Purdue Recipients for National and International Awards

Alan T. Waterman Award

Name Primary Unit   Year Awarded
Mung Chiang  Electrical and Computer Engineering 2013

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellows

Name Primary Unit  Year Awarded
Thomas W. Hertel  Agricultural Economics 2021
Guillermo Paniagua-Perez Mechanical Engineering  2021
Gerhard Klimeck  Electrical and Computer Engineering 2019
Russell Main Basic Medical Sciences  2019
Timothy Zwier  Chemistry 2017
Saurabh Bagchi Electrical and Computer Engineering  2018
Natalia Dudareva Biochemistry  2016
Christopher Yeomans  Philosophy  2015
Patrick Eugster  Computer Science 2011
Ralph Kaufmann Mathematics  2010
Wojciech Szpankowski Computer Science  2010 & 2015
Kaushik Roy  Electrical and Computer Engineering 2010
Saeed Mohammadi  Electrical and Computer Engineering 2009
Lefteri H. Tsoukalas Nuclear Engineering  2009
Steven Wereley Mechanical Engineering 2007
Jeffrey E. Brower  Philosophy  2006
H. Jay Melosh  Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences  2006
Jie Shan Civil Engineering  2005
Ehtibar Dzhafarov  Psychological Sciences  2003
Hans U. Walther  Mathematics  2003
Patrick Kain Philosophy 2002
Keith Bowman Materials Engineering 2002
Alexandre Eremenko Mathematics 2001
Joseph S. Francisco  Chemistry 2001
Kevin McNamara Agricultural Economics  2001
Doraiswami Ramkrishna  Chemical Engineering  2001
Christopher Staiger  Biological Sciences 2001
Andrew Weiner  Electrical and Computer Engineering 2000
Sivanandan Harilal Nuclear Engineering 1999
Gudrun Schmidt Biomedical Engineering  1999
Ei-ichi Negishi  Chemistry 1998
Herbert Rowland  German 1997
Keith Bowman Materials Engineering 1996
Jie Shan Civil Engineering  1995
William Cramer Biological Sciences  1992
Natalia Doudareva, Biochemistry   1991
Philip Paarlberg Agricultural Economics 1991
Vladimir Shalaev M Electrical and Computer Engineering  1991
Kevin Trumble  Materials Engineering 1990
Louis de Branges Mathematics  1986
D. James Morré Biochemistry 1984
Daniel Elliott Electrical and Computer Engineering  1982 & 2009
Charles Ingrao History  1980
Edward Mikhail Civil Engineering  1978
Yeong Kim  Physics 1977
Anant Ramdas Physics 1977
Richard Dilley Biology 1977

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

Name Primary Unit  Year Awarded
Kim Gallon History 2016

American Educational Research Association Fellows (AERA)

Name Primary Unit   Year Awarded
Peggy A. Ertmer  Curriculum and Instruction 2015
Hua-Hua Chang  Education 2010
J. William Asher Education and Psychological Sciences  2008
Mary B. Nakhleh  Chemistry and Curriculum and Instruction  2008
John R. Staver Curriculum and Instruction 2008

Beckman Young Investigators Award

Name Primary Unit  Year Awarded
Garth J. Simpson Chemistry  2004
Jonathan Wilker  Chemistry  2001
Mahdi Abu-Omar Chemical Engineering  2001

Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University

Name Primary Unit  Year Awarded
Leigh Raymond  Political Science 2021 
Daniel Kelly Philosophy 2018
Robin Stryker  Sociology  2016

Fulbright Scholars (since 2013)

Name Primary Unit  Year Awarded
Ivan Christov  Mechanical Engineering  2022-2023
Zoltan Machaty Animal Sciences  2022-2023
Guillermo Paniagua Mechanical Engineering  2022-2023
Alejandro Cuza Foreign Languages & Literature  2022-2023
Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar  Computer & Information Technology 2022-2023
Trevor Foley Purdue for Life Foundation  2021-2022
Shonda McLaughlin  Purdue Global  2021-2022
Kingsley Ambrose Agricultural and Biological Engineering  2021-2022
Brenda Capobianco  Curriculum and Instruction 2021-2022
Tamara Kinzer-Ursem  Biomedical Engineering  2021-2022
Scott Bartholomew  Engineering Technology  2021-2022
Craig Goergen  Biomedical Engineering  2021-2022
Zoe Taylor Human Development and Family Studies 2021-2022
Alberto Rodriguez  Curriculum and Instruction  2020-2021
Brian Overholser Pharmacy Practice  2020-2021
Ann Marie Clark  Political Science  2020-2021
James A. McCann  Political Science  2020-2021
Levon Esters Agricultural Science Education 2020-2021
Erica Carlson  Physics and Astronomy 2019-2020
Wendy Kline  History  2019-2020
Nana Gletsu-Miller Nutrition Science  2019-2020
Lori Hoagland  Horticulture 2019-2020
Philip Sanger  Engineering Technology  2019-2020
David Purpura  Human Development & Family Studies  2019-2020
Linda Nie  Health Sciences 2019-2020
Michael Gribskov Biological Sciences 2019-2020
Stacy Holden History  2018-2019
Leigh Raymond  Political Science 2018-2019
Allan Gray Agricultural Economics 2018-2019
Marianne Boruch  English  2018-2019
Qianlai Zhuang Earth & Planetary Sciences  2018-2019
Stefan Paula Chemistry 2017-2018
Margaret Tillman History 2017-2018
German Posada  Psychology 2016-2017
Juan Wachs Industrial Engineering 2016-2017
Brian Smith  Communication 2016-2017
Melanie Schoffner  English Education  2016-2017
Angelica Duran English 2016-2017
Frederick Davis  History 2016-2017
T. J. Boisseau IDIS 2016-2017
Satish Ukkusuri  Civil Engineering 2015-2016
Philip Sanger  Engineering Technology  2015-2016
Adriela Fernandez  International Programs in Agriculture 2014-2015
Jeffrey Stuart Entomology  2014-2015
Nancy Pelaez Biological Sciences  2014-2015
Keith Cherkauer  Agricultural and Biological Engineering  2014-2015
Timothy Cason  Economics 2014-2015
Suresh Rao Agronomy  2013-2014
Clifford Sadof Entomology  2013-2014
Kaushik Roy  Electrical & Computer Engineering 2013-2014
Kevin Keener Food Science 2013-2014
Sorin Matei  Communication 2013-2014

John Simon Guggenheim Fellows

Name Primary Unit  Year Awarded
Alexandra Boltasseva Electrical & Computer Engineering 2022
Roxane Gay English  2018
Mung Chiang Electrical and Computer Engineering 2014
Marianne Boruch  English  2005
Sabre Kais Chemistry  2005
Patricia Curd  Philosophy  2001
Freydoon Shahidi Mathematics 2001
James Farr History  1998
H. Jay Melosh  Earth, Atmospheric, & Planetary Sciences 1997
George Wodicka Biomedical Engineering 1996
William Cramer Biological Sciences  1992
Ei-ichi Negishi  Chemistry 1987
Jeff Vitter  Computer Science 1986
Louis de Branges Mathematics  1967
David Miller Physics 1956

Jefferson Science Fellows

Name Primary Unit  Year Awarded
Peter M. Hirst Horticulture  2018
Sonak D. Pastakia  Pharmacy Practice  2017
Peter Hirst  Horticulture  2017
Karthik Kannan Management 2017
Barrett Caldwell Industrial Engineering  2016
Charles R. Santerre  Nutrition Sciences  2014
Suresh Garimella Mechanical Engineering  2010
Jay Gore Mechanical Engineering  2010
Alex King  Materials Engineering 2005
Melba Crawford Civil Engineering 2004

National Endowment for the Humanities

Name Primary Unit  Year Awarded
Swati Srivastava Political Science 2021
Dana Tulodziecki Philosophy 2020
Stacy Holden History  2016
Chris Lukasik  English 2016
Trenton Cole Jones History  2015
Kim Gallon History 2015
"Cornelius ""Neil"" Bynum" History 2015
Marcia Stephenson  Languages & Cultures  2014
Thomas Broden  Languages & Cultures 2013
Roberta Malo English 2007
Robert Marzec  English  2007
Rachel Einwohner Sociology  2006
Rebecca G. Bryant  Visual Performing Arts  2004
Patricia Curd  Philosophy  1994 & 2004
Christopher Lukasik  English  2004
Kevin Anderson Political Science  2002
Kristina Bross English 2002
Robert Marzec  English  2001
Daniel Morris  English  1995
Ellen Gruenbaum  Anthropology 1991

National Humanities Center Fellows

Name Primary Unit  Year Awarded
Michael Johnston English 2020
Patricia Curd  Philosophy  2001 & 2009
Linda Levy Peck  History 1991
Darlene Hine History  1986
William Rowe Philosophy  1984
Harold Woodman History  1983
Claire Gaudiani  French  1980
Robert Magliola  Comparative Literature 1979

National Medal of Science

Name Primary Unit  Year Awarded
Gebisa Ejeta Department of Agronomy 2022
Albert W. Overhauser Physics 1994
Seymour Benzer Physics 1982
Herbert C. Brown Chemistry 1969
Julian Schwinger Physics 1964

National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Name Primary Unit  Year Awarded
Nancy Ho Chemical Engineering  2016
Rakesh Agrawal Chemical Engineering 2011
Leslie Geddes  Bioengineering 2006
Jerry Woodall  Electrical and Computer Engineering  2001

National Science Foundation CAREER Awards (since 2010)

Name Primary Unit   Year Awarded
Simina Branzei Computer Science  2023
Jonathan Hood  Chemistry 2023
David Johnson  Materials Engineering 2023
Murat Kocaoglu Electrical and Computer Engineering 2023
Sam Nariman  Mathematics  2023
Philip Pare  Electrical and Computer Engineering 2023
Elizabeth Parkinson  Medicinal Chemistry  2023
Brandon Pitts  Industrial Engineering 2023
Sunil Prabhakar  Computer Science  2023
Michael Reppert  Chemistry 2023
Vishal Shrivastav  Electrical and Computer Engineering 2023
Tyler Tallman  Aeronautics and Astronautics  2023
Xiaoping Bao Chemical Engineering 2022
Christopher Brinton  Electrical and Computer Engineering  2022
Zeynel Celik Computer Science 2022
Somali Chaterji  Agricultural/Biological Engineering  2022
Daniel Dawson  Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Science 2022
Letian Dou Chemical Engineering 2022
James Gilbert  Mechanical Engineering 2022
Harsha Honnappa  Industrial Engineering  2022
Mahdi Hosseini Electrical and Computer Engineering  2022
Ruichao Ma Physics and Astronomy  2022
Aaron Morris Mechanical Engineering  2022
Paul Parsons Computer Graphics Technology  2022
Elsje Pienaar  Biomedical Engineering  2022
Christos Psomas  Computer Science 2022
Catherine Searle Biological Sciences  2022
Kevin Solomon  Agricultural/Biological Engineering  2022
Pedro Sousa da Fonseca Computer Science 2022
Neera Sundaram Mechanical Engineering 2022
Jing Tian  Computer Science 2022
Xiaoqian Wang  Electrical and Computer Engineering  2022
Jae Yu Civil Engineering 2022
Jeremiah Blocki  Computer Science  2021
Chelsea S. Davis Materials Engineering 2021
Jeffrey E. Dick  Chemistry  2021
Kerrie Douglas Engineering Education 2021
Christina Garman Computer Science  2021
Dan Goldwasser Computer Science  2021
Yan Gu Mechanical Engineering 2021
Christina Li Chemistry 2021
Ramses V. Martinez Industrial Engineering  2021
Xiaokang Qiu Electrical and Computer Engineering  2021
Brett M. Savoie  Chemical Engineering  2021
Wenzhou Wu Industrial Engineering  2021
Hua Cai  Industrial Engineering 2020
Deva D. Chan Biomedical Engineering  2020
Daniel R. Chavas Earth & Atmospheric Science  2020
Andres Arrieta Diaz  Mechanical Engineering  2020
Hyowon Lee Biomedical Engineering  2020
Jianing Li Medicinal Chemistry  2020
Bruno Ribeiro  Computer Science 2020
Timothy Rogers Electrical and Computer Engineering  2020
Shreyas Sen  Electrical and Computer Engineering 2020
Pramey Upadhyaya Electrical and Computer Engineering  2020
Haizhao Yang Mathematics 2020
Dianyun Zhang  Aeronautics and Astronautics 2020
Kejie Zhao Mechanical Engineering 2020
Brandon Boor Civil Engineering  2019
Christopher Goldenstein  Mechanical Engineering 2019
Chen-Lung Hung Physics  2019
Aniket Kate  Computer Science 2019
Changhee Jung  Computer Science 2019
Felix Xiaoahu Lin  Electrical and Computer Engineering 2019
Baiying Liu  Mathematics 2019
Nina Mahmoudian  Mechanical Engineering 2019
Byung-Cheol Min  Computer and Information Technology 2019
Mo Rastgaar  Engineering Technology 2019
Roopsha Samanta  Computer Science  2019
Michael Titus  Materials Engineering  2019
Yiying Zhang Electrical and Computer Engineering 2019
Elias Bareinboim Computer Science 2018
Tamara Kinzer-Ursem  Biomedical Engineering  2018
Chunyi Peng  Computer Science   2018
David Purpura  Human Development and Family Studies  2018
Janelle Wharry Nuclear Engineering 2018
Jingwei Hu Electrical and Computer Engineering  2017
Zubin Jacob  Electrical and Computer Engineering 2017
Joyce Main Engineering Education 2017
Jianguo Mei  Chemistry  2017
Michael Sangid Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering 2017
Shreyas Sundaram Electrical and Computer Engineering 2017
Bryan Boudouris  Chemical Engineering  2016
Shelley Claridge Chemistry 2016
Mingji Dai Chemistry 2016
Raj Gounder  Chemical Engineering 2016
Allison Godwin Engineering Education 2016
Libai Huang  Chemistry 2016
Susan Hunter Industrial Engineering  2016
Tongcang Li  Physics and Astronomy 2016
Guang Lin  Mathematics  2016
Liang Pan  Mechanical Engineering  2016
Tiark Rompf  Computer Science 2016
Chris Uyeda  Chemistry 2016
Peter Bermel Electrical and Computer Engineering  2015
Jennifer DeBoer  Engineering Education  2015
Kendra Erk Materials Engineering  2015
Morgan Hynes Engineering Education 2015
Rebecca Kramer Mechanical Engineering  2015
Na Lu  Civil Engineering 2015
Alejandra Magana-de-Leon Engineering Education 2015
Fabio Semperlotti  Mechanical Engineering  2015
Laura Bofferding Curriculum and Instruction 2014
Karen Marais Aeronautics/Astronautics 2014
Corey Neu  Biomedical Engineering  2014
Yuila Pushkar  Physics and Astronomy 2014
Niklas Elmqvist  Electrical and Computer Engineering  2013
Brent Jesiek Engineering Education  2013
Erika Kaufmann Mathematics and Physics  2013
Oana Malis Physics 2013
Li Qiao  Aeronautics/Astronautics  2013
Gesualdo Scutari Industrial Engineering 2013
Jianlin Xia  Mathematics  2013
Pablo Zavattieri Civil Engineering  2013
Arezoo Ardekani  Mechanical Engineering  2012
Suzanne Bart Chemistry  2012
David Cappelleri Mechanical Engineering  2012
Guang Cheng  Statistics 2012
Jose Figueroa-Lopez  Statistics  2012
David Gleich Computer Science  2012
Jeffrey Karpicke Psychological Sciences 2012
Milind Kulkarni  Electrical and Computer Engineering  2012
Peijun Li  Mathematics  2012
Jennifer Neville Computer Science 2012
Senay Purzer Engineering Education  2012
Xiulin Ruan  Mechanical Engineering 2012
Xavier Tricoche  Computer Science 2012
Adam Wasserman Chemistry 2012
Song Zhang Mechanical Engineering 2012
Alina Alexeenko  Aeronautics/Astronautics 2011
Monica Cardella  Engineering Education  2011
Jong Hyun Choi Mechanical Engineering 2011
Charles Killian  Computer Science  2011
Ramana Kompella  Computer Science  2011
(Walter) Daniel Leon-Salas Engineering Technology 2011
Yuan (Alan) Qi Computer Science 2011
Burkhard Schulz  Horticulture and Landscape Architecture  2011
Olga Vitek Computer Science  2011
Benxin Wu  Mechanical Engineering  2011
Yoon Yeo Industrial and Physical Pharmacy 2011
Thomas Hacker  Computer and Information Technology 2010
Luis Kruczenski  Physics and Astronomy  2010
Carl Laird Chemical Engineering 2010
Tamara Moore Engineering Education 2010
Jitesh Panchal Mechanical Engineering 2010
Alice Pawley Engineering Education 2010
Vijay Raghunathan  Electrical and Computer Engineering  2010
Sanjay Rao Electrical and Computer Engineering 2010
Lyudmila Slipchenko  Chemistry 2010

Nobel Prize

Name Primary Unit  Year Awarded
Ei-ichi Negishi  Chemistry 2010
Vernon L Smith Management 2002
Herbert C. Brown Chemistry 1979
Julian Schwinger Physics 1965

Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering

Name Primary Unit  Year Awarded
Tian Li  Mechanical Engineering 2022
Ali Shakouri Electrical and Computer Engineering  1999
Trevor Wooley  Mathematics  1993
Johhn E Hamer  Biological Sciences  1989

Presidential Early CareerAward for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)

Name Primary Unit  Year Awarded
Rebecca Kramer Mechanical Engineering  2019
Arezoo Ardekani  Mechanical Engineering  2016
Milind Kulkarni  Electrical and Computer Engineering  2016
Tamara Moore Engineering Education 2014
Jeffrey Karpicke Psychological Sciences 2014
Eugenio Culurciello  Biomedical / ECE/Mechanical Engineering  2011
Ian Kaplan Entomology 2011
Alice Pawley Engineering Education 2011
Demetra Evangelou  Engineering Education  2010
Monica Cox Engineering Education  2008
Haiyan Wang  Materials/ECE Engineering 2007
Julia Laskin Chemistry 2006
Daniel Cziczo  Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences 2004
Patrick Zollner  Forestry and Natural Resources  2004
Sanjay N. Rebello  Physics and Astronomy  2002
David Bahr Materials Engineering 2000
Shirley Dyke Mechanical Engineering  1998
John Sutherland  Engineering  1996

The Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics

Name Primary Unit  Year Awarded
Michael G. Rossman Biological Sciences  2016

Sloan Research Fellows

Name Primary Unit  Year Awarded
Marissa M. Tremblay  Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences 2022
Jeffrey E. Dick  Chemistry  2021
Linquan Ma Mathematics  2020
Rajamani Gounder Chemical Engineering  2018
David Gleich Computer Science  2016
Chris Uyeda  Chemistry 2016
Paul Valiant Computer Science 2014
Adam Wasserman Chemistry 2013
Tong Liu Mathematics  2012
Svitlana Mayboroda Mathematics 2010
Luis Martin Kruczenski Physics 2009
James C. Clemens Neuroscience 2007
Kyoung-Shin Choi Chemistry 2006
Garth J. Simpson Chemistry  2005
Brooke E. Shipley  Mathematics  2002
Jonathan J. Wilker Chemistry  2002
Jillian M. Buriak  Chemistry  2000
Daniel Raftery Chemistry  1999
Jean A. Chmielewski  Chemistry 1996
Daniela Bortoletto Physics 1994
Serguei Khlebnikov Physics  1994
Sai Kee Yeung  Mathematics  1994
Antonio Sa Barreto Mathematics  1993
David D. Nolte Physics  1990
Timothy S. Zwier Chemistry  1989
Clifford P. Kubiak Chemistry  1987
Thomas M. Sellke Mathematics 1987
Robert R. Squires  Chemistry  1987
Ian P. Rothwell  Chemistry  1986
Craig Huneke Mathematics  1982
Gary S. Grest  Physics 1981
James O. Berger  Mathematics  1979
William L. Jorgensen Chemistry  1979
Philip L. Fuchs  Chemistry 1977
Steven A. Adelman  Chemistry 1976
Bernard A. Weinstein Physics 1976
Lawrence G. Brown  Mathematics 1975
Nicholas Winograd  Chemistry 1974
Allen W. Weitsman  Mathematics 1972
Richard A. Hunt  Mathematics 1970
Louis de Branges Mathematics  1963
Robert E. Davis  Chemistry  1962
Richard W. King  Physics 1959

World Food Prize

Name Primary Unit  Year Awarded
Gebisa Ejeta Agronomy  2009
Philip E. Nelson Agriculture  2007

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