Brian Keating
Assistant Professor of Physics
Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences

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Awards:

• Young Scholars Competition at the "Amazing Light: Visions for Discovery" Symposium (First Place)
  
  The competition at the conference honoring Nobel laureate Charles Townes' 90th birthday was intended to recognize young scientists from around the world with the potential to make such major breakthroughs as Townes' discovery of the laser.
  Keating was selected for his essay and talk on a telescope which he and his colleagues are constructing at the U.S. South Pole Station, Antarctica. Starting in December 2005 the telescope will search for primordial gravitational waves produced after the Big Bang and will test the theory of cosmological inflation.

Andrew C. Kummel, Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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• Revelle College Outstanding Professor in Engineering and Science (2006)
• Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award, 2003

  The event is an opportunity to convey the importance placed upon teaching by academic departments and programs and to emphasize the high quality of teaching on this campus.

M. Brian Maple, Professor
Department of Physics

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• National Academy of Sciences
• Honorary Professor of the W. Trzebiatowski Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland (2006)

Karsten Meyer, Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

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• Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (2004)
  These awards are intended to enhance the careers of the very best young faculty members in specified fields of science. Currently a total of 116 fellowships are awarded annually in seven fields: chemistry, computational and evolutionary molecular biology, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, and physics.

Mario Molina, Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

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Awards:

• American Philosophical Society (2007)

K. C. Nicolaou, Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

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Awards:

• American Chemical Society's Arthur C. Cope Award (2005)
• American Chemical Society Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry (2003)
  Professor Nicolaou was honored for his groundbreaking work in synthesizing two molecules, one that has potential against cancer, and one that is cholesterol-lowering for cardiovascular disease. Nicolaou's former graduate student, Phil Baran, who graduated in May and is now pursuing post-doctorate work at Harvard, was also recognized.
• Aristeio Bodossaki Prize (2004).
  

  "For his outstanding contributions to the synthesis of the most complex natural products, including many of high biological activity. "

  The Aristeio Bodossaki Prize, which is accompanied by the sum of 150.000 Euro, is awarded every two years.

Lei Ni, Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics

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• Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships in Mathematics for 2004

Patricia A. Jennings, Assoc. Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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• Michael and Kate Barany Award for Young Investigators, 2003
  Awarded for her "outstanding contribution to biophysics."

Elizabeth Komives, Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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• Michael and Kate Barany Award for Young Investigators, 2000

  For her "outstanding contribution to biophysics".

Kenneth Intriligator, Professor
Department of Physics

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• American Physical Society Fellowship, 2004

  "For contributions to the study of nonperturbative phenomena and duality in supersymmetric quantum field theories and string theory."

Alfred Manaster, Professor
Department of Mathematics

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• Outstanding Post Secondary Mathematics Educator 2003

  The Greater San Diego Mathematics Council recognized Professor Alfred Manaster in recognition of his numerous efforts in support of mathematics education at the local, state, and national levels over many years.
  
  Additionally, Professor Manaster was named “Devoted Ambassador to School Outreach” by the Center for Research in Educational Equity and Teaching Excellence (CREATE) in honor of his efforts in University Outreach.

  Professor Manaster has been tirelessly devoted to Mathematical Education during his tenure at UCSD, and is currently the Director of California’s Mathematics Diagnostic testing Project, Co-director and developer of the Algebraic Thinking Institute, Co-Director of the Joint Doctoral Program (with SDSU) in Mathematics and Science Education. In addition he has served on the authoring team for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.

J. Andrew McCammon, Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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• Chancellor's Associates Faculty Award for Excellence in Research in Science and Engineering, 2002.

• American Chemical Society Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research (2008)
  
  The award recognizes and encourages “the use of computers in the advancement of the chemical and biological sciences.”
  The award consists of $5,000, a certificate and reimbursement for travel to the 235th American Chemical Society meeting in New Orleans.  The award will be presented on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at the Awards Ceremony in conjunction with the ACS meeting.
  McCammon uses supercomputers and sophisticated computer graphics systems to model the dynamics of protein molecules in solution.  These models reveal how proteins bind to each other and how enzymes catalyze reactions.  The resulting information about protein interactions can be applied to the genetic engineering of enzymes or the design of new drugs that bind to and modify protein interactions.
  
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• American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006)
• Joseph E. Mayer Professor of Theoretical Chemistry

Michael L. Norman, Professor
Department of Physics

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• Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2002

  "For his pioneering numerical hydrodynamic simulations in astrophysics and cosmology which elucidated the structure of extragalactic radio jets, the Lyman alpha forest, and the formation of primordial stars.