Purdue researchers recognized at Excellence in Research Award Lectures

Purdue University photo/Tate Kirgiss

Recipients of Purdue University’s three most prestigious research awards presented lectures on their research during the Excellence in Research Award Lectures on April 22. Pictured (left to right) are Karen Plaut, executive vice president for research; Matthew Huber, the Herbert Newby McCoy Award recipient, the David E. Ross Director of the Purdue Institute for a Sustainable Future, and professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences (College of Science); Anand Raghunathan, recipient of the Arden L. Bement Jr. Award and the Silicon Valley Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (College of Engineering); and Kathryn Cramer Brownell, the Lu Ann Aday Award recipient and associate professor of history (College of Liberal Arts). The awards will be conferred during the Purdue Faculty Honors Ceremony on May 7.

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