HAS Faculty to be Honored at 2020-2021 College of Science Faculty Reception

May 3, 2021
Gold Medallion of Excellence

The accolades keep rolling in! 

Congratulations to HAS Faculty members who will be recognized at the 2020-2021 College of Science Awards Faculty Reception later this year during the Fall semester (September 2021). Note: While most awards were bestowed during the 2020-2021 Academic Year, some honors and awards from late 2019 will also included at the reception.

University / President / Provost Awards made to HAS faculty:

The Galileo Circle, a society of individuals who support excellence in the sciences, will honor awardees to recognize their outstanding accomplishments in teaching, research, and advising. HAS honorees include:

The Dean's Innovation and Teaching Awards, made possible by the Arthur L. and Lee G. Herbst Endowment for Innovation and the Dean’s Innovation and Education Fund, will be made to individuals who have created exceptional undergraduate research opportunities that have enhanced the undergraduate student experience and have contributed directly to the faculty member's research plan/mission. HAS honorees include:

National and International Awards

  • Ave Arellano, Citation of Merit, University of the Philippines Alumni Engineers (2020)
  • Laura Condon, CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (2020) and Hydrologic Sciences Early Career Award, AGU (2021)
  • Bo Guo, Doctoral New Investigator Award, American Chemical Society (2021) and Editors Citation for Excellence in Refereeing Water Resources Research, AGU (2019)
  • Hoshin Gupta, Fellow, American Meteorological Society (2020) and Editors Citation for Excellence in Reviewing Water Resources Research, AGU (2020)
  • Jennifer McIntosh, Fellow, Geological Society of America (2019)
  • Marek Zreda, Honorary Professorship, State School of Higher Education (PSW), Biala Podlaska, Poland (2020), The Mercator Fellow, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (2020)
  • Xubin Zeng, The Charles Franklin Brooks Award for Outstanding Service, American Meteorological Society (2021)

New College of Science Faculty Members will also be recognized, including:

  • Yang Song, Assistant Professor, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences (2020), PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Promotion and Tenure Recognition 

  • Ali Behrangi, Promoted to Full Professor with Tenure, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences (2021)

Retiring Faculty Recognition

  • Eric Betterton, Professor, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences (2020)

Congratulations, one and all!