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2023-2024 Distinguished Faculty Awards

The Academic Senate Awards will be presented on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. at Newkirk Alumni Center.

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Distinguished Senior Faculty Award for Research
Krzysztof Palczewski
Director of the Center for Translational Vision Research
Distinguished Professor
Department of Ophthalmology

Presentation Title:
Precise genome editing in the eye: curing blindness is now within sight

Distinguished Mid-Career Faculty Award for Research
Kristin Turney
Professor
Department of Sociology

Distinguished Early-Career Faculty Award for Research
Stephanie Sallum
Associate Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching
Jayne Lewis
Professor
Department of English

Distinguished Early-Career Faculty Award for Teaching
Joel Lanning
Associate Professor of Teaching
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

photo: Steve Zylius/UCI

Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Distinguished University Service Award
Julia Reinhard Lupton
Distinguished Professor
Department of English

Distinguished Mid-Career Faculty Award for Service
Stephanie Reich
Professor
School of Education

Distinguished Faculty Award for Mentorship
Michael Yassa
Professor
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior

Academic Senate Better World Award
Philip Felgner
Professor in Residence
Department of Physiology and Biophysics

Academic Senate Better World Award
Frank LaFerla
Distinguished Professor
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior

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  • Call for Nominations
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  • List of Past Award Recipients
  • 2024-25 Distinguished Faculty Awards

Past Distinguished Faculty Awards

  • 2023-24 Distinguished Faculty Awards
  • 2022-23 Distinguished Faculty Awards
  • 2021-22 Distinguished Faculty Awards
  • 2020-21 Distinguished Faculty Awards
  • 2019-20 Distinguished Faculty Awards
  • 2018-19 Distinguished Faculty Awards
  • 2017-18 Distinguished Faculty Awards
  • 2016-17 Distinguished Faculty Awards
  • 2015-16 Distinguished Faculty Awards
  • 2014-15 Distinguished Faculty Awards
  • 2013-14 Distinguished Faculty Awards
  • 2012-13 Distinguished Faculty Awards
  • 2011-12 Distinguished Faculty Awards
  • 2010-11 Distinguished Faculty Awards
  • 2009-10 Distinguished Faculty Awards
  • 2008-09 Distinguished Faculty Awards
  • 2007-08 Distinguished Faculty Awards

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