2008

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, 1993-1998

Edward Yeung

Named an American Chemical Society Fellow, 2010

American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Analytical Chemistry, 2009

Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, 2009

ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Analytical Chemistry, 2009

Chang Jiang Scholar in China, 2007

Fellow, Society for Applied Spectroscopy, 2007

Haberman Lecturer, Marquette University, 2006

M.J.E. Golay Award in Capillary Separations, 2006

Merit Award from the Chicago Chromatography Discussion Group, 2006

Ralph N. Adams Award in Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2005

The Iowa Intellectual Property Law Association Inventor of the Year, 2004

Eastern Analytical Symposium Award in Separation Science, 2003

ACS Award in Chromatography, 2002

International Prize of the Belgian Pharmaceutical Society, 2002

ISU Outstanding Achievement in Research Award, 2002

R&D 100 Award, 2001, 1997

Eastern Analytical Symposium Award in Analytical Chemistry, 1998

Frederick Conference on Capillary Electrophoresis Award, 1997

Distinguished Achievement Award, Chinese-American Chemical Society, 1995

Edward Yu

LAS Mid-Career Achievement in Research, 2009