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Faculty Awards

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is recognized throughout the materials community for its educational and research accomplishments. Faculty members are renowned for their research and teaching excellence and have been honored around the world for pioneering work.

National Academies

The following faculty are members of the US National Academies:

U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE)

  • Zdeněk P. Bažant (MSE by courtesy)
  • Jian Cao (MSE by courtesy)
  • Wei Chen (MSE by courtesy)
  • Carolyn Duran
  • Mark Hersam
  • Yonggang Huang (MSE by courtesy)
  • Tobin Marks (MSE by courtesy)
  • Chad Mirkin
  • Gregory Olson
  • John Rogers
  • Christopher Schuh
  • David Seidman
  • Samuel Stupp

U.S. National Academy of Inventors (NAI)

  • Mark Hersam
  • Tobin Marks (MSE by courtesy)
  • Chad Mirkin
  • John Rogers
  • Christopher Schuh
  • Samuel Stupp

U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

  • Chad Mirkin
  • John Rogers

U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS)

  • Zdeněk P. Bažant (MSE by courtesy)
  • Yonggang Huang (MSE by courtesy)
  • Mercouri Kanatzidis (MSE by courtesy)
  • Tobin Marks (MSE by courtesy)
  • Chad Mirkin
  • Teri Odom (MSE by courtesy)
  • Monica Olvera de la Cruz
  • John Rogers
  • Samuel Stupp

U.S. National Medal of Science

  • Tobin J. Marks (MSE by courtesy)

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  • Zdeněk P. Bažant (MSE by courtesy)
  • Jian Cao (MSE by courtesy)
  • Wei Chen (MSE by courtesy)
  • Katherine Faber
  • Mark Hersam
  • Yonggang Huang (MSE by courtesy)
  • Tobin Marks (MSE by courtesy)
  • Chad Mirkin
  • Teri Odom (MSE by courtesy)
  • Gregory Olson
  • Monica Olvera de la Cruz
  • John Rogers
  • David Seidman
  • Samuel Stupp
  • Peter Voorhees

American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)

  • Chad Mirkin
  • Samuel Stupp

CAREER Award, National Science Foundation

  • Mark Hersam
  • Jiaxing Huang
  • Lincoln Lauhon
  • Erik Luijten
  • Teri Odom
  • James Rondinelli
  • Peter Voorhees

MacArthur Fellowship

  • Mark Hersam
  • John Rogers


NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award

  • Monica Olvera de la Cruz
  • Vinayak Dravid
  • Chad Mirkin
  • Kenneth Shull
  • John Torkelson
  • Peter Voorhees

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)

  • Mark Hersam
  • James Rondinelli