Faculty Honors and Awards
The faculty, students, and staff of the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry have received recognition through the award of local, national, and international awards presented by professional associations, foundations, and academic institutions.
Faculty honors and awards include:
- A member of the National Academy of Science
- Two members of the National Academy of Engineering (adjunct)
- Six Alfred P. Sloan Fellows
- Two fellows of the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
- Twelve NSF CAREER awardees
- Three fellows of the American Physical Society
- Two Beckman Foundation Awardees
- Two PECASE Awardees
- Two Research Corporation Cottrell Fellows
- Eight fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2007
| Facundo Fernandez | NSF CAREER Award |
2006
| Robert Dickson | Georgia Tech Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development Award |
| Facundo Fernandez | Blanchard Assistant Professor |
| Rigoberto Hernandez | Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship |
|
Wendy Kelly |
2006 Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award |
|
Andrew Lyon |
2006 National Fresenius Award of Phi Lambda Upsilon |
|
Joseph Perry |
Fellow, Optical Society of America |
|
David Sherrill |
Class of 1940 W. Howard Ector Outstanding Teacher |
| Marcus Weck |
Camille & Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award |
2005
|
David Collard |
GT Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Advisor |
| Charles Eckert | Clarence Gerhold Award in Separactions from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers |
| Facundo Fernandez | American Society of Mass Spectrometry Young Investigator Research Award |
| Julia Kubanek | Blanchard Assistant Professor |
| Charles Liotta | Fellow, American Association for the Advancement
of Science Malcolm Pruitt Award of the Council for Chemical Research |
| Boris Mizaikoff | Pittcon Achievement Award; and GT Class of 1934 Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activities |
| Laren Tolbert |
NSF Discovery Corps Fellow |
| Marcus Weck | DuPont Young Professor Award and Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow |
2004
| Facundo Fernandez | Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh Award |
| Rigoberto Hernandez | Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Julia Kubanek | PECASE Awardee |
| Charles Liotta and Charles Eckert |
EPA Presidential Green Chemistry Award |
|
Seth Marder |
Fellow, Optical Society of America |
| Boris Mizaikoff | Outstanding Paper in Applied Spectroscopy |
| Marcus Weck | DuPont Young Faculty Award |
| Gary Schuster | Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
2003
|
Jean-Luc Brédas |
Inclusion in 2003 list of the ISI Highly Cited Researchers for Chemistry; Fellow, Optical Society of America; Honorary Professor, Institute of Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing; and Descartes Prize of the European Commission |
| Nicholas Hud | Sigma Xi Best Paper Award |
| Jiri Janata | SEAM (Search for Electro-active Materials) 2003 Award |
| Andrew Lyon | Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award and Blanchard Assistant Professor |
| Seth Marder | Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Boris Mizaikoff | Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award |
| Thomas Orlando | Fellow, American Associate for the Advancement of Science |
| Arthur Ragauskas | Fellow, International Academy of Wood Science |
| Laren Tolbert | Mercator Fellowship, German Research Society; and Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development |
| Marcus Weck | NSF CAREER Award |
2002
| Robert Dickson | Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award |
| Mostafa El-Sayed | Outstanding Research Author at Georgia Tech |
| Rigoberto Hernandez | Goizueta Junior Faculty Rotating Chair |
| Jiri (Art) Janata | Honorary Foreign Member to the Learned Society of the Czech Republic |
| Andrew Lyon | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship |
| Thomas Orlando | Fellow of American Physical Society |
| David Sherrill | Blanchard Assistant Professor |
| Marcus Weck | 3M Young Faculty Fellowship and ORAU Junior Faculty Enhancement Award |
| John Zhang | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship |
2001
| Robert Dickson | Alfred P. Sloan Fellow and Blanchard Assistant Professor |
| Donald Doyle | Research Innovation Award from the Research Corporation |
| Mostafa El-Sayed | Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Nicholas Hud | Research Innovation Award from the Research Corporation |
| Julia Kubanek | NSF CAREER Award |
| Laren Tolbert | Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| John Zhang | PECASE Awardee and DOE Defense Programs Early Career Scientist and Engineer Award |
2000
| Mostafa El-Sayed | Northeastern Section ACS Award Richards Medal |
| Rigoberto Hernandez | Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, and Sigma Xi Southeast Regional Young Investigator |
| Andrew Lyon | Beckman Foundation Young Investigator Award |
| James C. Powers | Georgia Section ACS Herty Medal |
| David Sherrill | NSF CAREER Award |
| John Zhang | ExxonMobil ACS Award |
1999
| Robert Dickson | NSF CAREER Award and Research Corporation Research Innovation Award |
| Mostafa El-Sayed | ACS Florida Section Award |
| Rigoberto Hernandez | Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar, Blanchard Assistant Professor of Chemistry |
| Andrew Lyon | NSF CAREER Award and Research Corporation Research Innovation Award |
| James C. Powers | Georgia Tech Distinguished Professor |
| David Sherrill | Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award |
| John Zhang | Beckman Foundation Young Investigator Award |
1998
| Jean-Luc Brédas | Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Will Rees | Alexander von Humboldt Prize and Fellow, American Institute of Chemists and Fellow - Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Gary Schuster | Chancellor's Award, University System of Georgia |
| Robert Whetten | Alexander von Humboldt Prize |
| John Zhang | NSF CAREER Award |
1997
| David Collard | W. Howard Ector Outstanding Teaching Award |
| Charles Eckert | Georgia Tech Distinguished Professor |
| Rigoberto Hernandez | NSF CAREER Award |
| John Zhang | ORAU Junior Faculty Enhancement Award |
1986
| Mostafa El-Sayed | Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |