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)
- Nine Alfred P. Sloan Fellows
- Seven fellows of the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
- Thirteen NSF CAREER awardees
- Five fellows of the American Physical Society
- Two Beckman Foundation Awardees
- Two PECASE Awardees
- Two Research Corporation Cottrell Fellows
- Twelve fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2011
| David Collard |
Georgia Tech Outstanding Professional Education Award |
| Robert Dickson |
Georgia Tech Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development Award |
| Rigoberto Hernandez |
Vasser Woolley Faculty Fellowship |
| Seth Marder |
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society |
| Joseph Perry |
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Carrie Shepler |
Georgia Tech Class of 1940 W. Roane Beard Outstanding Teacher Award |
2010
| Bridgette Barry |
Fellow, American Chemical Society |
| Facundo Fernandez |
Ron A. Hites Award, Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry |
| Rigoberto Hernandez |
Fellow, American Chemical Society |
| Nicholas Hud |
Vasser Woolley Faculty Fellowship |
| Julia Kubanek |
Waernska Guest Professorship, University of Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Raquel Lieberman |
Pew Charitable Trusts Scholar Award |
| Raquel Lieberman |
Blanchard Assistant Professor Fellowship |
| Carrie Shepler |
Georgia Tech Best Freshman Professor Award |
| Carrie Shepler |
Georgia Tech Outstanding Faculty Undergraduate Academic Advisor Award |
| David Sherrill |
Fellow, American Physical Society |
| Robert Whetten |
The Finland Distinguished Professor Award (FiDiPro) |
| Paul Wine |
Fellow, American Chemical Society |
2009
| Jean-Luc Brédas |
Inaugural Fellow, American Chemical Society |
| Jean-Luc Brédas |
Charles H. Stone Award, American Chemical Society |
| Ken Brown |
Blanchard Assistant Professor Fellowship |
| Mostafa El-Sayed |
Ahmed Zewail Prize in Molecular Sciences |
| Mostafa El-Sayed |
Glenn T. Seaborg Medal |
| Mostafa El-Sayed |
Honorary Fellow, Chinese Chemical Society |
| Mostafa El-Sayed |
Medal of the Egyptian Republic, First Class |
| Mostafa El-Sayed |
Inaugural Fellow, American Chemical Society |
| Facundo Fernandez |
CETL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award |
| Wendy Kelly |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award |
| Nils Kröger |
NSF CAREER Award |
| Raquel Lieberman |
Rosalinde and Arthur gilbert/American Federation for Aging Research New Investigator Award in Alzheimer Disease |
| Raquel Lieberman |
NSF CAREER Award |
| Seth Marder |
Georgia Tech Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development |
| Christine Payne |
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award |
| Jake Soper |
NSF CAREER Award |
| Jake Soper |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award |
2008
| Bridgette Barry |
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Jean-Luc Brédas |
Fellow, Materials Research Society |
| Jean-Luc Brédas |
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Facundo Fernandez |
3M Non Tenured Faculty Award |
| Nils Kröger |
Cottrell Scholar Award |
| Raquel Lieberman |
Glaucoma Research Foundation Shaffer Award for Innovative Glaucoma Research |
| Seth Marder |
Selected Member, Department of Commerce Emerging Technologies and Research Advisory Committee |
| Seth Marder |
Fellow, American Physical Society |
| Christine Payne |
ACS PROGRESS/Dreyfus Lectureship |
| Arthur J. Ragauskas |
Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Alternative Energy |
| David Sherrill |
Vasser Woolley Faculty Fellow (2008-2010) |
| Robert Whetten |
ADVANCE Distinguished Lecturer (Kansas State) |
2007
| Robert Dickson |
Georgia Tech Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development Award |
| Mostafa El-Sayed |
United States National Medal of Science in Chemistry |
| Mostafa El-Sayed |
Georgia Tech Class of 1943 Distinguished Professor |
| Facundo Fernandez |
NSF CAREER Award |
| Stefan France |
FACES Career Initiation Grant |
| Jiri Janata |
Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences |
| Nils Kröger |
Blanchard Assistant Professorship |
| Seth Marder |
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Seth Marder |
Fellow, SPIE |
| Christine Payne |
NIH Research Scholar Development Award |
| Joseph Sadighi |
EverettMoore Baker Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching (MIT) |
| Joseph Sadighi |
Outstanding UROP Mentor Award (MIT) |
2006
| Facundo Fernandez |
Blanchard Assistant Professorship |
| Facundo Fernandez |
Professor Doctor Federico Luis Leloir Award, Special Mention, Buenos Aires University |
| Rigoberto Hernandez |
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship |
| Wendy Kelly |
2006 Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award |
| Raquel Lieberman |
American Chemical Society Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry |
| Andrew Lyon |
2006 National Fresenius Award of Phi Lambda Upsilon |
| Andrew Lyon |
Hesburgh Award Teaching Fellow |
| Joseph Perry |
Fellow, Optical Society of America |
| David Sherrill |
Class of 1940 W. Howard Ector Outstanding Teacher |
| Laren Tolbert |
Regents’ Professor |
| Marcus Weck |
Camille & Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award
Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award
CETL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award |
2005
| David Collard |
Georgia Tech 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 Professorship |
| Charles Liotta |
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Charles Liotta |
Malcolm Pruitt Award of the Council for Chemical Research |
| Seth Marder |
Guest Professor, Shanghai Jiaotung University (2005-present) |
| Seth Marder |
Guest Professor, Huazhang University of Science and Technology (2005-present) |
| 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 |
| Robert Whetten |
3éme Cyclé Lectureship (Switzerland) |
2004
| Facundo Fernandez |
Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh Award |
| Stefan France |
National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Enginers (NOBCChE)/GlaxoSmithKline Lendon Pridgen Fellowship |
| 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 |
| Arthur J. Ragauskas |
TAPPI Fellow |
| Joseph Sadighi |
NSF CAREER Award |
| Gary Schuster |
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Marcus Weck |
DuPont Young Faculty Award |
2003
| Jean-Luc Brédas |
Inclusion in 2003 list of the ISI Highly Cited Researchers for Chemistry; |
| Jean-Luc Brédas |
Fellow, Optical Society of America |
| Jean-Luc Brédas |
Honorary Professor, Institute of Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing |
| Jean-Luc Brédas |
Descartes Prize of the European Commission |
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Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| Nicholas Hud |
Sigma Xi Best Paper Award |
| Jiri Janata |
SEAM (Search for Electro-active Materials) 2003 Award |
| Andrew Lyon |
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar |
| Andrew Lyon |
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; |
| Laren Tolbert |
Georgia Tech 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 |
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Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Jiri (Art) Janata |
Honorary Foreign Member to the Learned Society of the Czech Republic |
| Andrew Lyon |
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship |
| Seth Marder |
Guest Professor, Wuhan University, Wuhan China (2002-present) |
| 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
| Ken Brown |
Graduate Fellow, Kavil Institute for Theoretical Physics |
| 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; |
| Mostafa El-Sayed |
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
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Herbert P. Broida Prize of the American Physical Society |
| Nicholas Hud |
Research Innovation Award from the Research Corporation |
| Jiri Janata |
Honorary Member, Czech Learned Society |
| Julia Kubanek |
NSF CAREER Award |
| Laren Tolbert |
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| John Zhang |
PECASE Award |
| John Zhang |
DOE Defense Programs Early Career Scientist and Engineer Award |
2000
| Mostafa El-Sayed |
Northeastern Section ACS Award Richards Medal |
| Mostafa El-Sayed |
Georgia Tech Regents’ Professor |
| Mostafa El-Sayed |
Fellow, American Physical Society |
| 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 in Solid State Chemistry |
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 |
| John Zhang |
Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award |
1998
| Ken Brown |
John and Fannie Hertz Fellow (1998-2003) |
| Jean-Luc Brédas |
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Thomas Orlando |
NIH Young Investigator Award |
| 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 |
| Mostafa El-Sayed |
Doctor Honoris Causa, Hebrew University |
| Rigoberto Hernandez |
NSF CAREER Award |
| Seth Marder |
NSF Special Creativity Award |
| Thomas Orlando |
NATO Collaborative Research Fellowship andVisiting Professor CNR/University of Rome, La Sapienza (1997-2000) |
| Joseph Perry |
NSF Special Creativity Award |
| Joseph Perry |
Senior Research Scientist Award, Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| John Zhang |
ORAU Junior Faculty Enhancement Award |
1996
| Jiri Janata |
Outstanding Achievement Award, Electrochemical Society |
| Jiri Janata |
Appointed Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar |
| Angus Wilkinson |
NSF CAREER Award |
| Angus Wilkinson |
Sigma Xi Award for Outstanding Research by a Junior Faculty Member |
| Paul Wine |
Sigma Xi Award for Senior Faculty Best Paper |
1995
| Seth Marder |
3M Lecturer in Materials Science, University of British Columbia |
1993
| Jean-Luc Brédas |
Associate Member, Royal Academy of Belgium |
| Robert Whetten |
Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award |
1992
| Joseph Perry |
NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement |
1990
| Mostafa El-Sayed |
King Faisal International Prize in the Sciences (Chemistry) |
| Jiri Janata |
Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences |
| Robert Whetten |
H. N. McCoy Research Award (UCLA) |
| Robert Whetten |
Glenn T. Seaborg Research Award (UCLA) |
1989
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Fellow, American Physical Society |
| Joseph Perry |
Director’s Research Achievement Award, Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
1988
| Robert Whetten |
Packard Foundation Fellowship |
| Robert Whetten |
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship |
1987
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Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Prize |
| Robert Whetten |
Presidential Young Investigator Award (NSF) |
| Paul Wine |
GTRI Award for Outstanding Performance in Research |
1986
| Mostafa El-Sayed |
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
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J. Simon Guggenheim Fellow |
1985
| Robert Whetten |
Dreyfus Distinguished New Faculty Award |
| Robert Whetten |
Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education (ACS) |
1984
| Mostafa El-Sayed |
Member, Third World Academy of Sciences |
1983
| Laren Tolbert |
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow |
1982
| Mostafa El-Sayed |
Alexander von Humboldt Senior Fellow |
1980
| Mostafa El-Sayed |
Member, United States National Academy of Sciences |
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Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award |
1979
| Paul Houston |
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow |
1971
| Laren Tolbert |
National Science Foundation Fellow |
| Laren Tolbert |
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Fellow |
1967
| Mostafa El-Sayed |
Fresenius National Award in Pure and Applied Chemistry |
1967
| Mostafa El-Sayed |
Guggenheim Foundation Fellow (1967-68) |
1965
| Mostafa El-Sayed |
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (1965-71) |
