Rutgers faculty are internationally recognized for the work they do to create new knowledge, generate innovative ideas, and prepare the next generation of leaders.
They have won the National Medals of Science and Technology, Guggenheim Fellowships, MacArthur “Genius” Awards, and Fulbright Scholarships, and been named Professor of the Year.
They have been elected to the most prestigious scholarly societies: the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Letters, and American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Endre Szemerédi, State of New Jersey Professor of Computer Science, has won the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters’ 2012 Abel Prize, one of the top honors in the field of mathematics. Szemerédi, recipient of numerous international awards and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, was cited “for his fundamental contributions to discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science.” The Abel Prize comes with a grant of approximately $1 million.
Jacob Soll, a professor of history on the Camden Campus and a global expert on Machiavelli, is one of 22 Americans selected as a 2011 MacArthur Fellow. Sometimes known as the “genius award,” the five-year, $500,000 grant celebrates individuals who show exemplary creativity and significant achievement in their work. Learn more.
The academy, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, has elected Rutgers scientists Eva Y. Andrei (pictured top), Dennis V. Kent (pictured bottom), and Alexander B. Zamolodchikov as members. Andrei and Zamolodchikov are both professors
in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, while Kent is a professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in the Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences.
Two Rutgers–Camden professors have earned Fulbright awards for the 2012–2013 academic year. Richard Harris (pictured), professor of political science, will be based at Oxford University’s St. Catherine’s College, while Mark Zaki, assistant professor of music, will spend the year at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom.
Six Rutgers professors are cited among Jersey’s 20 Biggest Brains “who are changing the world from right here in the Garden State.” They are Helen Berman, director of the Protein Data Bank; Gyorgy Buzsaki, professor of neuroscience; Jerry Fodor, professor of philosophy; 
Dan Morgenstern, director of the Institute of Jazz Studies; Paula Tallal, codirector of the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience (pictured top); and Kathryn Uhrich, dean of math and physical sciences at the School of Arts and Sciences (pictured bottom).
David Shih, assistant professor of physics in the School of Arts and Sciences, is one of 118 early career scientists to be named a 2012 Sloan Research Fellow. The two-year fellowship is awarded to scholars of outstanding promise in recognition of distinguished performance and exceptional potential to make important contributions to their field.
Twila Perry, professor of law at the Rutgers School of Law–Newark, has won the 2012 Clyde Ferguson Award, one of the association’s highest accolades, for excellence in public service, teaching, and scholarship. Perry’s research focuses on issues of race and family law.
Three Rutgers professors have been selected as fellows, joining 49 previous Rutgers AAAS fellows. The new inductees are: Anthony Broccoli (pictured), professor of environmental science; Bingru Huang, the Ralph Geiger endowed chair in turfgrass science; and Patrick Sinko, the Parke-Davis endowed chair in pharmaceutics and drug delivery.
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