High Honors for USC Faculty Begin New Year

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Fri, 21 Feb 2014 06:48:09 +0000

USC Professors Awarded Sloan Fellowships

This year 126 researchers in the U.S. and Canada were named Sloan Fellows. Sloan Fellows must have demonstrated accomplishments, creativity and potential to become leaders in their fields. USC professors named were:

Dr. Christoph Haselwandter–Physics and Astronomy

Dr. Dion Dickman --Neuroscience

Dr. Jernej Barbic—Computer Science—Also named one of the 35 Innovators under 35

Dr. Jennifer Garrison—Gerontology

Sloan Fellows receive a $50,000 grant.



Earlier honors for faculty…

Dr. Daniel LIdar was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society

Dr. Mark Thompson was named the 12th most influential chemist in the world

Dr. Nicos Petasis received the Cope Scholar Award

Dr. Surya Prakash received the Tolman Medal