Nobel Prize Winners
Four faculty members have received Nobel Prizes: John Hall of JILA and physics won the 2005 Nobel Prize in physics; Carl Wieman and Eric Cornell of JILA and physics won the 2001 Nobel Prize in physics; and Thomas Cech of chemistry and biochemistry won the 1989 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
Teaching Scholars
Two faculty have won the National Science Foundation Director’s Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars, the foundation’s “highest honor for excellence in both teaching and research”: Richard McCray of astrophysical and planetary sciences (2002) and Carl Wieman of physics (2001).
Fulbright Scholars
Eighty-six CU-Boulder faculty have been named Fulbright scholars since 1982, including four for 2005-06: Anne Bliss of the program for writing and rhetoric; Douglas Cosper of journalism; Jeffrey Frykholm of education; and Thomas Riis of music. The professors won grants to conduct research and lecture in Chile, Azerbaijan, Chile and Germany respectively.
National Academies
Twenty active or retired faculty are members of the National Academy of Sciences.
Seventeen active or retired faculty are members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Twelve active or retired faculty are members of the National Academy of Engineering.
Five active faculty are members of the National Academy of Education.
MacArthur Fellows
Seven faculty have received MacArthur Fellowships, known as the “genius grant”: Deborah Jin of JILA and physics (2003); Daniel Jurafsky of linguistics (2002); Norman Pace of molecular, cellular and developmental biology (2001); Margaret Murnane of physics (2000); Patricia Limerick of history (1995); Charles Archambeau of physics (1988); and the late David Hawkins of philosophy (1981).
Fellows, Investigators
- Forty-four active or retired faculty have been elected fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Three CU-Boulder faculty members were elected in 2006.
- Three faculty have been named investigators by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute: Natalie Ahn of chemistry and biochemistry; Kristi Anseth of chemical and biological engineering; and Min Han of molecular, cellular and developmental biology.
- Ten CU-Boulder professors have received prestigious Packard Fellowships. The unrestricted grants, worth $625,000 each in 2006, go to young faculty who are among “the most promising science and engineering researchers at universities in the United States.”
- Ten CU-Boulder professors have been honored with fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities since 2000.
- Six CU-Boulder professors have been awarded Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships since 2000.
Distinguished Professors
- Frank Barnes, electrical and computer engineering (1997)
- Hazel Barnes, philosophy (1979)
- Roger Barry, geography (2003)
- Marvin Caruthers, chemistry and biochemistry (2000)
- Thomas Cech, chemistry and biochemistry (1989)
- Stanley Cristol, chemistry and biochemistry (1979)
- Andrzej Ehrenfeucht, computer science (2006)
- Margaret Eisenhart, School of Education (2004)
- Delbert Elliott, sociology (2004)
- Barbara Engel, history (2005)
- Stephen Fischer-Galati, history (1983)
- Fred Glover, business (2005)
- Richard Jessor, psychology (2005)
- W. Carl Lineberger, chemistry and biochemistry (1985)
- Robert Linn, School of Education (1995)
- Steven Maier, psychology (2001)
- James Markusen, economics (2006)
- Richard Mc Cray, astrophysical and planetary sciences (1997)
- J. Richard McIntosh, MCD biology (2000)
- Marjorie McIntosh, history (2000)
- Allan McMurray, College of Music (2004)
- Jane Menken, sociology (2001)
- David Prescott, MCD biology (1980)
- Wolfgang Schmidt, mathematics (1988)
- Linda Watkins, psychology (2006)
- Carl Wieman, physics, JILA (1997)
- Charles Wilkinson, School of Law (1997)
- William Wood, MCD biology (2002)
Deceased:
- Kenneth Boulding, economics
- James S. (Stan) Brakhage, film studies
- Stuart Cook, behavioral science
- David Hawkins, philosophy
- Keith Porter, MCD Biology
- Gilbert White, geography
