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Honoring top scholars, innovative teachers
Fifteen of UB’s best and brightest teachers and researchers have been named recipients of the university’s 2011 Exceptional Scholar and Teaching Innovation awards.
They will be honored as part of the fall Celebration of Faculty and Staff Excellence.
Exceptional Scholar Awards are given in two categories: Sustained Achievement and Young Investigator.
Sustained Achievement recipients are selected based on their body of work over a number of years, although the award is not meant to serve as a lifetime achievement honor. The researcher’s work must have “garnered public and/or professional accolades beyond the norm,” according to the award’s criteria.
This year’s award winners are Randall Rasmusson, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, and Steven Dubovsky, Department of Psychiatry, both in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Stephen Jacobson, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, Graduate School of Education and Sriram Neelamegham, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Hui Meng, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; and Dimitris Pados, Department of Electrical Engineering, all from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).
The Young Investigator Award is presented to untenured researchers who have obtained the highest degree in their field within the past eight years, and whose work has garnered universal acclaim or been completed under the auspices of a prestigious fellowship grant.
Young Investigator recipients are Atri Rudra, Computer Science and Engineering, SEAS; Jennifer Temple, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Professions; Puneet Singla, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SEAS; Jason Corso, Computer Science and Engineering, SEAS; Charles Lindsey, Marketing, School of Management; and Sabarjit Banerjee, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences.
UB’s Teaching Innovation Award recognizes faculty members who have employed “innovative uses of educational technology” that haven’t been borrowed from another school. All UB faculty are eligible for the award.
The Teaching Innovation recipients are Marc Halfon, Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Sathy Balu-Iyer, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; and Theresa Winkelman, School of Nursing.
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