NSM Pride: Awards and Honors
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NSM is proud of the achievements of our outstanding alumni, students, staff and faculty. Submit news of your awards, new jobs and honors to breakthrough@nsm.uh.edu or contact Kathy Major at ksmajor@uh.edu or 713-743-4023.
Alumni
Derek Rice (M.S. ‘09, Geology) was honored as the 2014 Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Distinguished Alumnus at the 17th Annual Robert E. Sheriff Lecture in November.
Students
Azie Aziz (Ph.D. student, Geophysics) is helping locate unmarked burial sites in the historic Mueschke Cemetery. It is the burial site of several early Texans. The work was the subject of the GeoSpace blog of the American Geophysical Union. Aziz and her team used ground-penetrating radar to help locate the unmarked graves. She presented the project at a poster session during the American Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting in San Francisco.
Faculty and Staff
Dan Graur (John and Rebecca Moores Professor, Biology and Biochemistry) and Mary Ann Ottinger (Associate Vice President for Research and Professor, Biology and Biochemistry) were elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They join a select group of researchers recognized by their peers as among the best in their fields.
Allan Jacobson (Director, Texas Center for Superconductivity at UH, and Robert A. Welch Chair of Science) and Richard Willson (Professor, Biology and Biochemistry, and Huffington-Woestemeyer Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering) have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors for their contributions to scientific and technological innovation.
Claire McLeod (Postdoctoral Research Associate, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences) was recognized for excellence in reviewing by the Geological Society of America. She served as a reviewer for the GSA journal Geosphere. She will start a tenure track teaching position in August at the Department of Geology at Miami University of Ohio.
Jonathan Snow (Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences) was elected president-elect of the University of Houston Faculty Senate.
Richard Willson (Professor, Biology and Biochemistry, and Huffington-Woestemeyer Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering) was named an American Chemical Society Fellow. Only 99 scientists were named in the 2014 class of fellows.
