Faculty awards

The faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy is recognized nationally and internationally. Among our faculty are six NSF CAREER Award winners, one PECASE award winner, one DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator, one Alfred Sloan Fellow, and seven American Physical Society Fellows.

2022

  • Chris Kelly, WSU Career Development Chair Award
  • Alexey A Petrov, Board of Governors Faculty Recognition Award

2021

  • David Cinabro, Academy of Scholars
  • Peter Hoffmann, Academy of Teachers
  • Alexey A Petrov,
  • Nausheen R. Shah, Profiles in Warrior Strong
  • Chun Shen, DOE Early Career Award
  • Sergei Voloshin, Distinguished Faculty Fellowship
  • Zhixian Zhou, Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award

2019

  • Edward Cackett, Sultana N Nahar Prize for Distinction in Research in Physics and Astronomy
  • Chris Kelly, College of Liberal Arts and Science's Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Gil Paz, 
    • Lady Davis Visiting Associate Professor
    • WSU Career Development Chair Award
  • Claude Pruneau, Board of Governors Faculty Recognition Award
  • Nausheen R. Shah, Dept. of Physics' Richard J Barber Faculty Award
  • Chun Shen, IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Nuclear Physics 2019

2018

  • Abhijit Majumder, Sultana N Nahar Prize for Distinction in Research in Physics and Astronomy
  • Gil Paz, Simons Fellow in Theoretical Physics
  • Alexey A Petrov,
    • C.H. Gershenson Distinguished Graduate Fellowship
    • Academy of Scholars
  • Joern Putschke, WSU Career Development Chair Award
  • Alvin Saperstein, Tikkun Olam – Repairing the World Award
  • Jo Wadehra,
    • Outstanding Graduate Director Service Award
    • Dept. of Physics' Richard J Barber Faculty Award

2017

  • Edward Cackett,
    • WSU Career Development Chair Award
    • Dept. of Physics' Richard J Barber Faculty Award
  • Chris Kelly, 
  • Abhijit Majumder, WSU Career Development Chair Award
  • Gil Paz,
    • College of Liberal Arts and Science's Excellence in Teaching Award
    • Fermilab Intensity Frontier Fellowship Program

2016

  • Alexey A Petrov, Dept. of Physics' Richard J Barber Faculty Award

2015

2014

  • Edward Cackett, National Science Foundation CAREER Award
  • Alexey A Petrov, FNAL Intensity Frontier Fellowship, URA Visiting Scholar Award

2013

  • Ratna Naik, Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award
  • Robert L. Thomas, Dept. of Physics' Richard J Barber Faculty Award

2012

  • Jerry Dunifer, Dept. of Physics' Richard J Barber Faculty Award
  • Walter Kauppila, Dept. of Physics' Richard J Barber Faculty Award
  • Alexey A Petrov, Physics Letters Certificate of Reviewing Excellency (Elsevier)
  • Sergei Voloshin, WSU Academy of Scholars

2011

  • Punya Talagala, Dept. of Physics' Richard J Barber Faculty Award
  • Sergei Voloshin, Dept. of Physics' Richard J Barber Faculty Award

2010

  • Sean Gavin, WSU President's Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Paul E Karchin,
    • WSU Board of Governors Faculty Recognition Award,
    • Dept. of Physics' Richard J Barber Faculty Award
  • Paul Karchin, College of Liberal Arts and Science's Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Gavin Lawes, WSU Career Development Chair Award
  • Alexey A Petrov,
    • WSU Board of Governors Faculty Recognition Award,
    • Dept. of Physics' Richard J Barber Faculty Award
  • Zhixian Zhou, College of Liberal Arts and Science's Excellence in Teaching Award

2009

  • Peter Hoffmann, WSU President's Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Zhi-Feng Huang,
    • NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award,
    • College of Liberal Arts and Science's Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Boris Nadgorny, WSU Career Development Chair Award
  • Claude Pruneau, Dept. of Physics' Richard J Barber Faculty Award

2008

  • Peter Hoffmann, Dept. of Physics' Richard J Barber Faculty Award
  • Ratna Naik, WSU Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award
  • Alexey A Petrov, WSU Career Development Chair
  • Steven Rehse, College of Liberal Arts and Science's Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Sergei Voloshin, American Physical Society Fellowship

2007

  • Sean Gavin, WSU Career Development Chair
  • Peter Hoffmann, Career Development Chair
  • Emil Kaczor, Dept. of Physics' Richard J Barber Staff Award
  • Gavin Lawes,
    • NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award,
    • College of Liberal Arts and Science's Excellence in Teaching Award 
  • Alexey A Petrov, WSU Outstanding Student Organization Advisor Award
  • Jose Riso, Dept. of Physics' Richard J Barber Staff Award
  • Punya Talagala,
    • Women of Wayne Alumni Association Research Grant,
    • Career Development Grant from the ESCALATE project of WSU
  • Jo Wadehra, College of Liberal Arts and Science's Excellence in Teaching Award

2006

  • Thomas Cormier,
    • Charles H. Gershenson Distinguished Faculty Fellowship,
    • Elected to WSU Academy of Scholars
  • Sean Gavin, Dept. of Physics' Richard J Barber Faculty Award
  • Ashis Mukhopadhyay, College of Liberal Arts and Science's Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Alexey A Petrov, WSU Academy of Scholars' Outstanding Junior Faculty Award
  • Claude Pruneau, WSU President's Award for Excellence in Teaching

2005

  • Sean Gavin, Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
  • Alexey A Petrov, NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award

2004

  • Sean Gavin, NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award
  • Peter Hoffmann, College of Science's Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Alexey A Petrov, College of Science's Excellence in Teaching Award
  • William Rolnick, WSU Board of Governors Faculty Recognition Award

2003

  • Sean Gavin College of Science's Excellence in Teaching Award

2002

  • Robert Harr, College of Science's Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Peter Hoffmann, NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award
  • Boris Nadgorny, NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award
  • Alexey A Petrov, Frontier Science Golden Award (INFN, Italy)

2001

  • Caroline Morgan, College of Science's Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Punya Talagala, College of Science's Excellence in Teaching Award