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TOMMASO de FERNEX CHRISTOPHER HACON
MAJOR AWARDS – INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
AKIL NARAYAN
Christopher Hacon, McMinn Presidential Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor of
Mathematics, added two new “honors of a lifetime” to his already stellar resume: Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and Fellow of the Royal Society of London. Additional honors in the Department of Mathematics include Professors Tommaso de Fernex and Peter Trapa, who DENISE DEARING
were named Fellows of the American Mathematical Society. Professor Firas Rassoul-Agha was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and Assistant Professor Akil Narayan received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Grant.
Denise Dearing, Director and Distinguished Professor of the School of Biological Science,
CAGAN SEKERCIOGLU
received the American Society of Mammalogists, Joseph Grinnell Award for contributions
LYNN BOHS
to education in mammalogy. Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Science Diane Pataki was named a Fulbright Global Scholar, an Ecological Society of America Fellow, and the Associate Vice President of Research for the University of Utah. Professor Lynn Bohs joins Pataki as a Fulbright Global Scholar, while Assistant Professor William Anderegg
NITIN PHADNIS
DIANE PATAKI
was named a Packard Foundation Fellow. Associate Professor Cagan Sekercioglu became a Fellow of the American Ornithological Society. Professor Nalini Nadkarni was honored with a University of Utah Distinguished Innovation and Impact Award, and Assistant Professor Nitin Phadnis received the College of Science Award for Fostering Undergraduate Research Excellence. NALINI NADKARNI
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