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Eleven MIT faculty receive Presidential Early Career Awards
Faculty members and additional MIT alumni are among 400 scientists and engineers recognized for outstanding leadership potential.
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Gilliard and Kulik Honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
The PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers.
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Robert J. Gilliard, Jr. Wins 2024 Boron in the Americas Award
Boron in the Americas (BORAM) is an internationally recognized conference venue focused on boron research.
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Robert Guy Griffin wins Karl-Fredrich Bonhoeffer Lecture Award
This award honors the scientific achievements of outstanding international and national scientists.
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Seven Exemplary Mentors honored with Fall 2024 Mentorship Spotlight Awards
The winners were nominated by students, postdocs, faculty, and staff in recognition of their exceptional commitment to mentorship.
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Joshua Baraban (PhD ’13) awarded the Israel Chemical Society’s Prize for Outstanding Young Scientist Award
Baraban, an alumnus of Professor Robert W. Field's research group, is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.
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Zachary Fried wins 2024 Rao Prize
The International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy has named Fried one of three winners of this year's Rao Prize.
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Surendranath named 2024 Blavatnik Award Finalist
The Blavatnik Family Foundation has announced the Finalists for the World’s Largest Unrestricted Prizes to Early Career Scientists.
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Johnson Awarded Yosemite-American Cancer Society Grant
The Yosemite-American Cancer Society Award grantees are developing research projects to advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.
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Griffin wins 2024 International Zavoisky Award
This prestigious award is given in recognition of outstanding applications or developments of electron paramagnetic resonance in any field of science.
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Johnson wins 2025 Carl S. Marvel Award for Creative Polymer Chemistry
This award recognizes accomplishments and/or innovation of unusual merit in the field of basic or applied polymer science by younger scientists.
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Swager wins 2025 Arthur C. Cope Award from the American Chemical Society
The ACS National Awards encourage the advancement of chemistry in all its branches, support research endeavors, and promote the careers of chemists.
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Four Graduate Students win 2024 Student Group Presidents’ Awards
These awards are given to students who have demonstrated long-lasting commitment to and leadership within department student groups.
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