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Mathematics professor Angela Cheer, teaching a course.
MPS faculty are known worldwide for the teaching and research excellence in their fields. They are sought by media for their opinions on the latest research, and are published in major international journals. Here is a glimpse of what MPS faculty are doing today.
Physics professor Xiangdong Zhu and distinguished chemistry professor Alan Balch each received $80,000 awards from the American Chemical Society.
Lori Lubin, associate professor in physics, was awarded two grants totaling over $130,000 for her work on superclusters, specifically in gas, stars, starbirth, and active galaxy population.
Mathematics professor Alexander Mogilner has received a subcontract from the National Institutes of Health worth over $540,000 for work on producing mathematical models related to cell migration.
The Gravity Research Foundation Awards bestowed first and second prizes to two UC Davis physics professors for their essays: professor Steven Carlip was awarded first prize and professors Nemanja Kaloper and John Terning received the second prize. The list of previous winners includes one of the most famous physicists of our time – Stephen Hawking. Carlip was also asked to occupy the Kramers Chair of Theoretical Physics at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Utrecht University for six months, starting in August and ending in December.
Ryosuke Motani, associate professor of geology, has been awarded the Young Scientist’s Prize by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Motani is one of only two of this year’s awardees who live outside of Japan.
Statistics professor Katherine Pollard received the 2007-08 faculty development award from UC Davis.
Statistics professor Francisco J. Samaniego was appointed the program chair for the International Symposium on Business and Industrial Statistics, held in the Azores in August.
Statistics professor Jessica Utts was named fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. English professor David Van Leer received the Academic Federation’s award for Distinguished Teaching.
Geology assistant professor Qing-Zhu Yu received a fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
Sandra Carlson, professor of geology, co-author
Seashells
Harry N. Abrams, 2007
Jiming Jiang, professor of statistics
Linear and Generalized Linear Mixed Models and Their Applications
Springer, 2007
George Roussas, professor of statistics
Introduction to Probability
Academic Press, 2007