Awards

National Faculty Awards
Advisory Committee on Human Research Protection
Member
Gary Chadwick, Associate Provost
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Fellowship
Ben Hayden, Assistant Professor of Brain & Cognitive Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellows
John H. Werren, Nathaniel and Helen Wisch Professor of Biology
American Academy of Family Physicians
Fellow
Mark Mirabelli, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine
President
Timothy E. Quill, Director of the Center For Ethics, Humanities, and Palliative Care; Professor of Medicine, of Psychiatry, and of Medical Humanities
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Fellow
Susan Groth, Assistant Professor of Nursing
American Academy of Nursing
Fellow
Margaret-Ann Carno, Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing
American Academy of Pediatrics
President-Elect
Tom McInerny, Associate Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Pediatrics; Professor of Pediatrics
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellows
James Farrar, Professor of Chemistry
Richard Waugh, Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
President-Elect
Judith F. Baumhauer, Professor and Associate Chair of Orthopaedics
American College of Cardiology
Member, Board of Governors
Leway Chen, Associate Professor of Medicine; Director of Heart Failure and Transplantation Program
American College of Clinical Pharmacy
President-Elect
Curtis Haas, Director of Pharmacy
American College of Mohs Surgery
President
Marc Brown, Professor of Dermatology; Professor, the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
American Finance Association
Smith Breeden Prize for 2010 Best Paper in Journal of Finance
Robert Novy-Marx, Assistant Professor of Finance, Simon School of Business
American Institute for Medical and Biomedical Engineering
Fellowship
Duncan T. Moore, Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Professor of Optical Engineering; Professor of Optics, of Biomedical Engineering, and of Business Administration; Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship
J. H. David Wu, Professor of Chemical Engineering
American Medical Association Foundation
Leadership Award
Jacob Moalem, Assistant Professor of Surgery
American Neuropsychiatric Association
Young Investigator Award
Feng (Vankee) Lin, Research Associate, School of Nursing
American Orthopaedic Association
Chair, Critical Issues Committee
Regis O’Keefe, Wehle Professor and Chair, Department of Orthopaedics
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
President
Judith F. Baumhauer, Professor of Orthopaedics
American Physical Society
Chair, Division of Laser Science
Carlos Stroud, Professor of Optics and of Physics
Fellow
Regina Demina, Professor of Physics & Astronomy
American Prosthodontic Society
First Place, Best Research Poster Award
Joonho Yoon, Visiting Scholar, Prosthodontics Division, Eastman Institute for Oral Health
American Psychiatric Association/American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
Manfred S. Guttmacher Award
Michael R. Privitera, Associate Professor of Psychiatry
American Society for Clinical Pathology
Mastership
Thomas Bonfiglio, Professor Emeritus of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
American Society of Microbiology
International Professorship Award
Luis Martinez Sobrido, Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
American Society of Precision Engineering
Director-at-Large
Jonathan Ellis, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
American University Professors of Ophthalmology
President-Elect
Steven Feldon, Director of the Flaum Eye Institute; Professor of Ophthalmology
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
President
Henry Kautz, Professor and Chair of Computer Science
Association for Asian American Studies
Book Award (for Adopted Territory)
Eleana Kim, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Association for Asian Studies
2012 James B. Palais Book Prize (for Adopted Territory)
Eleana Kim, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Association for Computing Machinery
Networks-on-Chip Symposium Best Paper Finalist
Paul Ampadu, Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Association of Departments of Family Medicine
President
Thomas L. Campbell, Professor and Chair of Family Medicine
Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
2011 Reginald Zelnik Book Prize in History (for The Kirov Murder and Soviet History)
Matthew Lenoe, Associate Professor of History
Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors
Lifetime Achievement Award
Allan J. Schwartz, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology; Senior Staff Psychologist, University Counseling Center
Best American Poetry Series
2011 Selections
Jennifer Grotz, Assistant Professor of English (for “Poppies”)
James Longenbach, Joseph Henry Gilmore Professor of English (for “Snow”)
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
Narsad Distinguished Investigator Award
Suzanne N. Haber, Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology
City University of New York Department of Biomedical Engineering
Sigma Kappa Tau Lectureship
Richard Waugh, Professor and Chair of Biomedical Engineering
Computing Research Association
Board Member, Committee on the Status of Women in Computing
Sandhya Dwarkadas, Professor of Computer Science
Council on Foreign Relations
Member
Randall Stone, Professor of Political Science; Director of the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Best Platform Talk
Robert Boyd, Professor of Optics and of Physics
The Endocrine Society
Clinical Research Fellowship Award
Suzan Saber, Fellow, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
Fulbright Program
Fellowship
Patrick L. Holland, Professor of Chemistry
Gail McKnight Beckman Trust
Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award
Susan McDaniel, Professor of Family Medicine
Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers
2011 Award for Excellence in Specialty Entrepreneurship Education
Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences
Best Paper Award: Decision Technology, Mobile Technologies and Service Science Mini-Track
David Tilson, Clinical Assistant Professor of Computers & Information Systems
IBM Center for Advanced Studies
Faculty Fellow
Chen Ding, Professor of Computer Science
Institut d’Optique Graduate School
Professor Invitee
Jannick Rolland, Brian J. Thompson Professor of Optical Engineering
Institute for Advanced Study
Residency Fellowship, 2012–13
Randall Curren, Professor and Chair of Philosophy
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Senior Member
Paul Ampadu, Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Circuits and Systems Society
Chair, PhD/Graduates of Last Decade Committee
Member, Board of Governors
Paul Ampadu, Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
VLSI Transactions, Best Paper Award
Eby Friedman, Distinguished Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Institute of Medicine National Research Council
National Associate
Mark Utell, Professor of Medicine and of Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care
Intel Corporation
Member, Pervasive Science and Technology Center
Henry Kautz, Professor and Chair of Computer Science
International Clinical Dental Research Organization (India)
Honorary Director, 2011–12
Georgios Romanos, Adjunct Professor of Periodontology
International Commission for Optics
President
Duncan T. Moore, Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Professor of Optical Engineering; Professor of Optics, of Biomedical Engineering, and of Business Administration; Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship
International Double Reed Society
Honorary Member
Richard Killmer, Professor of Oboe, Eastman School of Music
International Geriatric Fracture Society
President
Stephen Kates, Professor of Orthopaedics
International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus
President-Elect
Jeffrey H. Peters, Seymour I. Schwartz Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery; Professor of Thoracic Surgery
International Studies Association
2011 Chadwick F. Alger Prize (for “Controlling Institutions: International Organizations and the Global Economy”)
Randall Stone, Professor of Political Science; Director of the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies
International Transplant Skin Cancer Collaborative
President
Marc Brown, Professor of Dermatology; Professor, James P. Wilmot Cancer Center
International Trombone Association
Lifetime Achievement Award
John Marcellus, Professor of Trombone, Eastman School of Music
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Batsheya de Rothschild Fellow
Lynne E. Maquat, J. Lowell Orbison Chair; Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Latin American Studies Association
Best Book–Mexico Section (for Documents In Crisis)
Beth Jörgensen, Professor of Spanish
Marketing Science Institute
Young Scholar 2011
Paulo Albuquerque, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Simon School of Business
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professor
Paul Ampadu, Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Moscow University
40th Honorary Professor
Xi-Cheng Zhang, Director of the Institute of Optics; M. Parker Givens Professor of Optics
Multidisciplinary International Rectal Cancer Society
President
John R. T. Monson, Chief of the Division of Colorectal Surgery; Professor of Surgery and of Oncology
National Academy of Engineering
Member
James R. Fienup, Robert E. Hopkins Professor of Optics
National Board of Medical Examiners
Edithe J. Levit Distinguished Service Award
Ralph F. Józefowicz, Professor of Neurology and Medicine
National Book Critics Circle
Awards Finalist
Karaoke Culture , By Dubravka Ugresic; Published by Open Letter Books
National Council for the Social Studies
Program Chair, College and University Faculty Assembly
Kevin Meuwissen, Assistant Professor of Teaching and Curriculum
National Endowment for the Humanities
Fellowship
Janet Berlo, Professor of Art & Art History
Summer Fellowship
Jennifer Kyker, Assistant Professor of Music
National Flute Association
2012 Lifetime Achievement Award
Bonita Boyd, Professor of Flute, Eastman School of Music
National Institutes of Health
Women’s Health and the Environment over the Entire Lifespan Program Award
Danielle Benoit, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Pathway to Independence Award
Regine Choe, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Recognition of Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment and Lectureship
Lynne E. Maquat, J. Lowell Orbison Chair; Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Eureka Award for Exceptionally Innovative Research
John H. Werren, Nathaniel and Helen Wisch Professor of Biology
National Public Radio
One of Top Five Poetry Books of 2011 (for The Needle)
Jennifer Grotz, Assistant Professor of English
National Science Foundation
Career Award
Jeffrey Bigham, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Engin Ipek, Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Florian Jaeger, Assistant Professor of Brain & Cognitive Sciences
Azadeh Vosoughi, Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Chen Ding, Professor of Computer Science
New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research
Outstanding Contribution to the University of Rochester Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences New York State Economic Impact for 2010–11
Wendi Heinzelman, Dean of Graduate Studies; Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Optical Society (OSA)
2012 Distinguished Service Award
Joseph H. Eberly, Andrew Carnegie Professor of Physics and Professor of Optics
Member, Board of Directors
Jannick Rolland, Brian J. Thompson Professor of Optical Engineering
Honorary Member, Rochester Section
Carlos Stroud, Professor of Optics and of Physics
2012 William F. Meggers Award
Xi-Cheng Zhang, Director of the Institute of Optics; M. Parker Givens Professor of Optics
Orthopaedic Research and Educational Foundation
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Fellow
Danielle Benoit, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research in Nursing and Health
Editor-in-Chief
Margaret H. Kearney, Professor of Nursing; Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies
Royal College of Edinburgh
Fellowship
Bilal Ahmed, Professor of Clinical Medicine; Vice-Chief of Medicine, Highland Hospital
Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy
President
Deborah Modrak, Professor of Philosophy
Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Outstanding Achievement in Adolescent Medicine
Richard E. Kreipe, Dr. Elizabeth R. McAnarney Professorship in Pediatrics Funded by Roger and Carolyn Friedlander
Society of Behavioral Medicine
2012 Distinguished Research Mentor Award
Gary Morrow, Professor of Radiation Oncology and of Psychiatry
Society of General Physiologists
President
Robert T. Dirksen, Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology
Society of Interventional Radiology
Fellows
Steve Meyers, Professor of Imaging Sciences
David Waldman, Chair and Professor of Imaging Sciences
Society of Investigative Dermatology
Board of Directors
Lisa Beck, Professor of Dermatology, of Medicine, and of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology
Society of Nuclear Medicine Cardiovascular Council
President
Ronald Schwartz, Professor of Cardiology and of Imaging Sciences
Spanish Government
Research Fellowship
Roman Sobolewski, Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Visiting Professor
Eby Friedman, Distinguished Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Triological Society
Career Scientist Award
Benjamin Crane, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Uppsala Programming for Multicore Architectures Research Center
Member, Scientific Advisory Board
Sandhya Dwarkadas, Professor of Computer Science
USA Best Books 2011
Finalist–Business: Entrepreneurship & Small Business Category (For Lessons From a Street-Wise Professor: What You Won’t Learn at Most Music Schools)
Ramon Ricker, Senior Associate Dean for Professional Studies; Professor of Saxophone, Eastman School of Music
U.S. Bone and Joint Decade
Young Investigator Initiative Mentee
Danielle Benoit, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
U.S. Department of Energy
2011 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award
Riccardo Betti, Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Professor of Physics
Early Career Research Award
Aran Garcia-Bellido, Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy
Whitebox Advisors
Selected Research Prize (for “Is Momentum Really Momentum?”
Robert Novy-Marx, Assistant Professor of Finance, Simon School of Business
Yale School of Music
Ian Mininberg Distinguished Service Award
Richard Killmer, Professor of Oboe, Eastman School of Music
University Faculty Awards
Edmund A. Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences:
Lifetime Achievement Award
Kevin Parker, Hajim School Dean Emeritus; William F. May Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Lane A. Hemaspaandra, Computer Science
Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching (2010–11)
Natalya Antonova, Professor of Piano, Eastman School of Music
Furth Award for Junior Faculty
Hitomia Mukaibo, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
G. Graydon Curtis and Jane W. Curtis Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Nontenured Member of the Faculty
Karen DeAngelis, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Warner School of Education
Goergen Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (2011)
Dan-Andrei Geba, Associate Professor of Mathematics
John Givens, Associate Professor of Russian
Joanna Scott, Roswell Smith Burrows Professor of English
Lillian Fairchild Award
Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Associate Professor of Composition, Eastman School of Music
Messinger Library Recognition Award (2011)
Judi Briden, Rush Rhees Librarian
Presidential Diversity Award (2012)
John Fetter, Assistant Professor of Music Education, Eastman School of Music
Center for Advocacy, Community Health, Education, and Diversity
Susan B. Anthony Center for Women’s Leadership:
Susan B. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award (Given Posthumously)
Nora Bredes, Director, Anthony Center for Women’s Leadership
University Award for Lifetime Achievement in Graduate Education
Gautam Mitra, Professor of Geological Sciences
William H. Riker University Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching (2012)
Robert Wason, Professor of Music Theory, Eastman School of Music
Wilmot Cancer Research Fellowship
Hanan Dery, Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
National Student Awards
All-American
Men’s Basketball
John DiBartolomeo ’13, Westport, Conn.; Financial Economics
Women’s Basketball
Jodie Luther ’12, Gibsonia, Pa.; Molecular Genetics and Economics
Men’s Cross Country
James Vavra ’12, Owego, N.Y.; Biology
Field Hockey
Allison Beardsley ’12, Weedsport, N.Y.; Health Policy
Anna Dobrynzski ’12, Pittsford, N.Y.; History
Football
Christopher Bickford ’12, Willits, Calif.; Archaeology, Technology & Historical Structures
Golf
Nicholas Palladino ’14, Highland Heights, Ohio; Psychology
Women’s Soccer
Ellen Coleman ’12, Wauwatosa, Wis.; Biomedical Engineering
Squash
Andres Duany ’13, Lima, Peru; Economics & Business Strategies
Benjamin Fischer ’12, Lucerne, Switzerland; Economics
American Chemical Society
Young Investigator Award–Inorganic Division
Ryan Cowley, Doctoral Student, Chemistry
Travel Award–Inorganic Division
Jonathan Goldberg ’12, North Chili, N.Y.; Chemistry
Zhiji Han, Graduate Student, Chemistry
Graduate Research Symposium Travel Award–Organic Division
Ruja Shrestha, Graduate Student, Chemistry
Eli Lilly Travel Award– Women Chemists Committee
Jessica Smith, Graduate Student, Chemistry
American Indian Science and Engineering Society
Travel Award, Honorable Mention for Oral Presentation at a National Conference
Naomi Lee, Graduate Student, Chemistry
American Peptide Society
Travel Award
John Dimaio, Graduate Student, Chemistry
Todd M. Doran, Doctoral Student, Chemistry
Second Place, Young Investigator Poster Competition
Todd M. Doran, Doctoral Student, Chemistry
Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors
Marlin Bradley Ally Scholarship
Tara Leigh Sands, Doctoral Student, Higher Education
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Vincent Yu ’14, Hong Kong, China; Physics & Astronomy and Mathematics
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholars
Spring 2012 Winners
Kiera Anderson ’13, Rochester; Psychology and English
Rachel Bierasinski ’13, Victor, N.Y.; Mechanical Engineering
Janise Carmichael ’13, Syracuse; Psychology and Spanish
Gabrielle Cornish ’13, Elmira, N.Y.; Music and Russian Studies
Allayna Dehond ’14, Bergen, N.Y.; Biomedical Engineering
Donias Doko ’12, Hartford, Conn.; Neuroscience and History
Shukri Dualeh ’13, Tonawanda, N.Y.; Health, Behavior & Society
Maxine Humphrey ’13, Rochester; International Relations
Marius Kothor ’13, Rochester; African & African-American Studies
Heather Owen ’13, Lockport, N.Y.; English and Mathematics
Zachary Palomo ’13, Hondo, Texas; International Relations and Russian
Yaritza Perez ’14, Bronx, N.Y.; Psychology
Kellen Tsai ’13, Flushing, N.Y.; Psychology
Fall 2011 Winners
Priscilla Alabi ’12, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Political Science
Ki Cheng ’13, Orlando, Fla.; Psychology
Meredith Doubleday ’13, Richfield Springs, N.Y.; Russian and Classics
Breanna Eng ’13, Holtsville, N.Y.; Chemistry
Ryan Gelfand ’13, Laytonsville, Md.; Archaeology, Technology & Historical Structures
Ashley Haluck-Kangas ’12, Greensburg, Pa.; Biology
Kindred Harris ’13/Take Five Scholar, Hermansville, Miss.; Evolutionary Biology & Ecology
Nathaly Luna ’13, Corona, N.Y.; Religion
Megan Roberts ’12/Take Five Scholar, Rochester; Health & Society
Madeline Skellie ’13, Greenwich, N.Y.; International Relations
College Squash Association
Skillman Award
Benjamin Fischer ’12, Lucerne, Switzerland; Economics
Critical Language Scholars
Lili Carter Sarayrah ’14E, Knoxville, Tenn.; Applied Music and Violin Gabrielle Cornish ’13, Elmira, N.Y.; Music and Russian Studies
DownBeat Magazine’s 35th Annual Student Music Awards
Jazz Arrangement (Undergraduate)
Levi Saelua ’12E, Sacramento, Calif.; Jazz Writing
Outstanding Performance (Graduate)
Karl Stabnau ’11E, Graduate Student, Music Education
Emerson National Hunger Fellow
Daniel Cohn ’12, Cleveland; Health, Behavior & Society
2011 Emory Remington Trombone Choir Competition
First Prize
Franco-American Fulbright Commission
Fellowship
Caitlyn Schrader, Graduate Student, Secondary French Education
Fulbright Program
Scholarship
Sorcha Dundas ’12, Rutland, Vt.; Anthropology
German Academic Exchange Service-Research Internships in Science and Engineering
DAAD-RISE Scholarship
Katie Bredbenner ’13, Millville, Pa.; Molecular Genetics and Philosophy
Amanda Chen ’14, Danville, Calif.; Biomedical Engineering
Justin Roncaioli ’13, Kensington, Conn.; Molecular Genetics
Maria Guano Zapata ’14, Caracas, Venezuela; Chemical Engineering
HEC Montreal
First Place, International Graduate Competition
Rajesh Chaudhary, Lingling Chen, Mahendra Goyal, and Irina Ivanova, MBA students, Simon School of Business
2012 Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions
Winner
Matthew Grills, Graduate Student, Tenor, Eastman School of Music
National Association for Pupil Transportation
2011 Distinguished Service Award
Peter Lawrence, Doctoral Student, Student Leadership
National Science Foundation
Graduate Research Fellowship
Michael Baranello, Doctoral Student, Chemical Engineering
Ellie Carrell, Doctoral Student, Pharmacology & Physiology
Jason Inzana, Doctoral Student, Biomedical Engineering
Vijay Jain, Doctoral Student, Physics
David Kaphan ’12, Exeter, N.H.; Chemistry
Sharese King ’12, Rochester; Linguistics
Mark Levin ’12, Edwardsville, Ill.; Chemistry
Kimberly Manbeck, Graduate Student, Chemistry
Susan Pratt ’12, Avon, N.Y.; Mathematics and Chemistry
Emilia Sola Gracia ’12, Caguas, Puerto Rico; Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Optical Research Associates/Synopsis
Robert S. Hilbert Memorial Optical Design Competition Winners
Bin Ma, Visiting Research Associate, Optics
Dustin Moore, Doctoral Student, Optics
Percussive Arts Society
50th Anniversary International Solo Competition
Tomasz Arnold ’13E, Krakow, Poland; Percussion
Princeton University
2012 Fellow, Public Policy and International Affairs Junior Summer Institute
Zachary Palomo ’13, Hondo, Texas; International Relations and Russian
Rotary International
Ambassadorial Scholar
Maya Dukmasova ’12/, Take Five Scholar Liverpool, N.Y.; , Religion and Philosophy
SPIE—International Society for Optics and Photonics
Michael Kidger Memorial Scholarship in Optical Design
Kyle Fuerschbach, Doctoral Student, Optics
2011 St. Albans International Organ Competition
First Prize,
Audience Prize
David Baskeyfield, Doctoral Student, Organ, Eastman School of Music
U.S. Navy
Legion of Valor
Michael Krestos ’12, Buffalo; Mechanical Engineering
Whitaker International Fellows and Scholars Program
Fellowship
Douglas Clift ’12, Jericho, Vt.; Biomedical Engineering
Catherine Marando ’12, Bellmore, N.Y.; Biomedical Engineering
Kelli Summers ’11, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Biomedical Engineering
University Student Awards
2012 Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student
Kyle Biegasiewicz, Chemistry
Kevin Dieter, Brain & Cognitive Sciences
Daniel Helm, College Writing Program and English
Martha Johnson-Olin, English
Bethany Little, Physics & Astronomy
Janet Howell Clark Prize
Emily Redman ’12, Webster, N.Y.; Chemistry
Undergraduate Writing Colloquium Contest Winner
Rachel Kelemen ’13, Merion Station, Pa.; Chemistry