Faculty Bulletin Board

Kadambi, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has received a CAREER award for his research toward developing light-based sensing technologies.

The professor of economics and finance has been awarded the Warren C. Scoville Distinguished Teaching Award.

Justin Caram, assistant professor of chemistry, has been recognized for the quality and innovation of his research program and his academic leadership skills.

Goadsby, professor of neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, received the honor for his work unraveling the cause of migraines.

Morales-Guio, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, will look into capturing carbon dioxide directly from air and converting it into solid carbon.

UCLA tied with Columbia for the third most scholars on the Rick Hess Straight Up Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings.

The Dr. Elizabeth Woldemussie Centennial Global Health Fund was made possible by a $250,000 gift from the estate of Elizabeth Woldemussie.

Andrews, senior research scientist at the Hatos Center for Neuropharmacology, has been honored by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

Kwon, professor of contemporary art in the art history department, has focused her research on several disciplines including architecture, public art and urban studies.

E. Tendayi Achiume, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, offered an international human rights perspective on the issue.

Heather Maynard, the Dr. Myung Ki Hong Professor of Polymer Science, will edit the world’s preeminent chemistry journal.

McCarthy, associate professor of design media arts at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, will receive an unrestricted $50,000 award.

Alexander Kusenko and Chandrashekhar Khare received the 2021 fellowships, which enable outstanding scientists to focus solely on research for a year.

The distinguished professor of biological chemistry at the David Geffen School of Medicine was recognized for his contributions to scientific understanding of evolutionary developmental biology.

Nandita Garud, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, has been named an Allen Distinguished Investigator by the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group.

Michael Berry, director of the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, has received a 2021 NEA literature translation fellowship of $12,500.

Chang-Jin Kim, the Volgenau Professor of Engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received the 2021 Robert Bosch Micro and Nano Electro Mechanical Systems Award.

Kimberly Clausing, the Eric M. Zolt Professor of Tax Law and Policy, has joined the Biden administration as a deputy assistant secretary at the Treasury Department.

Garg’s laboratory will receive $2.8 million over five years to support his research on exploiting unconventional building blocks in chemical synthesis.

Glenn Reinman won the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/Association for Computing Machinery International Symposium on Microarchitecture’s MICRO Test of Time Award.

Nasim Annabi, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been recognized with the Young Investigator Award from the Society for Biomaterials.

Sudipto Banerjee, professor and chair of the biostatistics department at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, will lead the International Society for Bayesian Analysis.

Pearl’s research will focus on transforming data science from its current paradigm, “data fitting,” to one that leads to robust and useful data interpretation.

Carlson, the Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, will take a leave of absence from UCLA School of Law to perform her governmental duties.

The five-year grant of more than $1.6 million will expand the Bruins-in-Genomics Summer Undergraduate Research Program.