FEST Awardees

The FEST Distinguished Young Investigator Grant Program supports junior faculty members in the sciences, engineering, and medicine by providing awards of $50,000 annually for highly innovative research projects that will lead to strong proposals for outside funding and early career recognition.

2011-12 FEST Awardees:

• Alison Criss, Microbiology, School of Medicine                 
• Remy Indebetouw, Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences
• Sarah Kucenas, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
• Christopher Neu, Physics, College of Arts and Sciences
• Aaron Quinlan, Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine

2010-11 FEST Awardees:

• Andres Clarens and Lisa Colosi, Civil and Environmental Engineering                
• Christopher Deppmann, Department of Biology
• Matt Reidenbach, Department of Environmental Sciences
• Hui Li, Department of Pathology
• Salem Faham, Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
• abhi shelat, Department of Computer Science

2009-10 FEST Awardees:

• Daniel Foltz, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics                 
• Kevin Janes, Department of Biomedical Engineering - READ MORE
• Jiwei Lu, Department of Materials Science and Engineering - READ MORE
• Michael Shirts, Department of Chemical Engineering

2008-09 FEST Awardees:

• Phil Arras, Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences - READ MORE
  
• Noelle Dwyer, Cell Biology, SOM - READ MORE
  
• Avik Ghosh, Electrical and Computing Engineering, SEAS - READ MORE
  
• Jing Yu, Cell Biology, SOM - READ MORE

2007-08 FEST Awardees:

• Kim Hazelwood, Computer Science, SEAS - READ MORE
• Kelsey Johnson, Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences - READ MORE
• Jeffrey Saucerman, Biomedical Engineering, SEAS/SOM - READ MORE
• Herman Wijnen, Biology, College of Arts & Sciences - READ MORE

2006-07 FEST Awardees:

• Xiaowei Lu, Cell Biology, SOM - READ MORE
• Jill Venton, Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences - READ MORE
• Benton Calhoun, Electrical and Computer Engineering, SEAS - READ MORE
• Silvia Salinas Blemker, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SEAS - READ MORE

2005-06 FEST Awardees:

• Irina Mitrea, Mathematics, College of Arts & Sciences - READ MORE
• Brett Blackman, Biomedical Engineering, SOM and SEAS and Brian Wamhoff, Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, SOM - READ MORE
• Keith Williams, Physics, College of Arts & Sciences - READ MORE
• Greg Okin, Environmental Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences