The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.
Applications are accepted.
1995: Sarita Adve, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Peter Druschel, Computer Science; Pedro Alvarez*, Civil and Environmental Engineering
1997: Vicki Colvin, Chemistry; Lydia Kavraki, Computer Science
1998: Edward Knightly, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Pulickel Ajayan*, Materials Science and Engineering
1999: Satish Nagarajaiah, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Robert Nowak, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Jennifer West, Bioengineering
2000: Jacqueline Goveas, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Dan Wallach, Computer Science
2001: Susanne Stemmer, Mechanical Engineering
2002: Matteo Pasquali, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Junichiro Kono,Electrical and Computer Engineering ; Brendan Hassett, Mathematics
2003: Vijay Pai, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Chad Landis, Mechanical Engineering; Anatoly Kolomeisky, Chemistry; B.J. Fregly*, Mechanical Engineering; Jianpeng Ma*, Bioengineering; Laura Schaefer*, Mechanical Engineering
2004: Douglas Natelson, Physics and Astronomy; Cecilia Clementi, Chemistry; Chris Jermaine*, Computer Science
2005: Adrian Lenardic, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences; Yehia Massoud, Electrical and Computer Engineering; T. S. Eugene Ng, Computer Science; Robert Raphael, Bioengineering; ; Mark Embree, Computational and Applied Mathematics; Marcia O’Malley, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, and Electrical and Computer Engineering
2006: Scott Rixner, Computer Science; Eugene Zubarev, Chemistry; Andrew Schaefer*, Computational and Applied Mathematics
2007: Ramon Gonzalez, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Michael Diehl, Bioengineering; Jeffrey Hartgerink, Chemistry; Farinaz Koushanfar, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Claire Bowern, Linguistics; Fred Higgs*, Mechanical Engineering
2008: Wotao Yin, Computational and Applied Mathematics; Walid Taha, Computer Science; Shelly Harvey, Mathematics; Leonardo Duenas Osorio, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Lanny Martin, Political Science; Kartik Mohanram, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Fenglin Niu, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
2009: Sibani Biswal, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Oleg Igoshin, Bioengineering; Luay Nakhleh, Computer Science; Emilia Morosan, Physics and Astronomy; Daniel Cohan, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2010: Stephan Link, Chemistry; Junghae Suh, Bioengineering; Carrie Masiello, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences; Reggie DesRoches*, Civil and Environmental Science
2011: Zachary Ball, Chemistry; Swarat Chaudhuri, Computer Science; Lin Zhong, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Jeffrey Jacot, Bioengineering; Jamie Padgett, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Christy Landes, Chemistry; Adilet Imambekov, Physics and Astronomy
2012: Jonathan Silberg, BioSciences; Danijela Damjanovic, Mathematics; Amina Qutub, Bioengineering
2013: Rajdeep Dasgupta, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences; Laura Segatori, Bioengineering; Andrew Putman, Mathematics
2014: Rafael Verduzco, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Isabell Thomann, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Caleb Kemere, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Anthony Varilly-Alvarado, Mathematics; Andriy Nevidomskyy, Physics and Astronomy; Peterr Lillehoj*, Mechanical Engineering
2015: Stephen Bradshaw, Physics and Astronomy; László Kürti, Chemistry
2016: Matthew Foster, Physics and Astronomy; Jeffrey Tabor, Bioengineering; Genevera Allen, Statistics; Aydin Babakhani, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Aryeh Warmflash, Biosciences
2017: Vladimir Braveman*, Computer Science; Anshumali Shrivastava, Computer Science; Ashok Veeraraghavan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2018: Simon Fischer-Baum, Psychology; Zoe Wool, Anthropology; Eric Chi*, Statistics; Xia Hu*, Computer Science
2019: Matthew Brake, Mechanical Engineering; Ronen Mukamel, Mathematics; Kaden Hazzard, Physics and Astronomy
2020: Rosa Uribe, BioSciences; Melodie French, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences; Laurence Yeung, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences; Ang Chen, Computer Science; Jesse Chan, Computational and Applied Mathematics; Shengxi Huang*, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Hans Renata*, Chemistry; Miranda Waggoner*, Sociology
2021: Yingyan Lin, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Pedram Hassanzadeh, Mechanical Engineering; Vicente Ordóñez, Computer Science; Akane Sano, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Christopher Tunnell, Physics and Astronomy
2022: Adrienne Correa, Marine Biology; Xue Sherry Gao, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Nathan Dautenhahn, Computer Science; Matthew Jones, Chemistry; Raúl Hernández Sánchez*, Chemistry; Anastasious Kyrillidis, Computer Science; Guido Pagano, Physics and Astronomy; Daniel Preston, Mechanical Engineering; Geoff Wehmeyer, Mechanical Engineering; Jo Nelson, Mathematics; Thomas Senftle, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Kaiyuan Yang, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Vicky Yao, Computer Science
2023: James Chappell, Biosciences; Songtao Chen, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering; Taiyun Chi, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Kory Evans, Biosciences; Yimo Han, Materials Science and Nanoengineering; Kaiyu Hang, Computer Science; Danielle King, Psychological Sciences; Brandon Levin, Mathematics; Lauren Stadler, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Evelyn Tang, Physics and Astronomy; Todd Treangen; Computer Science; Hanyu Zhu, Materials Science and Nanoengineering
2024: Nai-Hui Chia, Computer Science; Amanda Marciel, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Megan Reiter, Physics and Astronomy; Santiago Segarra, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Mark Torres, earth, environmental and planetary sciences; Yonglong Xie, Physics
*Awarded prior to joining Rice