Proposals funded: Raynor, Berry, Shugoll
Congratulations to Sarah Raynor, professor of mathematics and statistics, whose proposal entitled “IAS Women and Mathematics Program Proposal for Susan Rogowski” has been funded by the Institute for Advanced Study, School of Mathematics, Princeton, New Jersey.
Congratulations to Michael Berry, professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Nutrition and exercise in critical illness (the NEXIS trial): A randomized trial of combined cycle ergometry and amino acids in the ICU” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by (subaward/subcontract) Wake Forest University Health Sciences.
Congratulations to Bradley Shugoll, assistant director of the Pro Humanitate Institute, whose proposal entitled “Kids’ Cooking Coalition–Pop Up Sessions” has been funded by the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities.
Categories: Faculty News, Inside WFU
Newly-selected College Faculty Fellows announced
The Dean’s Office Digest, an electronic newsletter distributed by the Dean of the College, recently announced the newly-named College Faculty Fellows:
The Wake Forest College Faculty Fellowships honor our exemplary teacher-scholars and teaching professors. This year’s nominees have distinguished themselves as dedicated and successful teachers and mentors in their disciplines. They are all outstanding citizens of our College community. The Dean of the College appreciates the time and detail that Chairs gave to the nomination letters.
Newly-named Fellows:
- Katy Lack, assistant teaching professor, biology, Bryant/Groves Faculty Fellowship
- Jennifer Priem, assistant professor, communication, Zachary T. Smith Professorship
- Amanda Griffith, associate professor, economics, Ollen R. Nalley Faculty Fellowship
- John Dalton, associate professor, economics, F.M. Kirby Family Faculty Fellowship
- Melissa Jenkins, associate professor, English, McCulloch Family Fellowship
- Ryan Shirey, assistant professor, English, Wright Family Fellowship
- Ben Coates, assistant professor, history, Stroupe Faculty Fellowship
- Qiong Zhang, associate professor, history, Stroupe Faculty Fellowship
- Staci Hepler, assistant professor, mathematics and statistics, AT&T Faculty Fund Fellowship
- Sarah Raynor, associate professor, mathematics and statistics, Shively Family Faculty Fellowship
- John Petrocelli, associate professor, psychology, Scott Family Faculty Fellowship
- Wayne Pratt, associate professor, psychology, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Fellowship
Categories: Faculty News
Department Chairs and administrative assistants for 2015-16
Please find below a list of academic department chairs and their administrative assistants for 2015-2016, as of July 1, 2015:
Categories: Faculty News, Staff News
External support for WFU research remains strong
The following letter is adapted from director of Research and Sponsored Programs Lori Messer’s introduction to the October issue of Research News:
Reynolda Campus research had an excellent year. For fiscal year 2013, total external support for projects exceeded $9.8 million, the second-highest amount in campus history, and that was not including five fellowships for scholarship in the arts, humanities and social sciences. The total is even more remarkable when you consider that $8.4 million, about 86 percent, comes from federal sources limited by sequestration budget cuts.
FY13 saw 22 departments and centers receive sponsored research funding, and nearly all increased its total over FY12. Health and exercise science received the most, with physics running a close second.
Faculty and staff in 32 departments and centers submitted 152 external proposals, requesting more than $38 million. Chemistry submitted the most proposals and requested the most funding.
We would like to recognize two of our former CRADLE program participants, Oana Jurchescu and Timo Thonhauser, both in physics, who received prestigious CAREER awards from the National Science Foundation. WFU has received five such awards, with Patricia Dos Santos and Rebecca Alexander in chemistry and Dave Anderson in biology already gaining that distinction.
CRADLE (Creative Research Activities Development and Enrichment) is a two-year program that helps Wake Foresters develop competitive external funding proposals.
The NSF CAREER Award is a $400,000 award given to the nation’s top junior faculty members and is meant to support their research, encourage excellent teaching, mentorship and community outreach.
Another graduate of the CRADLE program, assistant professor of chemistry Lindsay Comstock-Ferguson, received her first independent federal funding. The following faculty and staff also received their first individual external grants at WFU:
Categories: Faculty News
Proposals funded: Cho, Williams, Muday, Raynor
Congratulations to Samuel Cho, assistant professor of physics and computer science, whose proposal entitled “Extrapolating the Concept of Protein Corona for Understanding Nanoparticles at Large” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Clemson University (WFU funding agency).
Congratulations to Richard Williams, Reynolds professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “Quantifying recombination dynamics in Srl2:Eu2+ with material variations: mechanisms and scintillator optimization” has been funded by the US Department of Energy and the Fisk University (WFU funding agency).
Congratulations to Sarah Raynor, associate professor of mathematics, whose proposal entitled “Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions to Nonlinear Dispersive Equations” has been funded by the Simons Foundation.
Congratulations to Gloria Muday, professor of biology, whose proposal entitled “Teaching genetics with tomatoes” has been funded by the American Society of Plant Biologists.
Categories: Faculty News
