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2021 Celebration of Faculty Excellence

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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 2021, NC State honored 29 faculty virtually since the annual event could not be held in person.

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.

Bob Kelly

Robert Kelly

Alcoa Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Robin Moore

Robin Moore

Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

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UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING

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Hasan Jameel

Hasan Jameel

Jordan Family Distinguished Professor for Natural Resource Innovation

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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE FELLOW

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Ruben Carbonell

Ruben Carbonell

Frank Hawkins Kenan Professor of
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Phil Castellano

Phil Castellano

Goodnight Innovation Distinguished Chair of Chemistry

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Peter Fedkiw

Peter Fedkiw

Professor and Department Head of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Lewis Owen

Lewis Owen

Professor and Department Head of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

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Jean Ristaino

Jean Ristaino

William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology

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Munindar Singh

Munindar Singh

Professor of Computer Science

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Brian Space

Brian Space

Professor of Chemistry

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Paul Turinsky

Paul Turinsky

Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Engineering

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY EARLY CAREER RESEARCH AWARD

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Veronica Augustyn

Veronica Augustyn

Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

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Dali Sun

Dali Sun

Assistant Professor of Physics

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JEFFERSON SCIENCE FELLOW

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Warren Jasper

Warren Jasper

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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

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Louis Martin-Vega

Louis Martin-Vega

Dean of the College of Engineering
Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering

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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING SIMON RAMO FOUNDERS AWARD

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Fran Ligler

Frances Ligler

Ross Lampe Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering

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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF INVENTORS Fellow

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Benham Pourdeyhimi

Behnam Pourdeyhimi

Klopman Distinguished Professor of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science

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Thomas Ranney

Thomas Ranney

JC Raulston Distinguished Professor of Horticultural Science

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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF INVENTORS Senior Member

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Paul Dayton

Paul Dayton

William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor and Interim Department Head of Biomedical Engineering

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Donald Freytes

Donald Freytes

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

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Ismail Guvenc

Ismail Guvenc

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Roger Narayan

Roger Narayan

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

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NATIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER FELLOW

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Ryan Emanuel

Ryan Emanuel

Professor of Forestry and Environmental Resources

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NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME

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Sylvia Blankenship

Sylvia Blankenship

Senior Associate Dean Emerita of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Professor Emerita of Horticultural Science

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FACULTY EARLY CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD

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Aydin Aysu

Aydin Aysu

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Doug Call

Doug Call

Associate Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

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Velko Dubljevic

Veljko Dubljevic

Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies

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Lilian Hsiao

Lilian Hsiao

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Christopher Parnin

Christopher Parnin

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

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Previous Celebrations of Faculty Excellence

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