The 2024-25 Distinguished Faculty Awards Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. at the UCI Student Center.
2024-25 Academic Senate Distinguished Faculty Award Recipients
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Event Program
Distinguished Senior Faculty Award for Research
Distinguished Professor Kyriacos Athanasiou
Henry Samueli Chair in Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Presentation Title:
Toward biomedical engineering translation
Distinguished Mid-Career Faculty Award for Research
Professor Wei Li
Grace B. Bell Endowed Chair
Division of Computational Biomedicine
Department of Biological Chemistry
School of Medicine
Distinguished Mid-Career Faculty Award for Research
Professor Jun Wu
Department of Environmental & Occupational Health
Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health
Distinguished Early-Career Faculty Award for Research
Assistant Professor Yanning Shen
Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Distinguished Early-Career Faculty Award for Research
Assistant Professor Seunghyun Sim
Department of Chemistry
School of Physical Sciences
Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching
Professor of Teaching Alessandra Pantano
Department of Mathematics
School of Physical Sciences
Distinguished Early-Career Faculty Award for Teaching
Assistant Professor Christopher Miles
Department of Mathematics
School of Physical Sciences
Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Distinguished University Service Award
Professor James A. Steintrager
Department of English
School of Humanities
Distinguished Mid-Career Faculty Award for Service
Professor Farzin Zareian
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Distinguished Faculty Award for Mentorship
Professor Elizabeth Peña
School of Education