focus on faculty Research Awards Dr. Ted Huston (Human Ecology) received the 2004
Distinguished Career Award by the International
Association for Relationship Researchers for his
Dr. Eric Anslyn (Chemistry and Biochemistry) many contributions to the scientific study of inter-
was named the American Chemical Society’s 2006 personal relationships.
Arthur C. Cope Scholar for excellence in organic
chemistry. He has combined pattern recognition Dr. Brent Iverson (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
with supra molecular chemistry to mimic the mam- received the American Chemical Society’s 2005
malian senses of taste and smell. Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, which recognizes
and encourages excellence in the organic
Dr. David Ben-Zvi (Mathematics) received a chemistry field.
$400,000 Early Career Development award from the
National Science Foundation in 2005, to strengthen Dr. Michael Krische (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Eric Anslyn
the relationship between geometry and algebra. gave the Japanese Society of Synthetic Chemistry
Lectureship on Organic Synthesis for his studies on
Dr. Luis Caffarelli (Mathematics) was awarded the hydrogen-mediated C-C bond formation. Addition-
2005 Rolf Schock Prize for his important contribu- ally, he was awarded the 2005 Johnson and Johnson
tions to the theory of nonlinear partial differential focused giving award in recognition of his work in
equations. catalytic reaction development.
Dr. Frederick Chang (Computer Sciences) was Dr. Eiichiro Komatsu (Astronomy) was named
named to the Texas Department of Homeland a 2005 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow for his
Security Advisory Committee. He was also hired as advanced studies of cosmic microwave background
David Ben-Zvi
the Director of Research for the National Security radiation anisotropy and polarization.
Agency, Central Security Service, where he will lead
research and technology development programs. Dr. Calvin Lin (Computer Sciences) received
the Best Paper Award at the 37th International
Dr. James Chelikowsky (Physics) was awarded the Symposium on Microarchitecture for “Adaptive
2006 David Adler Lectureship Award for his creative History-Based Memory Schedulers,” written with
and outstanding research in computational materials student Ibrahim Hur. He has also been awarded two
physics and for his effective communication of IBM Faculty Partnership Awards for his work on
research results through lectures and publications. the use of dynamic data-flow analysis to improve
software security.
Luis Caffarelli
Dr. William Cook (Computer Sciences) won a 2005
National Science Foundation Career Award to Dr. Allan MacDonald (Physics) was elected as a
support five years of research on integrating pro- 2005 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and
gramming languages and database programs. Sciences for work on correlated electron physics in
metals and semiconductors.
Dr. George Georgiou (Molecular Genetics and
Microbiology) was elected to the National Academy Dr. Raymond Mooney (Computer Sciences) was
of Engineering and received the 2005 Food Pharma- elected a Fellow of the American Association for
ceuticals and Bioengineering Award, presented by Artificial Intelligence for significant contributions
the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. The to machine learning, particularly explanation-based
Fred Chang
award honors his seminal contributions to protein learning, theory refinement and learning for natural
engineering and applied microbial physiology that language processing.
have led to numerous technologies.
Dr. Eric Pianka (Integrative Biology) was awarded
Dr. Cameron Gordon (Mathematics) was elected the UT Co-op Robert W. Hamilton Book Award
a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of grand prize for his book Lizards: Windows to the Evo-
Edinburgh, Scotland’s National Academy. He was lution of Diversity, co-authored with Laurie Vitt. The
honored for achieving considerable distinction in book offers a new perspective on lizard diversity and
the mathematics field. highlights some of their unique survival tools.
James Chelikowsky
Dr. Richard Hazeltine (Physics) was elected as a Dr. Jason Shear (Chemistry and Biochemistry) was
2005 Fellow of the American Association for the presented the 2005 American Chemical Society’s
Advancement of Science for his outstanding theoreti- Arthur F. Findeis award for achievements in bio-
cal research and leadership in the field of controlled analytical, biomaterial and biophysical studies at
magnetic fusion. molecular and cellular levels.
Dr. David Hillis (Integrative Biology) was named to Dr. John Sisson (Molecular and Developmental
the Senior Advisory Board of the National Science Biology) won the Natural Sciences Council Faculty
Foundation’s new National Evolutionary Synthesis Service Award for undergraduate research mentoring.
Center in recognition of his national leadership in
George Georgiou
evolutionary biology. Dr. Peter Stone (Computer Sciences) was also
elected Councilor of the American Association of
Artificial Intelligence.
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