The Research Scholars Program (RSP) has welcomed its third cohort of six faculty from five University of Kentucky colleges. The program is aimed at ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion in research by promoting faculty success.
Gary Ferland, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society.
Dibakar Bhattacharyya, Ph.D., professor of chemical and materials engineering in the University of Kentucky College of Engineering, is the 2023 recipient of the Alan S. Michael Award for Innovation in Membrane Science and Technology.
Renee Fatemi, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the nation's preeminent organization of physicists.
Erin Haynes, D.P.H., has been appointed to the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Board of Scientific Counselors. Haynes is a community-engaged environmental health scientist and has created multidisciplinary research teams to investigate community-identified exposure issues.
Linda Dwoskin, Ph.D., and Chang-Guo Zhan, Ph.D., have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, the highest professional distinction given to academic inventors.
YuMing Zhang, James R. Boyd Professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky, has been named a 2023 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow.
The Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC), was recently awarded a $2.2 million grant to comprehensively evaluate the Kentucky Access to Recovery program.
