Awards and Recognition
This is a sample of the awards & recognition that our women faculty have received since 2001, when UW received our original ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant.
Allen Distinguished Investigator Award
2010 – Jennifer Nemhauser, Biology
American Academy for Arts and Sciences Members
2011 – Ann E. Nelson, Physics
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows
2012 – Sarah Keller, Chemistry
2012 – Keiko Torii, Biology
2009 – Phyllis Wise, Biology
2006 – Susan Eggers, Computer Science & Engineering
2006 – Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh, Biology
2007 – Barbara Wakimoto, Biology
2005 – Cindy Atman, Industrial Engineering
2005 – Mary Lidstrom, Chemical Engineering
2004 – Lisa Graumlich, Environment (transferred to UW)
American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Fellowship
American Institute for Medical Biological Engineering Fellow2012 – Coleen Carrigan, ADVANCE and Anthropology
2011 – Cecilia Giachelli, Bioengineering
American Meteorological Society Fellow
2007 – Kathie Kelly, Oceanography
American Society of Engineering Education Fellow
2006 – Cindy Atman, Human Centered Design & Engineering
American Physical Society (APS) Fellows
2007 – Paula Heron, Physics
2002 – Marjorie Olmstead, Physics
ASM Graduate Microbiology Teaching and Mentoring Award
2006 – Mary Lidstrom, Chemical Engineering
Association for Computing Machinery Fellow Award (ACM)
2002 – Susan Eggers, Computer Science & Engineering
Association for Women in Mathematics Louise Hay Award
2010 – Virginia McShane Warfield, Mathematics
2007 – Ginger Warfield, Mathematics
Biophysical Society Fellow
2011 – Valerie Daggett, Bioengineering
Chester F. Carlson Award for Innovation in Engineering Education, American Society of Engineering Education
2002 – Cindy Atman, Human Centered Design & Engineering
Council of Industrial Engineering Academic Department Heads Curriculum Innovation Award
2008 – Benita Beamon, Industrial & Systems Engineering
Guggenheim Fellowship
2004 – Ann Nelson, Physics
Heinz Award
2009 – Dee Boersma, Biology
Hewlett Packard/Harriett B. Rigas Award
2010 – Mari Ostendorf, Electrical Engineering
2006 – Eve Riskin, Electrical Engineering
Howard Hughes Medical Center (HHMI) and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF) Investigator
2011 – Keiko Torii, Biology
Howard Hughes Medical Center for Learning at the Life Science/Engineering Boundary Award
2010 – Mary Lidstrom, Chemical Engineering
Institute for Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellows
2010 – Lih Lin, Electrical Engineering
2009 – Eve Riskin, Electrical Engineering
2005 – Mari Ostendorf, Electrical Engineering
2004 – Denice Denton, Former Dean, College of Engineering
2003 – Susan Eggers, Computer Science & Engineering
International Cosmos Prize
2010 – Estella Leopold, Biology
Jay R. Gould National Award for Excellence in Teaching
2004 – Jan Spyridakis, Human Centered Design & Engineering
MIT TR100
2003 – Lih Lin, Electrical Engineering
2002 – Suzie Pun, Bioengineering
Moore Foundation Marine Microbiology Initiative Investigator Award
2012 – Ginger Armbrust, Oceanography
National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Awards
2012 – Kai-Mei Fu, Electrical Engineering
2011 – Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, Biology
2010 – Linda Ng Boyle, Industrial Systems & Engineering
2010 – Katharine Huntington, Earth & Space Sciences
2010 – Julie Kientz, Information School & Human Centered Design & Engineering
2010 – Julia Pevtsova, Mathematics
2010 – Charlotte P. Lee, Human Centered Design & Engineering
2009 – Ioana Dumitriu, Mathematics
2009 – Magda Balazinska, Computer Science & Engineering
2009 – Sapna Cheryan, Psychology
2009 – Maryam Fazel, Electrical Engineering
2009 – Junlan Wang, Mechanical Engineering
2008 – Christine Luscombe, Materials Science & Engineering
2008 – Amy Shen, Mechanical Engineering
2007 – Wendy Thomas, Bioengineering
2006 – Ioana Dumitriu, Applied Mathematics
2005 – Suzie Pun, Bioengineering
2004 – Tara Javidi, Electrical Engineering
2003 – Julianne Dalcanton, Astronomy
2003 – Jennifer Turns, Technical Communication
2003 – Lyatt Jaeglé, Atmospheric Sciences
2003 – Kristi Morgansen, Aeronautics & Astronautics
2003 – Yoky Matsuoka, Computer Science & Engineering
2002 – Sarah Keller, Chemistry
National Science Foundation ADVANCE Fellow Award
2002 – Linda Bushnell, Electrical Engineering
National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
2006 – Susan Eggers, Computer Science & Engineering
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
2013 – Mary Lidstrom, Electrical Engineering
2012 – Ann E. Nelson, Physics
2008 – Elizabeth Thompson, Statistics
National Academy of Sciences Education Fellow in the Life Sciences
2006 – P. Dee Boersma, Biology
2004 – Barbara Wakimoto, Biology
National Institutes of Health High Risks High Rewards New Innovator Award
2012 –Kim Woodward, Bioengineering
MacArthur Fellows
2007 – Yoky Matsuoka, Computer Science & Engineering
Maria Mitchell Women in Science Award (WISA)
2006 – Denice Denton, Electrical Engineering
Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics & Engineering Mentoring
2004 – Denice Denton, Electrical Engineering
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists & Engineers (PECASE)
2008 – Cecilia Aragon, Human Centered Design & Engineering
2007 – Maya Gupta, Electrical Engineering
2006 – Suzie H. Pun, Bioengineering
2004 – Yoky Matsuoka, Computer Science & Engineering
Ronald S. Blicq Award for Distinction in Technical Communication Education
2011 – Judy Ramey, Human Centered Design & Engineering
Sloan Research Fellowship
2012 – Munira Khalil, Chemistry
2010 – Christine Luscombe, Materials Science & Engineering
2006 – Isabella Novik, Mathematics
2003 – Mina Aganagic, Physics
2002 – Julianne Dalcanton, Astronomy
UW David B. Thorud Leadership Award
2012 – Joyce Yen, ADVANCE
2009 – Cindy Atman, Human Centered Design & Engineering
2007 – Eve Riskin, Electrical Engineering
UW Dean’s Achievement Award
1994 – Dee Boersma, Biology
UW Distinguished Teaching Award
2006 – Sarah Keller, Chemistry
UW Lifelong Learning Award
2007 – Jan H. Spyridakis, Human Centered Design & Engineering
UW's New College of the Environment Inaugural Teaching award
2010 – Loveday Conquest, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
UW School of Medicine's Marian E. Smith Junior Faculty Research Award
2004 – Suzie Pun, Bioengineering
UW S. Sterling Munro Public Service Teaching Award
2008 – Denise Wilson, Electrical Engineering
UW Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
2010 – Sapna Cheryan, Psychology
2009 – Sheri Mizumori, Psychology
2008 – Suzie Pun, Bioengineering
William Elgin Wickenden Award, American Society of Engineering Education
2008 – Cindy Atman, Human Centered Design & Engineering
Recent Awards
Mary Lidstrom, (Microbiology & Engineering) was selected as one of 84 new members by National Academy of Sciences for distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Her work focuses on developing environmentally friendly and economically viable alternatives to chemical fuels."04/13
Anna Karlin, (Computer Science & Engineering) was named as an Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Fellow for her contributions to the design and analysis of algorithms and their use in the study of systems design."12/12
Ginger Armbrust, (Oceanography) was chosen for a Moore Foundation Marine Microbiology Initiative Investigator Award for her work on marine microbes."12/12
Sarah Keller, (Chemistry) was named an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow for her outstanding work in advancing science and its applications."11/12
Keiko Torri (Biology) was named an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow for her contributions to the field of plant development."11/12
Kim Woodrow, (Bio Engineering) was honored with an National Institutes of Health High Risks High Rewards New Innovator Award. She will seek to develop nanomaterials that would protect against infections such as AIDS."9/12
Coleen Carrigan, (ADVANCE and Anthropology) was honored with an AAUW American Fellowship, an award that affords many of the nation's most competitive women scholars "the opportunity to become leading thinkers in their fields." 6/12
Joyce Yen, (ADVANCE) was recognized for her excellent leadership through the ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change with a University of Washington David B. Thorud Leadership Award. The award honors one staff member per year "who has demonstrated exceptional abilities to lead, serve, inspire, and collaborate with broad impact." 6/12