Members of the National Academy of Sciences

Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Faculty Awards

Recent Awards

UC San Diego Biology Professor Named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
05/27/08
Photo Credit: Denis Poroy/AP, ©HHMI

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute today named UC San Diego biology professor Massimo Scanziani an HHMI investigator for his work on how the brain makes sense of a changing and complex flow of incoming information.

HHMI investigators are chosen for their creative approach to research, provided with research funds and given the opportunity to pursue the most promising leads, even if those move the project in risk-taking new directions. Scanziani was one of 56 investigators chosen this year by the institute, a nonprofit medical research organization established in 1953 by the late aviator-industrialist Howard Hughes, from among 1,070 applicants.

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Two Plant Biologists at UC San Diego Elected to National Academy of Sciences
04/29/08
Steve A. Kay
Martin F. Yanofsky

Steve A. Kay, dean of the Division of Biological Sciences, and Martin F. Yanofsky, chair of the division’s Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, were among the 72 new members and 18 foreign associates elected to the academy today “in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”

They join 67 current members of the UC San Diego faculty who previously had been named to membership in the academy, which was established by Congress in 1863 to serve as an official adviser to the federal government on matters of science and technology.

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Professor Maarten Chrispeels Named an inaugural Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists
09/10/07
Maarten Chrispeels
Maarten Chrispeels

Professor Maarten Chrispeels has been named an inaugural Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists. The award was bestowed for the first time on Chrispeels and 52 other members of the society this year in recognition of their distinguished and long-term contributions to plant biology and service to the society in areas that include research, education, mentoring, outreach and professional and public service.

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Past Awards

DateTitle
06/19/07 Professor Ananda W. Goldrath named 2007 Pew Scholar
11/23/06 Professors Julian I. Schroeder and Martin F. Yanofsky named AAAS Fellows in Biological Sciences
10/10/06 UCSD Faculty Named to Prestigious National Organization
07/17/06 Amy Pasquinelli named 2006 Distinguished Young Scholar
07/26/06 UCSD Biologist Receives Prestigious Presidential Award
05/8/06 Kiger and Traver Named Kimmel Scholars
04/27/06 Hoekstra and Traver Named Beckman Young Investigator Winners
3/1/06 Young Faculty Awarded Prestigious Sloan Foundation Fellowships
1/18/06 National Academy of Sciences Awards Major Prize to UCSD Chemistry and Biology Professor
10/28/05 Professor Vivek Malhotra named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
10/18/05 Dr. Gentry Patrick, recipient of this year's Ray Thomas Edwards Award
5/30/05 Jing W. Wang, assistant professor of biology, has been named a 2005 Searle Scholar
4/20/04 Two UCSD Professors In Biology And Physics Elected To National Academy Of Sciences
3/13/04 Amy Pasquinelli has won The Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award of the Peter Gruber Foundation
10/30/03 Maarten J. Chrispeels Named Fellow Of American Association For The Advancement of Science
09/12/03 Immo Scheffler receives UMDF Sage Fellowship for studying mitochondrial function
06/30/03 Mauricio Montal Named Biophysical Society Fellow
06/18/03 Francis Crick Wins First 'Life Sciences Achievement Award'
11/07/02 Biological Sciences' Al Hilde Named UCSD Veteran Of The Year
10/07/02 Biology Professor at Salk and UCSD Wins 2002 Nobel Prize in Medicine
5/16/01 UCSD Professors In The Biology And Physical Sciences Divisions Honored For Achievements
11/21/00 Founding Dean Named For UCSD's Division Of Biology
11/02/00 UCSD Professors In The Biology And Physical Sciences Divisions Honored For Achievements
10/31/00 UCSD Scientists Awarded $3-Million Biocomplexity Grant
6/22/00 UCSD Professors in Natural Sciences Honored for Achievements