TheTECHtonic Fall 2017

FACULTY NEWS

Awards

John Chermak Collegiate Associate Professor VT Teacher of the Week Awarded by CIDER

Patricia Dove C.P. Miles Prof. of Science & University Distinguished Professor Thomas Jefferson Medal for Achievements in Natural Sciences Gary B. Glesener Director, Modeling & Educational Demonstrations Laboratory TLOS Faculty Fellow Award

Michael Hochella University Distinguished Professor SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award

F. Marc Michel Assistant Professor of Nanoscience NSF Career Award Luther and Alice Hamlett Junior Faculty Fellow in the Academy of Integrated Science Sterling Nesbitt Assistant Professor of Geobiology Donath Medal, Geological Society of America Brian Romans Associate Professor of Sedimentary Geoscience IODP Distinguished Lecturer Nancy Ross Professor of Mineralogy Fellow of Geological Society of America Madeline Schreiber Professor of Hydrogeosciences Editor’s Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, AGU D. Sarah Stamps Assistant Professor of Geophysics NSF EarthCube Community Service and Leadership Award NSF CIG Distinguished Lecturer

Professor Shuhai Xiao with Virginia Governor-elect Ralph Northam. Photo by Rebecca D’Angelo

Robert Weiss Associate Professor of Natural Hazards VT Scholar of the Week Shuhai Xiao Professor of Geobiology Virginia Outstanding Scientist Award Best Paper Award National Science Review

University Distinguished Professor Michael Hochella, Jr. receives the 2017 SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award (State Council for Higher Education). Left to Right: Anne Holton (Sec. of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia), Mike Hochella (VT Geosciences), Hunter A. Applewhite (Pres. of Dominion Foundation), Gilme Minor (Chair of SCHEV), and Peter Blake (Director of SCHEV). Photo by SCHEV

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