Special Honors and Awards

Recent awards, recognition, and appointments.

• Stefan Schnitzer, NSF CAREER Award. Explaining the distribution and dominance of lianas and tree species. (August 2009)
• Johannes Britz earns honors for work on African e-governance
• Belle Rose Ragins joins Society for Organizational Behavior. Membership is by invitation only to 50-70 of the top scholars worldwide. (June 2009)
• Leslie (Lei) Ying, NSF CAREER Award . Compressed Sensing Magnetic Resonance Imaging. (Award to start August 2009)
• Hao Zhang, 2009 Shaw Scientist. Recognized for research on a novel method for earlier diagnosis of retinal disease. (May 2009)
• WATER Institute graduate students win awards in neuroscience, toxicology, engineering. (May 2009)
• Susan Firer, Lorine Niedecker Poetry Award. The UWM senior lecturer in English and Milwaukee poet laureate wins prize for five poems published in various collections. (April 2009)
• J. Rudi Strickler receives John Martin Award, recognizing his impact on aquatic science. (February 2009)
• Five UWM researchers among first group of CTSI awardees under the Pilot and Collaborative Grant program. (February 2009)
• Jeannine Rowe, Hartford Doctoral Fellow: The doctoral candidate in Applied Gerontology is among five newest nationwide recipients of fellowship in geriatric social work.
• George Hanson, 2009 IEEE fellow : Electrical engineering professor recognized for "contributions to the electromagnetic analysis of layered media and nanostructures."
• Chelsea Lowes, 2009 Knauss Fellow: Sea Grant program to provide one-year fellowship in D.C. to support Lowes' study of the environmental effects of the herbicide Glyphosate.
• Jennifer Runquist, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar : Was one of 15 junior faculty nationwide to receive inaugural three-year, $350,000 grant.
• Institue on Race & Ethnicity 2008-2009 UWM faculty grant recipients. Research awards: René Antrop-González and William Vélez; Katie Mosack. Faculty Diversity Research Awards: Greg Carter; Anika Wilson.
• Sandra Braman, 2008 Freedom of Expression Professor at the University of Bergen (Norway). : Studies the macro-level effects of the use of new information technologies and their policy implications.
• Mary Lynne Perille Collins, 2008 Innovator Award : Developed cost-effective method for producing human membrane proteins necessary to make drugs and vaccines for human use.
• Dazhong Zhao, 2007 Shaw Scientist Award : Biologist's plant reproduction research could have important agricultural and industrial applications.
• Shaoqin Gong, NSF Early CAREER Grant : Award will support the mechanical engineer's research on bio-based and biodegradable plastics.
• Joseph Mascaro, NSF Graduate Fellow: Doctoral student is researching the effects of exotic species on forest ecosystems.