News: Accolades

Dozens of graduate and undergraduate students of UT Austin's College of Natural Sciences were honored this year by the National Science Foundation.

Scott Aaronson, Catherine Calder and Claus Wilke are now fellows of the world’s largest general scientific society.

Nancy Moran receives the Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology from the National Academy of Sciences.

Steven Phelps will research how and why animals form attachments as part of a book project focused on the biology of intimacy.

Caroline Farrior has been awarded for her research on forest ecosystem dynamics through mathematical modeling.

The faculty member who helped envision a changed the tree of life received the award.

Three College of Natural Sciences alumni were selected for induction into the college's 2019 Hall of Honor.

“Mike Ryan is one of the most influential animal behaviorists working in the world today, and as such is highly deserving of this lifetime award.”

Mathew Leibold, a professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at UT Austin, was elected a fellow by the Ecological Society of America (ESA).

“James Bull’s election to the National Academy honors the significant research he has done in evolutionary and population biology and experimental evolution.”