Faculty Awards and Honors
College of Sciences faculty are among the best and brightest in their fields, and it's not just us saying that. Our faculty are competing — and winning — against top researchers nationwide for the most prestigious awards and fellowships. Below is a select list of national honors received by our faculty.
National Academy of Sciences
1998 David Aspnes, Physics
AAAS Fellows
2023 Jacqueline Hughes-Oliver, Statistics
2022 Karen Daniels, Physics
2020 Felix (Phil) Castellano, Chemistry
2020 Lewis Owen, Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
2020 Brian Space, Chemistry
2019 Jacqueline Krim, Physics
2018 Ilse Ipsen, Mathematics
2018 C.T. (Tim) Kelley, Mathematics
2017 John Thomas, Physics
2016 John Blondin, Physics
2016 Anastasios A. Tsiatis, Statistics
2015 Alyson Wilson, Statistics
2014 Bruce Sherwood, Physics
2012 Harald Ade, Physics
2011 Jerry Bernholc, Physics
2010 Robert Beichner, Physics
2006 Marie Davidian, Statistics
2004 Steven Spiker, Biological Sciences
2002 David Aspnes, Physics
(The lists below include awards received by former faculty while at NC State. The lists do not include awards received at other institutions that are brought to NC State.)
DOE CAREER Award
(Early Career Research Award)
2020 Dali Sun, Physics
2017 Richard Longland, Physics
2013 Carla Frohlich, Physics
2013 Dan Dougherty, Physics
2011 Jim Kneller, Physics
2002 Gail McLaughlin, Physics
Fulbright Scholar
2023 Karen Daniels, Physics
2023 Charlie Smith, Statistics
2018 Maria Oliver-Hoyo, Chemistry
2017 Zubair Azad, Physics
2016 Lucian Lucia, Chemistry
2015 Darrell Britt, Mathematics
2015 David Buchwalter, Biological Sciences
2014 Stefan Franzen, Chemistry
2008 Ronald Fodor, MEAS
NIH MIRA for Established Investigators
2021 Jun Ninomiya-Tsuji, Biological Sciences
2021 Joshua Pierce, Chemistry
NIH MIRA for Early Stage Investigators
2022 Caroline Proulx, Chemistry
2021 Caiti Heil, Biological Sciences
2021 Vincent Lindsay, Chemistry
2021 Christina Zakas, Biological Sciences
2020 Mary Elting, Physics
NSF CAREER Award (Faculty Early Career Development Award)
2024 Julio Monti Belmonte, Physics
2024 Emily Hector, Statistics
2021 Dali Sun, Physics
2021 Caroline Proulx, Chemistry
2021 Sebastian König, Physics
2020 Cynthia Vinzant, Mathematics
2019 Wei-chen Chang, Chemistry
2019 David Papp, Mathematics
2019 Arvind Saibaba, Mathematics
2018 Eric Chi, Statistics
2018 Alexander Kemper, Physics
2018 Divine Kumah, Physics
2016 Nadia Singh, Biological Sciences
2016 Eric Laber, Statistics
2016 Rui Song, Statistics
2016 Lorena Bociu, Mathematics
2016 Elena Jakubikova, Chemistry
2015 Joshua Pierce, Chemistry
2015 Ana-Maria Staicu, Statistics
2013 Mark Hoefer, Mathematics
2012 Leslie Sombers, Chemistry
2012 Reza Ghiladi, Chemistry
2012 Gavin Williams, Chemistry
2012 Huixia “Judy” Wang, Statistics
2011 Yichao Wu, Statistics
2011 Daniel Dougherty, Physics
2010 Elon Ison, Chemistry
2010 Seth Sullivant, Mathematics
2009 Anantha Aiyyer, MEAS
2009 Alex Deiters, Chemistry
2008 Demetrio Labate, Mathematics
2007 Paul Maggard, Chemistry
2007 Lin He, Chemistry
2007 Karen Daniels, Physics
2007 Hao “Helen” Zhang, Statistics
2005 H. Kristian Jenssen, Mathematics
2004 Yang Zhang, MEAS
2004 Agnes Szanto, Mathematics
2004 Subhashis Ghosal, Statistics
2004 M. Celeste Sagui, Physics
2004 Maria Oliver-Hoyo, Chemistry
2000 Daniel Feldheim, Chemistry
NSF American Competitiveness and Innovation Fellowship
2010 Jacqueline Krim, Physics
DARPA Young Faculty Award
2013 Jonathan Hauenstein, Mathematics
ONR Young Investigator Award
2013 Kenan Gundogdu, Physics
Packard Foundation Fellowship
2009 Seth Sullivant, Mathematics
2006 Mary Schweitzer, MEAS
2000 Daniel Feldheim, Chemistry
1991 Holden Thorp, Chemistry
PECASE Award (Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers)
2019 Lorena Bociu, Mathematics
2010 David Reif, Biological Sciences
Sloan Research Fellowship
2020 Cynthia Vinzant, Mathematics
2018 Tye Lidman, Mathematics
2014 Jonathan Hauenstein, Mathematics
2004 Brent Gunnoe, Chemistry
The dean and associate dean for research have final approval on additions to this list. Please send suggested submissions or corrections to info@sciences.ncsu.edu.