An NSF CAREER Award, young scholar recognition, and a hall of fame induction are among recent faculty achievements.
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蘑菇传媒 faculty are leaders in their fields who are regularly recognized with regional, national, and international awards and honors for their professional contributions to research, scholarship, education, and community engagement.
As part of an ongoing series, we鈥檙e spotlighting their many and varied achievements.
Michael Burritt named to Percussive Arts Society鈥檚 Hall of Fame
鈥�84E, 鈥�86E (MM), the Paul J. Burgett Distinguished Professor and a professor of percussion at the , is among six extraordinary musicians named to the . The society cites Burritt as “one of his generation鈥檚 most accomplished percussionists.”
Hall of Fame inductees represent a breadth of influence from the heights of orchestral innovation and jazz mastery to the frontiers of contemporary composition and world percussion. Burritt and his cohort will officially be inducted into the Hall of Fame during the lead-up to PASIC 2026 in Indianapolis this November.
Lauren Ghazal honored with Victoria Mock New Investigator Award
, an assistant professor and researcher at the , received the Oncology Nursing Society鈥檚 2026 Victoria Mock New Investigator Award. The honor recognizes early-career researchers who are building a scientific foundation for oncology nursing practice.
As a family nurse practitioner and cancer survivor, Ghazal brings a unique perspective to her research, which focuses on improving the health and quality of life of adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors. Her work also explores the financial toxicity of cancer care among AYAs, integrating her background in economics and healthcare.
As part of the Mock Award, Ghazal presented a lecture in April at the Oncology Nursing Society鈥檚 annual Congress, titled 鈥淎dvancing Equity in AYA Cancer Survivorship.鈥�
Ali Goli named a 2025 Marketing Science Institute Young Scholar
, an assistant professor of marketing at , has been named a . The MSI Young Scholars Program recognizes outstanding early-career researchers in marketing, fosters crossdisciplinary collaboration, and strengthens connections between academia and industry. This year鈥檚 cohort represents some of the most promising scholars globally. Goli will join fellow 2025 MSI Young Scholars at a retreat in New York City later this spring.
Goli鈥檚 research spans digital marketing, advertising, public policy, customer loyalty, and behavioral economics. He teaches in areas such as marketing analytics, digital marketing strategy, and data-driven decision making.
Yanan Guo receives Distinguished Paper award at computer security conference
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Guo and her colleagues from Zhejiang University in China and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore were recognized for their paper titled “Demystifying and Exploiting ASLR on NVIDIA GPUs.”
The conference is the premier forum for presenting developments in computer security and electronic privacy, and for bringing together researchers and practitioners in the field.
Frank Huo awarded American Chemical Society honor
, the Dean and Laura Marvin Endowed Professor in Physical Chemistry and an associate professor of optics, has received the in Theoretical Chemistry by the Physical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society.
The award by researchers who are in the first 10 years of their career as independent researchers.
Alex Iosevich named 2026 Simons Fellow in Mathematics
, a professor of mathematics, has been named a 2026 by the Simons Foundation鈥檚 Mathematical & Physical Sciences. The Simons Fellow Program extends academic leaves to a full academic year, allowing more time to focus on research.
Simons Fellows are selected based on their scientific accomplishments in the five years preceding the application and on the potential scientific impact of the work to be done during the leave period.
Bryanna Moore named Greenwall Faculty Scholar in Bioethics 聽
, an assistant professor of health humanities and bioethics, of philosophy, and of pediatrics, will join the ,聽a national career development award supporting innovative research on pressing ethical issues in clinical, biomedical, and public health decision-making.
Moore鈥檚 project will explore the role of聽parents鈥櫬爎easons in聽pediatric聽decision-making.
Simon faculty garner 鈥楥onnecting to Practice鈥� Award
听补苍诲 , along with coauthor and Simon Business School PhD student have received the 鈥溾�� for their paper titled 鈥�.鈥� Wu is the Susanna and Evans Y. Lam Professor and Pandey is an assistant professor at Simon.
The award, presented by the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) of the American Accounting Association, recognizes research that meaningfully bridges academic insight and professional practice. The FARS Midyear Meeting typically receives 400 to 500 submissions each year.
Their paper examines how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act reshaped career pathways in public accounting, reducing on-the-job learning opportunities and altering the profession鈥檚 attractiveness. The study highlights broader implications for labor markets, professional mobility, and the pipeline of accounting talent.
Elena Prager named to Poets&Quants鈥� 2026 鈥�40 Under 40鈥� List
, an assistant professor of economics at Simon Business School, has been named to the 2026 鈥�40 Under 40 MBA Professors鈥� list by Poets&Quants, a prestigious annual recognition honoring the world鈥檚 most talented young business school professors.
A leading microeconomist, Prager has earned recognition for the impact of her research and teaching. Her work focuses on issues at the intersection of health economics, labor economics, and industrial organization, with recent work examining health insurance networks, hospital pricing, employer consolidation, and how public policy influences labor supply and program participation.
In 2025, she received the for a coauthored paper. She also serves as a contributing faculty member to Simon鈥檚 .
In the video below, Prager explains how market power impacts consumers, workers, and innovation in the modern economy.
Agnes Thorarinsdottir receives NSF CAREER award
The National Science Foundation has granted its most prestigious award for early-career faculty,聽the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, to , an assistant professor of chemistry.
In ,鈥� Thorarinsdottir is developing transition metal coordination compounds with highly temperature-sensitive electrochemical properties.
Thermoelectric devices are important for the advanced manufacturing of instruments for energy generation, cooling and heating, wearable electronics, and healthcare. The fundamental knowledge gained from this project will enable a transformative approach to the design of next-generation thermoelectric devices that can convert waste heat into electricity for immediate or later use and employ electricity for cooling applications, as well as electrochemical temperature sensors that can operate continuously in remote locations.
Research in the Thorarinsdottir group focuses on applying the tools of synthetic molecular and materials chemistry to the design of new electrochemical systems that address challenges in energy, catalysis, and environmental sustainability. Emphasis is placed on harnessing variable-temperature electrochemistry and framework materials to facilitate the development of electrochemical systems that are suitable for electricity-to/from-fuels and heat-to/from-electricity conversions.
