Outstanding Faculty

School of Biological Sciences Faculty are recognized for their impactful work in the local to global community. Learn more about recent faculty accomplishments by following the links below to their profiles and related news articles.

A more comprehensive list of Division faculty who have won awards within the university and in the greater nation and world can be found on the Awards Archive. Division faculty honored for excellence in their field by nationally-recognized organizations can be found on the Faculty Honors page. Current and previous endowed chairholders can be found on the Endowed Chairs page.

Recent Recognition

• 

  Elina Zúñiga

  Professor

  
  

  Fellow

  American Academy of Microbiology

  Mar 2021 Read Article

• 

  Sonya Neal

  Assistant Professor

  
  

  Inclusive Excellence Award

  UC San Diego

  Feb 2021 Read Article

• 

  Shelley Halpain

  Professor

  
  

  Inclusive Excellence Award

  UC San Diego

  Feb 2021 Read Article

• 

  Stacey Glasgow

  Assistant Professor

  
  

  Hellman Fellowship

  UC San Diego

  Jan 2021 Read Article

• 

  Diana Rennison

  Assistant Professor

  
  

  Jasper Loftus-Hill Young Investigator’s Award

  American Society of Naturalists

  Early Career Award

  Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution

  Dec 2020 Read Article

• 

  Alisa Huffaker

  Assistant Professor

  
  

  2020 CAREER Award

  National Science Foundation

  Nov 2020 Read Article

• 

  Susan Ackerman

  Professor

  
  

  National Academy of Medicine

  Oct 2020 Read Article

• 

  Maho Niwa

  Professor

  
  

  Allen Distinguished Investigators

  Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group

  Oct 2020 Read Article

• 

  Yishi Jin

  Distinguished Professor

  
  

  American Society for Cell Biology Fellow

  American Society for Cell Biology

  Sep 2020 Read Article

• 

  Julian Schroeder

  Distinguished Professor

  
  

  Stephen Hales Prize

  American Society of Plant Biologists

  Aug 2020 Read Article