Faculty and Staff Members, Alumni, and Students Receive Awards

We proudly recognize faculty, staff, students and alumni who garnered major honors, awards and promotions since our December newsletter.

Christopher Jarzynski Sees a Big Future for Small Machines

So far in 2020, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and awarded Simons and Guggenheim Fellowships. 

Chemistry Alumnus Rick Capozza has a Good Eye

Following a successful career in the vision industry, Capozza gives back to today’s students.

Ph.D. Student Stephanie Gnewuch Studies the Beauty of Chemistry

Ruby red. Sapphire blue. Sparkling crystals.

Pavan Ravindra Solves Equations—and Rubik’s Cubes

At UMD, Ravindra discovered that he could apply the skills he mastered solving Rubik’s cube to his research with Pratyush Tiwary.

Building Fundamental Knowledge to Arm Medical Science

Professor David Fushman studies proteins involved in regulating important cellular processes that are often hijacked by viruses, bacteria and even cancer.

Myles Poulin Receives NSF CAREER Award

From the time he was very young, growing up in a tiny, remote mining town in the coastal mountains of British Columbia, people noticed one thing about Myles Poulin—he was always curious and wanted to learn more about everything around him.

UMD’s Christopher Jarzynski Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

University of Maryland Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Christopher Jarzynski was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

UMD’s Christopher Jarzynski Awarded a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship

Jarzynski was recognized for demonstrating an exceptional capacity for productive scholarship in statistical physics and theoretical chemistry.

2020 Energy Seed Grants Awarded

The Maryland Energy Innovation Institute (MEI2) recently awarded Energy Innovation Seed Grants to six diverse projects across the University System of Maryland.

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