2023-2025 Early Career Faculty Awardees

The following awards recognize significant early-career research contributions and impact by faculty members and rising scholars across several academic fields. Should you have received an award and not be listed, please contact Alicia Adelman.

2024Ali, HishamUniversity of Colorado PresidentPresident's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Award
2024Ardizzoni, MichelaGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2024Ardizzoni, MichelaCenter for Humanities and the ArtsFaculty Fellowship
2024Arquilla, Katya SofiaUniversity of Colorado PresidentPresident's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Award
2025Avalos, Natalie MCenter for Humanities and the ArtsFaculty Fellowship
2023Bacalzo, DeanNew Student and Family ProgramsMarinus G. Smith Award
2023Bailey, KarenEcological Society of AmericaESA Early Career Fellow
2023Bailey, KarenEnvironmental CenterCampus Sustainability Award
2025Bailey, KarenGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2023Baker, Kyri A.Academic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Pre-Tenure Faculty
2023Barasch, AlixandraAssociation for Consumer ResearchACR Early Career Award
2023Barton, Taylor WallisAcademic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Tenured Faculty
2025Bay, R. KonaneAir Force Office of Scientific ResearchYoung Investigator Program (YIP)
2024Beaudry, AgnesAmerican Mathematical SocietyFellow
2024Bernstein, AsafAcademic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Tenured Faculty
2023Bosanac, NatashaAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and AstronauticsRocky Mountain Section Young Engineer of the Year
2024Bosanac, NatashaAir Force Office of Scientific ResearchYoung Investigator Program (YIP)
2023Bottenus, NickBoettcher FoundationBoettcher Investigator, Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program
2023Bouwman, JordyUndergraduate Enrichment ProgramsOutstanding Mentor Award
2025Bouwman, JordyGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2023Brennan, ChristineUndergraduate Enrichment ProgramsOutstanding Mentor Award
2023Brooks, CassandraBoulder Faculty AssemblyBFA Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service
2023Brooks, CassandraGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2024Brubaker, Jed R.Association for Computing MachinerySIGCHI/Best of CHI Paper Awards
2025Brumbaugh, Justin JGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2023Bruns, Carson JNational Science FoundationFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
2024Bruns, Carson JAcademic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Pre-Tenure Faculty
2024Brylowe, ThoraCenter for Humanities and the ArtsFaculty Fellowship
2024Burge, MarjorieCenter for Humanities and the ArtsFaculty Fellowship
2025Burleson, Grace EllenGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2024Calder, JCenter for Humanities and the ArtsFaculty Fellowship
2023Chuong, Edward BoyiInternational Cytokine & Interferon SocietyRegeneron New Investigator Awards for Excellence in Cytokine & Interferon Research
2024Chuong, Edward BoyiGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2023Contreras, JeremiahLeeds School of BusinessRobert S. Wasley Outstanding Accounting Teaching Award
2023Cordova, James M.Center for Advanced Study in the Visual ArtsAilsa Mellon Bruce Visiting Senior Fellows
2023Corwin, Lisa AuchinclossGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2025Cowell, RosieGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2025Cruz, Joelle MAcademic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Tenured Faculty
2023Cui, LongjiNational Science FoundationFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
2025David, EmmanuelCenter for Humanities and the ArtsFaculty Fellowship
2023de Alwis, LisaNew Student and Family ProgramsMarinus G. Smith Award
2024Dee, LauraNational Science FoundationFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
2025Dee, LauraBoulder Faculty AssemblyBFA Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarly and Creative Work
2023Dietrich, AlexGraduate SchoolBest Should Teach Award
2023Dobolyi, David GyulaLeeds School of BusinessMaster of Business Analytics Faculty Award
2023Dommermuth, EmilyAmerican Society for Engineering EducationEngineering Libraries Division/Best Publication Award
2023Drake, David FrancisLeeds School of BusinessFrascona Teaching Excellence Award
2023Drake, David FrancisLeeds School of BusinessMBA Teaching Excellence Award
2024Dyrness, Andrea EAcademic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Tenured Faculty
2025Emery, Nancy C.Graduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2023Farnsworth, John AAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and AstronauticsAIAA Associate Fellow
2024Ferris, Anna MUniversity LibrariesJames F. Williams Lifetime Achievement Award
2023Figueroa, NurisBoettcher FoundationBoettcher Investigator, Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program
2024Figueroa, NurisNational Science FoundationFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
2023Fileva, IskraGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2024Fisher, JoleneGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2024Fox, Jerome MichaelNational Academy of InventorsSenior Member
2025Fox, Jerome MichaelNational Science FoundationPresidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
2025Fox, Jerome MichaelPresident of the United States of AmericaPresidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers
2024Friedman, Naomi PGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2023Furlich, GregAir Force Office of Scientific ResearchU.S. Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship Program
2025Gayley, HollyGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2024Gil, MikeEcological Society of AmericaESA Early Career Fellow
2023Goldfarb, Kathryn ElissaGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2024Grabowski, Alena MarieAcademic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Tenured Faculty
2023Gumina, Deena AlexandraGraduate SchoolBest Should Teach Award
2023Gupta, AnkurNational Science FoundationFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
2025Gupta, AnkurAir Force Office of Scientific ResearchYoung Investigator Program (YIP)
2025Gyenis, AndrasNational Science FoundationFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
2023Hayman, Allison Paige AndersonNational Science FoundationFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
2023Hayman, Allison Paige AndersonGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2023Hebl, Michelle RaeAcademy of ManagementGender and Diversity in Organizations Division/Scholarly Contributions to Educational Practice Advancing Women in Leadership Award
2024Heckman, Christoffer RogerNational Science FoundationFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
2023Herz, ZacharyNational Endowment for the HumanitiesCollaborative Research Awards
2025Hill, Jennifer HamptonBoettcher FoundationBoettcher Investigator, Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program
2024Hoecker, ArneCenter for Humanities and the ArtsFaculty Fellowship
2023Holewinski, Adam PCouncil for International Exchange of ScholarsTraditional Fulbright Scholarship
2023Hopp, TobyGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2023Huang, Shu-WeiOpticaOSA Outstanding Reviewer
2023Izraelevitz, JosephNational Science FoundationFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
2023Jamieson, Sara ReedNew Student and Family ProgramsMarinus G. Smith Award
2025Kaiser, Roselinde HendersonNational Science FoundationPresidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
2025Kaiser, Roselinde HendersonPresident of the United States of AmericaPresidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers
2025Kalisman, Hilary FalbCenter for Humanities and the ArtsFaculty Fellowship
2024Kasinath, VigneshNational Institutes of HealthOutstanding Investigator Award (R35)
2023Kaufman, Adam MicahAmerican Physical SocietyI.I. Rabi Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
2023Kaufman, Adam MicahBreakthrough PrizesNew Horizons in Physics Prize
2023Kaufman, Adam MicahAir Force Office of Scientific ResearchYoung Investigator Program (YIP)
2024Kaufman, Adam MicahPresident of the United States of AmericaPresidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers
2025Kaufman, Adam MicahNational Science FoundationPresidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
2024Kilpatrick, Zachary PGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2025Koster, IsabelCenter for Humanities and the ArtsFaculty Fellowship
2023Krauel, JavierAmerican Philosophical SocietyFranklin Grants
2024Kurnick, SarahGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2023Larremore, Daniel BenjaminNetwork Science SocietyErdos-RÈnyi Prize
2024Laurion, Henry RLeeds School of BusinessFrascona Teaching Excellence Award
2023Lawrence-Sanders, AshleighAmerican Council of Learned SocietiesACLS Fellows (ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellowships and ACLS/New York Public Library Fellowships)
2023Lawrence-Sanders, AshleighAmerican Council of Learned SocietiesACLS Fellowship
2024Lawson, Angelica MarieCenter for Humanities and the ArtsFaculty Fellowship
2024Leeker, Jessica RushCouncil for International Exchange of ScholarsTraditional Fulbright Scholarship
2025Lehman, Tamara SilbergleitNational Science FoundationFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
2023Leslie, GraceNational Science FoundationFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
2023Lininger, KatherineNational Science FoundationFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
2025Lininger, KatherineCouncil for International Exchange of ScholarsTraditional Fulbright Scholarship
2025Lovejoy, Henry BarrettAcademic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Tenured Faculty
2023Luca, OanaResearch Corporation for Science AdvancementScialog Fellows
2023Macdonald, RobynNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationEarly Career Faculty (ECF)
2023Mehta, Samira K.Academic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Tenured Faculty
2023Mendoza Gutierrez, NatalieNational Endowment for the HumanitiesSummer Stipends Awards
2024Mendoza Gutierrez, NatalieCenter for Humanities and the ArtsFaculty Fellowship
2025Merritt, AdrienneCenter for Humanities and the ArtsFaculty Fellowship
2023Misri, DeeptiFaculty AffairsOutstanding Faculty Mentoring Award
2025Mitchell, DianneCenter for Humanities and the ArtsFaculty Fellowship
2023Mitchell, RebeccaAcademy of ManagementOrganizational Behavior Division/Best Dissertation-based Paper Award
2023Montoya Castillo, AndresDepartment of EnergyEarly Career Research Award
2023Montoya Castillo, AndresAmerican Chemical SocietyPRF (Petroleum Research Fund) Doctoral New Investigator Grant
2024Montoya Castillo, AndresDavid and Lucile Packard FoundationFellowships for Science and Engineering
2024Moon, KatieGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2023Moriarty, Julia M.Department of EnergyEarly Career Research Award
2025Morrison, Rebecca ElizabethGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2023Moss, AustinAmerican Accounting AssociationFinancial Accounting and Reporting Section-Best Dissertation Award
2023Mukherjee, MithiFaculty AffairsOutstanding Faculty Mentoring Award
2025Nabity, James A.Graduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2024Nyeck, S. N.Carnegie Corporation of New YorkCarnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program
2025Nzinga, KalonjiAcademic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Pre-Tenure Faculty
2024Ochieng, OmediCenter for Humanities and the ArtsFaculty Fellowship
2024Pacheco Gonzalez, MariaVC Student AffairsDr. Evelyn Hooker Advocacy Award
2024Park, JihyeOffice of Naval ResearchYoung Investigator Program Award
2025Park, JihyeAcademic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Pre-Tenure Faculty
2024Park, SoyeonNational Institutes of HealthOutstanding Investigator Award (R35)
2023Peleg, OritNational Science FoundationFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
2023Peleg, OritAlfred P. Sloan FoundationSloan Research Fellowship-Physics
2023Peleg, OritUniversity of Colorado FoundationKlaus D. and Jean L. Timmerhaus Teaching Ambassador Award
2025Peleg, OritAcademic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Tenured Faculty
2023Perigo, LeviNew Student and Family ProgramsMarinus G. Smith Award
2025Persad, GovindNational Academy of MedicineGreenwall Fellowship in Bioethics
2024Quandt, C. AlishaMycological Society of AmericaAlexopoulos Prize
2024Ramsey, Sammy DavidThe Explorers ClubLowell Thomas Award
2025Reinholtz, Nicholas SAcademic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Pre-Tenure Faculty
2023Reitzammer, LaurialanGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2025Reznickova, AliceGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2023Rossman, Matthew JAmerican Heart AssociationCareer Development Award
2023Sachs, Honor RHuntington Library, TheMellon Fellow
2024Saltzman, AlexUniversity of Colorado PresidentOpen CU Open Educational Resources (OER) Champions
2024Samper, JotaEngagement Scholarship ConsortiumExcellence in Faculty Community Engagement Award
2024Samuelson, CharlieCenter for Humanities and the ArtsFaculty Fellowship
2025Schauster, Erin EGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2023Semaan, BryanGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2024Seno, CosettaBoulder Faculty AssemblyBFA Award for Excellence in Teaching and Pedagogy
2023Shear, Benjamin RAcademic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Pre-Tenure Faculty
2024Shepperd, JoshBroadcast Education AssociationBook Award
2023Shields, Charles Wyatt, IVNational Academy of EngineeringUS Frontiers of Engineering Participant
2023Siergiejczyk-Nicoll, Dr. GalinaNew Student and Family ProgramsMarinus G. Smith Award
2023Simpson, Michele DBoulder Faculty AssemblyBFA Award for Excellence in Teaching and Pedagogy
2024Singh, RavinderFaculty CouncilDistinguished Service
2024Smiley, Matthew NelsonMacDowell Colony for the ArtsMacDowell Fellowships
2023Sohi, SeemaOrganization of American HistoriansBinkley-Stephenson Award
2024Sohi, SeemaCarnegie Corporation of New YorkAndrew Carnegie Fellows Program
2024Sokhan, Sina KhoshAcademy of ManagementBusiness Policy and Strategy Division/Distinguished Paper Award
2024Spera, Nicolo Ruggero FerruccioAcademic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Tenured Faculty
2024Staley, SaraAcademic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Pre-Tenure Faculty
2023Stevenson, Amanda JeanInternational Union for the Scientific Study of PopulationEarly Career Award
2023Stillwaggon Swan, LizNew Student and Family ProgramsMarinus G. Smith Award
2023Stone, Lauren ShizukoGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2023Sun, ShuoAlfred P. Sloan FoundationSloan Research Fellowship-Physics
2024Sun, ShuoNational Science FoundationFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
2024Sunberg, ZacharyNational Science FoundationFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
2024Swanson, Elizabeth KayAcademic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Pre-Tenure Faculty
2024Tan, Andrew QuesadaBoettcher FoundationBoettcher Investigator, Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program
2025Taylor, RossAcademic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Tenured Faculty
2025Taylor, ScottBoulder Faculty AssemblyBFA Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service
2023Taylor, WilliamAmerican Philosophical SocietyFranklin Grants
2025Taylor, WilliamNational Science FoundationFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
2023Teitelbaum, Benjamin RaphaelBoulder Faculty AssemblyBFA Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarly and Creative Work
2024Torres-Machi, CristinaAcademic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Pre-Tenure Faculty
2023Trower, LizzyNational Science FoundationFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
2025Tsouhlarakis, AnnaCenter for Humanities and the ArtsFaculty Fellowship
2023Ulmer, Keith ANew Student and Family ProgramsMarinus G. Smith Award
2023Vance, EricAmerican Statistical AssociationW.J. Dixon Award for Excellence in Statistical Consulting
2023Vance, Marina (Nina) E.Council for International Exchange of ScholarsTraditional Fulbright Scholarship
2025Vance, Marina (Nina) E.Academic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Tenured Faculty
2024Vernerey, Divya E.Faculty AffairsOutstanding Faculty Mentoring Award
2023Verveer, Elaina MarieNew Student and Family ProgramsMarinus G. Smith Award
2025Villanea, Fernando ANational Science FoundationFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
2024von der Wense, Katharina Lisa MariaGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2024Waters, Brian ToddAcademic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Pre-Tenure Faculty
2023Werner, BradLeeds School of BusinessMBA Teaching Excellence Award
2024White, Terrenda CorisaGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2023Whiteley, AaronPew Charitable Trusts, ThePew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
2024Whiteley, AaronBurroughs Wellcome FundInvestigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases
2023Wiese, Annjeanette MichelleGraduate SchoolBest Should Teach Award
2024Wilcox, Bethany RBoulder Faculty AssemblyBFA Award for Excellence in Teaching and Pedagogy
2024Wilson Sokhey, SarahUniversity of Colorado PresidentPresident's Teaching Scholar
2025Wing, Boswell AGraduate SchoolExceptional Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
2024Wingo, AjumeUniversity of Colorado PresidentThomas Jefferson Award
2025Xiao, JianliangNational Academy of InventorsNAI Fellow
2025Xu, NicoleDavid and Lucile Packard FoundationFellowships for Science and Engineering
2023Zhang, RuiAcademic AffairsProvost's Faculty Achievement Award for Pre-Tenure Faculty
2023Zhang, YidaNational Science FoundationFaculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)

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