Past Recipients of Faculty and Staff Awards
Exemplary Faculty Award
Conferred on one NSCI faculty member (any rank) each year in recognition of outstanding achievement in research, teaching and service at Rice.
Past recipients:
- 2023 Anthony Várilly-Alvarado, Mathematics
- 2022 Joff Silberg, Biosciences
Breakthrough Research Award
Conferred on one tenured NSCI faculty member each year in recognition of an outstanding research achievement within the past 5 years at Rice.
Past recipients:
- 2023 Alan Reid, Mathematics
- 2022 Rajdeep Dasgupta, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
Rising Star Award
Conferred on one NSCI tenure-track assistant professor each year in recognition of outstanding research achievement at Rice.
Past recipients:
- 2023 Adrienne Correa, Biosciences
- 2022 Ming Yi, Physics and Astronomy
Excellence in Postdoctoral Research Award
Conferred on one NSCI postdoctoral researcher each year in recognition of outstanding research done during the postdoctoral appointment at Rice.
Past recipients:
- 2023 Andre Izidoro, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
- 2023 Ruwan Senaratne, Physics and Astronomy
- 2022 Bing Deng, Chemistry
Award for Outstanding Teaching in the School of Natural Sciences
Conferred on one NSCI faculty member (any rank) each year in recognition of outstanding instruction at Rice.
Past recipients:
- 2023 Jamie Catanese, Biosciences
- 2022 Beth Beason, Biosciences
Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring Award
Conferred on one NSCI faculty member (any rank) each year in recognition of outstanding undergraduate mentoring or academic advising at Rice.
Past recipients:
- 2023 Cassandra Diep, Kinesiology
- 2022 Natasha Kirienko, Biosciences
Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award
Conferred on one NSCI faculty member (any rank) each year in recognition of outstanding graduate student mentoring at Rice.
- 2023 Jeff Hartgerink, Chemistry
Excellence in Outreach Award
Conferred on one NSCI faculty or staff member each year in recognition of outstanding outreach and public promotion of STEM.
Past recipients:
- 2023 Pat Reiff, Physics and Astronomy
- 2022 Kirsten Siebach, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
Outstanding Faculty Service Award
Conferred on one NSCI faculty member (any rank) each year in recognition of outstanding service to the department, school or university.
Past recipients:
- 2023 Stan Dodds, Physics and Astronomy
- 2022 Dave Caprette, Biosciences
Ruth Parks Award for Distinguished Service
Conferred on one NSCI staff member each year in recognition of more than 5 years of distinguished service to the department, school or university.
Past recipients:
- 2023 Abby Vacek, Chemistry
- 2022 Vicky Armstrong, 10 years, Chemistry
- 2022 Susan Cates, 20 years, Biosciences
- 2019 Lilly Bonner, 20 years, Rice University School Mathematics Project
- 2018 Carlos Cabello, 21 years, Chemistry Stock Room
- 2017 Diane Hatton, 11 years, Biosciences
- 2016 Barbara Braun, 15 years, Physics and Astronomy
- 2015 Richard L. Parr, Jr., 16 years, Rice University School Mathematics Project
- 2014 Virginia Morton, 11 years, Chemistry
- 2013 Sandra Flechsig, 16 years, Earth Sciences
- 2012 Rose Berridge, 21 years, Physics and Astronomy
- 2011 Bonnie Hausman, 21 years, Mathematics
- 2010 Minnie Taylor, 17 years, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
- 2009 Carlos Garcia, 18 years, Smalley Institute
- 2008 Dwight Dear, 21 years, Research Support Shop
- 2007 Umbe Cantu, 30 years, Rice Space Institute
- 2005 Dolores Schwartz, 24 years, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
- 2003 Sue Friend, 17 years, Chemistry
- 2001 Alemka Kisic, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
- 2001 Wayne Smith, Physics and Astronomy
- 1999 Ruth M. Parks, 35 years, Dean's Office
Outstanding Staff Service Award
Conferred on one NSCI staff member in their first 7 years at Rice in recognition of exemplary service to the department, school or university.
- 2023 Selena Zermeno, Chemistry
2022-23 Committee
Richard Gordon, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Chair
Dan Carson, Biosciences
Pengcheng Dai, Physics and Astronomy
Shelly Harvey, Mathematics
Laura Kabiri, Kinesiology
Jim Tour, Chemistry
2021-22 Committee
Bonnie Bartel, Biosciences, Chair
Zach Ball, Chemistry
Pengcheng Dai, Physics and Astronomy
Richard Gordon, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
Shelly Harvey, Mathematics
Laura Kabiri, Kinesiology