Faculty Honors & Awards

Below is a listing of faculty honors and awards.

 

ADUTA Undergraduate Teaching Award - Duke Alumni Association award honoring faculty who exemplify the ideals of teaching excellence and public-spiritedness.

  • Lewis Blake 2014

ADVANCE Fellow - Awarded by the National Science Foundation to increase the participation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers.

  • Anita Layton 2005

American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Fellow - Recognizing leaders in academic, business and government sectors to address critical challenges facing our society.

  • Robert Bryant 2002
  • Richard Durrett 2002
  • Ingrid Daubechies 1993

American Association for the Advancement of Science - Fellow - Recognizing scientists whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished.

  • Robert Bryant 2021
  • Robert Calderbank 2012
  • Ingrid Daubechies 2011
  • Richard Durrett 2008
  • David A. Smith 1997

American Mathematical Society - Centennial Fellow - These fellowships recognize excellence in mathematical research.

  • Richard Hain 1987
  • Richard Durrett 1984

American Mathematical Society - Birman Fellows The Joan and Joseph Birman Fellowship for Women Scholars seeks to address the paucity of women at the highest levels of research in mathematics by giving exceptionally talented women extra research support during their mid-career years.

  • Lillian Pierce 2019

American Mathematical Society - Fellows - The Fellows of the American Mathematical Society program recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics.

  • Kirsten Wickelgren 2023
  • Jianfeng Lu 2023
  • Samit Dasgupta 2022
  • Lillian Pierce 2021
  • Lenhard Ng 2019
  • Jian-Guo Liu 2017
  • Jonathan Mattingly 2015
  • J. Thomas Beale 2013
  • Hubert L. Bray 2013
  • Robert Bryant 2013
  • Robert Calderbank 2013
  • Ingrid Daubechies 2013
  • Richard Hain 2013
  • Richard Durrett 2013
  • Ezra Miller 2013
  • Arlie O. Petters 2013
  • Michael C. Reed 2013
  • Leslie Saper 2013
  • David A. Smith 2013
  • Mark Stern 2013

Association for Women in Mathematics - Sadosky Research Prize - This award highlights exceptional research in analysis by a woman early in her career.

  • Lillian Pierce 2018

Blackwell-Tapia Prize - Awarded to a mathematical scientist who has contributed significantly to his or her field of expertise, and who has served as a role model for mathematical scientists and students from under-represented minority groups or contributed in other significant ways to the addressing of the problem of the under-representation of minorities in mathematics.

  • Arlie Petters 2002

National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career (CAREER) Development Award - The National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.

  • Xiuyuan Cheng 2023
  • Jessica Fintzen 2020
  • Lillian Pierce 2017
  • Kirsten Wickelgren 2016
  • Jianfeng Lu 2015
  • James Nolen 2014
  • Samit Dasgupta 2010
  • Lenhard Ng 2009
  • Jonathan Mattingly 2005
  • Ezra Miller 2005
  • Thomas Witelski 2003
  • Alexander Kiselev 2001
  • Arlie Petters 1998

EDUCOM Award

  • David A. Smith 1991
  • Lawrence C. Moore 1991

Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Prize - Awarded for a mathematical monograph of an expository nature presenting the latest developments in an active area of research in Mathematics, in which the author has made important contributions.

  • Jayce Getz 2011

Benjamin Franklin Medal - Awarded by The Franklin Institute to recognize and promote excellence in science, technology and industry.

  • Ingrid Daubechies 2011

Frontiers of Science Award - Given by the International Congress for Basic Science to honor top research , with an emphasis on achievements from the past five years which are both excellent and of outstanding scholarly value.

  • Samit Dasgupta 2023

Guggenheim Fellow - Fellowships are awarded to provide scientists with as much creative freedom for their research.

  • Lillian Pierce 2023
  • Alexander Kiselev 2012
  • Ingrid Daubechies 2010
  • Xin Zhou 1999
  • Richard Durrett 1988

IMA Prize in Mathematics and Applications -  Awarded an individual who has made a transformative impact on the mathematical sciences and their applications.

  • Jianfeng Lu 2017

IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal - Awarded to an individual for exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems and technology.

  • Robert Calderbank 2005

International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) - Plenary and Invited Speakers - These prestigious addresses are made at the International Congress of Mathematicians which is held every 4 years.

  • Samit Dasgupta 2022
  • Lillian Pierce 2022
  • Alexander Kiselev 2018
  • Hubert Bray 2002
  • Gregory Lawler 2002
  • Paul Aspinwall 1998
  • David Morrison 1994
  • J. Thomas Beale 1994
  • Ingrid Daubechies 1994
  • Rick Durrett 1990
  • Leslie Saper 1990
  • Robert Bryant 1986
  • William K. Allard 1974

Institute of Mathematical Statistics - Fellow - Fellows have demonstrated distinction in research in statistics or probability, by publication of independent work of merit.

  • Sayan Mukherjee 2018
  • Jonathan Mattingly 2012
  • Richard Durrett 1981

Feng Kang Prize of Scientific Computing - The Feng Kang Prize of Scientific Computing honors young Chinese scientists in China and abroad for their significant contributions in the broad areas of scientific computing.

  • Jianfeng Lu 2023
  • Hongkai Zhao, 2007

MAA Distinguished Teaching Award - The Mathematical Association of America instituted Awards for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics in order to honor college or university teachers who have been widely recognized as extraordinarily successful and whose teaching effectiveness has been shown to have had influence beyond their own institutions.

  • Robert Bryant, Southeastern Regional, 1993

National Academy of Engineering - Election to membership is one of the highest professional honors accorded an engineer. Members have distinguished themselves in business and academic management, in technical positions, as university faculty, and as leaders in government and private engineering organizations. 

  • Robert Calderbank 2005
  • Ingrid Daubechies 2015

National Academy of Sciences - Election to membership in the NAS is considered one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive

  • Ingrid Daubechies 1998 and NAS Award in Mathematics 2000
  • Robert Bryant 2007
  • Richard Durrett 2007

NAS Award in Mathematics - Awarded for excellence of research in the mathematical sciences published within the past ten years. Established by the American Mathematical Society in Commemoration of its Centennial.

  • Ingrid Daubechies 2000

NAS African American History Program

Nemmers Prize in Mathematics - The Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize in Mathematics is awarded for achievement and work of lasting significance in the field of mathematics. In particular, the prize recognizes major contributions to new knowledge or the development of significant new modes of analysis.

  • Ingrid Daubechies 2012

Okawa Prize - The Okawa Prize is intended to pay tribute to and make public recognition of persons who have made outstanding contributions to the research,technological development and business in the information and telecommunications fields, internationally.

  • Ingrid Daubechies 2011

Polya Prize - The George Pólya Prize is given every two years, alternately in two categories: (1) for a notable application of combinatorial theory; (2) for a notable contribution in another area of interest to George Pólya such as approximation theory, complex analysis, number theory, orthogonal polynomials, probability theory, or mathematical discovery and learning.

  • Xin Zhou 1998

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists & Engineers (PECASE) - Since 1996, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on scientists and engineers beginning independent careers.

  • Lillian Pierce 2019
  • Jonathan Mattingly 2006

Presidential Young Investigator - Awarded 1984–1991 by the National Science Foundation and the United States Federal Government, it was considered to be one of the highest honors granted by the National Science Foundation.  It was replaced by the National Young Investigator Award (1992–94) and the Presidential Faculty Fellowship (1992–95).  In 1996, these latter two were replaced by PECASE.

  • Mark Stern 1989
  • Leslie Saper 1989
  • Robert Bryant 1984

Project NExT Fellows - Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) is a professional development program for new or recent Ph.D.s in the mathematical sciences. It addresses all aspects of an academic career: improving the teaching and learning of mathematics, engaging in research and scholarship, finding exciting and interesting service opportunities, and participating in professional activities. It also provides the participants with a network of peers and mentors as they assume these responsibilities.

  • Niny Arcila Maya 2023
  • Edna Jones 2023
  • Anna Nelson 2022
  • Tori Akin 2019
  • Justin Allman 2015
  • Emily Braley 2012

Shannon Award Fellows - The Claude E. Shannon Award of the IEEE Information Theory Society has been institued to honor consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory.

  • Robert Calderbank 2014

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Fellows - The SIAM Fellows program recognizes scientists as distinguished for their contributions to the discipline.

  • Robert Calderbank 2021
  • Mike Reed 2016
  • Guillermo Sapiro 2013
  • Ingrid Daubechies 2009

Simons Fellows - The Simons Society of Fellows to support a research sabbatical year.

  • Lillian Pierce 2023
  • Tarek Elgindi 2023
  • Alexander Kiselev 2020
  • Lenhard Ng 2015

Simons MATH+X Investigator - The program is designed to encourage novel collaborations between mathematics and other fields in science or engineering by providing funds to professors at U.S. and Canadian universities to establish programs at the interface between mathematics and other fields of science or engineering..

  • Ingrid Daubechies 2016

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows - The Sloan Research Fellowships seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise.  These two-year fellowships are awarded yearly to 126 researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field.

  • Jessica Fintzen 2021
  • Xiuyuan Cheng 2019
  • Lillian Pierce 2018
  • Jianfeng Lu 2013
  • Samit Dasgupta 2009
  • Jonathan Mattingly 2005
  • Hongkai Zhao 2002
  • Hubert L. Bray 2001
  • Alexander Kiselev 2001
  • Thomas Witelski 2000
  • Paul Aspinwall 1999
  • Arlie Petters 1998
  • Mark Stern 1990
  • Leslie Saper 1989
  • John Harer 1986
  • Robert Bryant 1982
  • Rick Durrett 1981
  • J Thomas Beale 1978

Trinity College of A&S Dean's Leadership Award - This award recognizes a group of people or an individual who have demonstrated exceptional leadership to the department, college or university through research, teaching or service. All faculty and staff of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences are eligible for the award.

  • Paul Bendich 2018

Trinity College of A&S Undergraduate Teaching Award - Given each year, the awards honor exceptionally strong educators and advisors from across the college. Recipients are selected by Trinity’s Arts & Sciences Council, the Dean of Trinity College, the Academic Advising Center and the Duke Alumni Association, depending on the award, on the basis of student and colleague recommendations.

  • Mike Reed 2008
  • Lewis Blake 1993

Trinity College of A&S Award for Excellence in Advising - The Award for Excellence in Advising, first presented in 2007, honors faculty and staff advisers who have helped guide undergraduates in the first two years at Duke.

  • Rann Bar-On 2018
  • Lewis Blake 2016

Whitehead Prize - Awarded yearly by the London Mathematical Society to multiple mathematicians working in the United Kingdom who are at an early stage of their career. The prize is named in memory of homotopy theory pioneer J. H. C. Whitehead.

  • Jessica Fintzen 2022

Wolf Prize - The Wolf Prize is an international award granted in Israel, that has been presented most years since 1978 to living scientists and artists for "achievements in the interest of mankind and friendly relations among people ... irrespective of nationality, race, colour, religion, sex or political views."

  • Ingrid Daubechies 2023