Precious Azike and Joshua Pooranmal won an award for their poster discussing what they learned while teaching and observing a classroom as part of the Terrapin Teachers program.
UMD Astronomy Assistant Professor Eliza Kempton co-authored report that outlines a long-term strategy to explore distant planets that might harbor life.
Compton was honored for his contributions to the College Park Scholars Life Sciences program.
The award recognized Shawhan for his work on gravitational waves and multimessenger astronomy.
The CAREER awards, which are the NSF’s most prestigious grants for junior faculty, provide five years of financial support.
Award came from the National Science Foundation’s Enabling Discovery through Genomic Tools (EDGE) program.
New funding grows state-matched faculty positions in computer science to six endowed professorships and two endowed chairs.
The college promoted nine faculty members to the rank of professor and five to the rank of associate professor with tenure.
The college promoted eight instructional faculty members and 43 research faculty members.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scholarship will provide up to $9,500 per year for two years.