Faculty Bulletin Board

Rafail Ostrovsky, of the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been elected as a foreign member of academy.

UCLA professor Paulo Tabuada and his peers have received the Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering Best New Application Paper Award.

Dr. Denise Aberle was named recipient of the Joseph W. Cullen Prevention/Early Detection Award.

Bernard Weiner, distinguished research professor of psychology, is being recognized for his teaching accomplishments.

Fernando Torres-Gil, professor at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, has been assigned to an advisory committee for California's Master Plan for Aging.

Hosea Nelson, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has received the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, which honors excellence in organic chemistry.

Their research group has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to work on reducing the carbon footprint of making concrete.

Chris Tilly, professor of urban planning, and Françoise Carré, of the University of Massachusetts received the 2019 Distinguished Scholarly Monograph Award,

A study by Laura Abrams and Dr. Elizabeth Barnert has been recognized by the 2019 Emerald Literati Awards as a “high commended paper."

Amada Armenta, assistant professor of urban planning, has received two awards from the American Sociological Association.

Alice Soragni received a $1.8 million, five-year grant to investigate the role of a protein called p53, which is commonly mutated in women who have high-grade ovarian cancer.

Thomas Dumitrescu, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, has received an Office of Science Early Career Award from the Department of Energy.

Aydin Babakhani, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has recieved a research grant to advance his work on miniature diagnostic sensors.

C. Cindy Fan, professor of geography, has been awarded an Honorary Degree Doctor of Laws from the University of Bristol.

Magali Delmas and her co-author David Colgan have recently won an award for their book, “The Green Bundle: Pairing the Market with the Planet.”

Noa Pinter-Wollman, UCLA associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, is a leader in the study of animal social networks and an expert on collective behavior.

Carla Pestana, chair of the history department has been elected to the nominating committee of the AHA.

Dr. Steven Dubinett is the recipient of the William S. Middleton Award, which is the highest honor awarded annually to VA biomedical research scientists.

Neil Garg, UCLA’s Kenneth N. Trueblood Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been selected to receive the society’s 2019 Edward Leete Award.

Luke Yarbrough has been awarded the prize for his article “A Christian Shīʿī, and Other Curious Confreres: Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr on Getting Along with Unbelievers.”

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the center, which is led by Ali Behdad, a two-year grant of $350,000.

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has awarded UCLA’s Dr. Jennifer Fulcher $495,000 over three years in support of her work.

Patricia J. Johnson, professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics, has been named recipient of the Alice and C.C. Wang Award.

Demetri Terzopoulos, distinguished professor of computer science, spoke at the flagship conference for the Institute of Electrical Engineers Robotics and Automation Society.

Gilbert Gee, professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, will help create a plan for monitoring the overall health of people in the United States.