Sixty-one NSM Faculty Honored at 50-in-5 Celebration Events
In December and February, the University of Houston hosted two 50-in-5 celebration events at the Wortham House. The events honored faculty members with major grant awards, national recognition, and patent and publication achievements.
Sixty-one honorees were from the College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics. Several NSM faculty were recognized in multiple categories.
President Renu Khator, Provost Paula Myrick Short, and Vice President for Research Amr Elnashai recognized faculty achievements for Year 2 and Year 3 of UH’s 50-in-5 Program. The program was launched in 2018 to incrEarth & Atmospheric Sciencese research and scholarly activity by 50% over the course of five years, aligning UH with other top research universities in the Association of American Universities and supporting the University’s rise to become a Top 50 public university.
Major Grant Awards: 22 NSM Faculty Honored
For Years 2 and 3 of the 50-in-5 program, 22 NSM principal investigators and co-investigators received a grant award of $1 million plus. Out of the faculty honored, Andrew Renshaw was part of two major award efforts.
- Rene Bellwied, Physics
- Daniel Cherdack, Physics
- Mini Das, Physics
- Loi Do, Chemistry
- Paige Evans, teachHOUSTON (Mathematics)
- Erin Kelleher, Biology & Biochemistry
- Lisa Koerner, Physics
- Frank McKeon, Biology & Biochemistry
- Lawrence Pinsky, Physics
- Andrew Renshaw, Physics
- Rob Stewart, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
- Donna Stokes, Physics/Dean’s Office
- Jaspal Subhlok, Computer Science
- Anthony Timmins, Physics
- Judy Wu, Chemistry
- Wa Xian, Biology & Biochemistry
- Melissa Zastrow, Chemistry
- Bradley Carrow, Chemistry
- Stuart Dryer, Biology & Biochemistry
- James Flynn, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
- Ioannis Pavlidis, Computer Science
- Weiyi Peng, Biology & Biochemistry (CNRCS)
Patent Honorees: 15 NSM Faculty Honored
Fifteen NSM faculty were honored for U.S. patents issued during fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Of the NSM faculty honored in this category, Zhifeng Ren received two patents for technologies invented.
- Wei-Kan Chu, Physics
- Seamus Curran, Physics
- Shiv Halasyamani, Chemistry
- Pei-Herng Hor, Physics
- Alex Ignatiev, Physics
- Allan Jacobson, Chemistry
- Ognjen Miljanic, Chemistry
- Raja Muthupillai, Physics
- Zhifeng Ren, Physics (TcSUH)
- Thamar Solorio, Computer Science
- Oomman Varghese, Physics
- Yuhong Wang, Biology & Biochemistry
- Shoujun Xu, Chemistry
- Jakoah Brgoch, Chemistry
- Zhifeng Ren, Physics (TcSUH)
Impact 50: Publication Achievements - 31 NSM Faculty Honored
Impact 50 recognizes UH faculty with the highest impact factors on peer-reviewed journal publications. For Years 2 and 3 of the 50-in-5 program, 31 NSM faculty members were included in the Impact 50 group. Seven of the 31 NSM faculty members were recognized for publication achievements in both years.
- Eric Bittner, Chemistry
- Shuo Chen, Physics
- Ching-Wu Chu, Physics
- Wei-Kan Chu, Physics
- Olafs Daugulis, Chemistry
- Omprakash Gnawali, Computer Science
- Dan Graur, Biology & Biochemistry
- Preethi Gunaratne, Biology & Biochemistry
- P. Shiv Halasyamani, Chemistry
- Eva Harth, Chemistry
- Kresimir Josic, Mathematics
- T. Randall Lee, Chemistry
- Frank McKeon, Biology & Biochemistry
- Zhifeng Ren, Physics (TcSUH)
- William Sager, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
- John Suppe, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
- Thomas Teets, Chemistry
- Jonny Wu, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
- Judy Wu, Chemistry
- Steven Baldelli, Chemistry
- Rene Bellwied, Physics
- Jakoah Brgoch, Chemistry
- Di Chen, Physics
- Shuo Chen, Physics
- Daniel Cherdack, Physics
- Olafs Daugulis, Chemistry
- P. Shiv Halasyamani, Chemistry
- Eva Harth, Chemistry
- Allan Jacobson, Chemistry
- Frank McKeon, Biology & Biochemistry
- Lawrence Pinsky, Physics
- Zhifeng Ren, Physics (TcSUH)
- Anders Strom, CNRCS
- Anthony Timmins, Physics
- Rakesh Verma, Computer Science
- Xiqu Wang, Chemistry
- Judy Wu, Chemistry
- Wa Xian, Biology & Biochemistry
National Recognition: Seven NSM Faculty Honored
Seven NSM faculty were honored for national awards received in Years 2 and 3 of the 50-in-5 program.
- Jakoah Brgoch, Chemistry - NSF Career Award/Sloan Research Fellow
- Seamus Curran, Physics - National Academy of Inventors
- Edward Kao Do, Mathematics - Single-Author Book
- Richard Meisel, Biology & Biochemistry - NSF Career Award
- Thomas Teets, Chemistry - NSF Career Award
- Jonny Wu, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences - NSF Career Award
- Judy Wu, Chemistry - Sloan Research Fellow