NC State Honors Outstanding Faculty

The Celebration of Faculty Excellence is held each spring to recognize outstanding faculty who have received prestigious awards, accolades or other distinctions during the previous year. In 2022, NC State honored 39 faculty, celebrating in person for the first time since 2019.

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Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence 
Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching 
Governor James E. Holshouser, Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service 
Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching 
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship 
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow 
Department of Energy Early Career Research Award 
Fulbright Future Scholarship 
Guggenheim Fellowship 
Humboldt Research Fellowship 
National Academy of Inventors Fellow 
National Humanities Center Fellow 
National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award 
Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching 

Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence

In 1992, the Board of Trustees of NC State University established the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence to honor faculty whose careers demonstrated a dedication to sustained excellence. As NC State’s highest faculty award, the Holladay Medal for Excellence recognizes members of the faculty whose careers have demonstrated outstanding achievement and sustained impact in research, teaching, or extension and engagement. The award was named in honor of Alexander Quarles Holladay, NC State’s first Professor of History and its first President.

Audrey Jaeger

William Dallas Herring Professor of Educational Leadership, Policy and Human Development

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James Kiwanuka-Tondo

Professor of Communication

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James Lester

Distinguished University Professor of Computer Science

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Veena Misra

Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Richard Spontak

Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING

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Laura Clarke

Professor of Physics

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GOVERNOR JAMES E. HOLSHOUSER, JR. AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC SERVICE

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Jane Hoppin

Professor of Biological Sciences

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PROVOST’S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING

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Lisa Bullard

Teaching Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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ALFRED P. SLOAN RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

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Lilian Hsiao

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE FELLOW

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Morton Barlaz

Distinguished University Professor and Department Head of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

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Marc Cubeta

Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology

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Karen Daniels

Distinguished Professor of Physics

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Jason Delborne

Professor of Forestry and Environmental Resources

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Candace Haigler

Professor of Crop and Soil Sciences

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Ayman Hawari

Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering

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Shuijin Hu

Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology

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Mary Watzin

Professor Emeritus of Forestry and Environmental Resources

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY EARLY CAREER RESEARCH AWARD

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Rubén Rellán-Álvarez

Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

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FULBRIGHT FUTURE SCHOLARSHIP

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Iqbal Husain

ABB Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP

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Julia Rudolph (2021)

Professor of History

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Eduardo Corral (2022)

Associate Professor of English

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HUMBOLDT RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

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Fanxing Li

Alcoa Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF INVENTORS FELLOW

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Fred Kish

M.C. Dean Inc., Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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NATIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER FELLOW

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Tim Stinson (2021)

Associate Professor of English

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Blair Kelley (2022)

Associate Professor of History
Assistant Dean for Interdisciplinary Studies and International Programs,
College of Humanities and Social Sciences

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Jason Miller (2022)

Professor of English

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FACULTY EARLY CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD

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K.C. Busch (2021)

Assistant Professor of STEM Education

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Alexandros Kapravelos (2021)

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

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Natalie Nelson (2021)

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

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Caroline Proulx (2021)

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

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Ruozhou Yu (2021)

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

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Ashly Cabas (2022)

Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

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Albert Keung (2022)

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Sebastian Koenig (2022)

Assistant Professor of Physics

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Spyros Pavlidis (2022)

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Bradley Reaves (2022)

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

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Dali Sun (2022)

Assistant Professor of Physics

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Wenyuan Tang (2022)

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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ROBERT FOSTER CHERRY AWARD FOR GREAT TEACHING

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Hollylynne Lee

Distinguished Professor of STEM Education

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Previous Celebrations of Faculty Excellence

Past years:

2021 Celebration of Faculty Excellence 
2020 Celebration of Faculty Excellence 
2019 Celebration of Faculty Excellence 
2018 Celebration of Faculty Excellence