D O R N S I F E F A M I LY HONORS
Faculty News IRVING BIEDERMAN, Harold Dornsife Chair in Neurosciences and professor of psychology and computer science, delivered the Provost’s Annual Lecture at Kansas State University. FRANK CORSETTI, associate professor of earth sciences, has been appointed a fellow of the Geological Society of America. University Professor ANTONIO DAMASIO, David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience, professor of psychology and neurology, and director of the Brain and Creativity Institute, received an honorary doctorate from the University of Leuven in Belgium. University Professor HANNA DAMASIO, Dana Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience and professor of psychology and neurology, received a doctora honoris causa from the Open University of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain. BILL DEVERELL, professor and interim chair of history, has been named a distinguished lecturer of the Western Historical Association. KATRINA EDWARDS, professor of biological sciences, earth sciences and environmental studies, was awarded the 2012 A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in Marine Science.
JED FUHRMAN, McCullochCrosby Chair of Marine Biology, was honored with a prestigious Marine Microbiology Initiative Investigator Award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
pology section of the American Anthropological Association for her book The Paradox of Hope: Journeys through a Clinical Borderland (University of California Press, 2010).
SOLOMON GOLOMB, University Professor and Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Mathematics, received the National Medal of Science from President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony. Golomb also received a commendation from the city of Los Angeles in recognition of this national accolade.
SRI R. NARAYAN, professor (research) of chemistry, was selected by the U.S. Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) to receive funding through its “OPEN 2012” program.
DEBORAH HARKNESS, professor of history, was named a “Woman of Influence” by Mount Holyoke College. TERENCE G. LANGDON, William E. Leonard Professor in Engineering and professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering, materials science and earth sciences, received the 2012 Acta Materialia Gold Medal from the European Materials Research Society. ALWYN LIM, assistant professor of sociology, received the 2012 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award. VALTER LONGO, professor of gerontology and biological sciences, has received the American Federation for Aging Research’s Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star Award in Aging Research.
MOH EL-NAGGAR, assistant professor of physics, was selected as one of Popular Science’s 2012 Brilliant 10, the magazine’s annual honor roll of the 10 most promising young scientists.
M.G. LORD of the Master of Professional Writing Program has been selected as a judge for the 2013 National Book Awards.
LEE EPSTEIN, Provost Professor of Law and Political Science, has been selected to serve as a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar for the 2013–14 academic year.
CHERYL MATTINGLY, professor of anthropology and occupational science and therapy, received the 2012 Stirling Prize for Best Published Work in Psychological Anthropology from the Society for Psychological Anthro-
KENNETH NEALSON, Wrigley Chair in Environmental Studies and professor of earth sciences and biological sciences, has been appointed a fellow of the American Geophysical Union. MANUEL PASTOR, professor of sociology and American studies and ethnicity, was selected by Poder Hispanic Magazine as one of “The Green 100: Latinos Fighting for the Planet” for his work as director of USC Dornsife’s Program for Environmental and Regional Equity. DARBY SAXBE, assistant professor of psychology, has been named a “Rising Star” by the Association of Psychological Science.
Lucky Thirteen
Chosen by their peers in recognition of research that significantly raises the bar of our understanding of science worldwide, an unprecedented 13 USC Dornsife professors have been selected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). This brings the total number of USC Dornsife AAAS fellows to 47. The organization seeks to advance science and engineering innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people. The new fellows are: NORMAN ARNHEIM is Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and Ester Dornsife Chair in Biological Sciences, who has joint appointments in USC Dornsife and the Keck School of Medicine of USC. SUSAN FRIEDLANDER is professor of mathematics and director of the USC Center for Applied Mathematical Sciences. MARGARET GATZ is professor and chair of psychology, professor of gerontology and preventive medicine, and director of the Education Core at the USC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. THOMAS JORDAN is University Professor, W. M. Keck Foundation Chair in Geological Sciences and Professor of Earth Sciences, and director of the Southern California Earthquake Center, housed in USC Dornsife. ANNA KRYLOV is professor of chemistry. DANIEL LIDAR, professor of electrical engineering and chemistry, with joint appointments in USC Dornsife and USC Viterbi School of Engineering. He is the scientific director of the new USC Lockheed Martin Quantum Computing Center, and cofounder of the USC Center for Quantum Information Science and Technology.
University Professor KEVIN STARR, professor of history, and policy, planning and development, received the Los Angeles Times’ Robert Kirsch Award.
JOHN MCARDLE, is professor of psychology and gerontology, with joint appointments in USC Dornsife and USC Davis School of Gerontology.
VERONICA TERRIQUEZ, assistant professor of sociology, received a 2013–14 Ford Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Academies’ National Research Council.
HANNA REISLER is Lloyd Armstrong Jr. Chair for Science and Engineering and professor of chemistry.
NICK WARNER, professor of physics and astronomy and mathematics, was named a Simons Fellow in Theoretical Physics by the Simons Foundation.
SUSAN MONTGOMERY is professor of mathematics.
FENGZHU SUN is professor of molecular and computational biology. MARK THOMPSON is professor of chemistry, materials science and environmental studies, with joint appointments in USC Dornsife and USC Viterbi. ARIEH WARSHEL is Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. ALAN WATTS is professor of biological sciences, physiology and biophysics.
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