{"id":636132,"date":"2025-01-16T14:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T19:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=636132"},"modified":"2025-02-08T10:11:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T15:11:37","slug":"2025-pecase-recipients-presidential-early-career-award-for-scientists-and-engineers-636132","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/2025-pecase-recipients-presidential-early-career-award-for-scientists-and-engineers-636132\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Rochester faculty members receive nation\u2019s highest honor for early-career investigators"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Ehsan Hoque, William Renninger, <\/strong><strong>and Petros Tzeferacos have been named Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) winners.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The White House announced that three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/\">Ä¢¹½´«Ã½<\/a> faculty members received the highest honor bestowed by the US government for outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers. President Biden named Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs.rochester.edu\/people\/faculty\/hoque_m.ehsan\/index.html\">Ehsan Hoque<\/a>, Associate Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hajim.rochester.edu\/optics\/people\/faculty\/renninger_william\/index.html\">William Renninger<\/a>, and Associate Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/pas\/people\/faculty\/tzeferacos_petros\/\">Petros Tzeferacos<\/a> recipients of the <a href=\"https:\/\/new.nsf.gov\/honorary-awards\/pecase\">Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers<\/a> (PECASE).<\/p>\n<p>PECASE recognizes scientists and engineers who show exceptional potential for leadership early in their research careers. The award recognizes innovative and far-reaching developments in science and technology, expands awareness of careers in science and engineering, recognizes the scientific missions of participating agencies, enhances connections between research and impacts on society, and highlights the importance of science and technology for our nation\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov\/ostp\/news-updates\/2025\/01\/14\/president-biden-honors-nearly-400-federally-funded-early-career-scientists\/\">full list of 2025 PECASE recipients<\/a> on the White House website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\" \/>\n<h3 id=\"hoque\"><strong>Ehsan Hoque: Advancing human-computer interaction with AI<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_636252\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-636252\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-636252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inline-2017-06-27_Ehsan_Hoque_373.jpg\" alt=\"Ehsan Hoque, looking off camera, poses on a stairwell against a wall that looks like a punchcard.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inline-2017-06-27_Ehsan_Hoque_373.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inline-2017-06-27_Ehsan_Hoque_373-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inline-2017-06-27_Ehsan_Hoque_373-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inline-2017-06-27_Ehsan_Hoque_373-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inline-2017-06-27_Ehsan_Hoque_373-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inline-2017-06-27_Ehsan_Hoque_373-1680x1120.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inline-2017-06-27_Ehsan_Hoque_373-1250x833.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inline-2017-06-27_Ehsan_Hoque_373-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inline-2017-06-27_Ehsan_Hoque_373-660x440.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-636252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>STEPPING UP:<\/strong> 2025 PECASE recipient Ehsan Hoque in Wegmans Hall, home of the University\u2019s Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. (Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hoque, a faculty member in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs.rochester.edu\/index.html\">Department of Computer Science<\/a>, is an expert in human-computer interaction and artificial intelligence. His previous accolades include being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/ehsan-hoque-named-an-emerging-leader-by-national-academy-of-medicine-432082\/\">named an \u201cemerging leader\u201d<\/a> by the National Academy of Medicine, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=1750380&amp;HistoricalAwards=false\">National Science Foundation CAREER Award winner<\/a>, one of <em>Science News\u2019<\/em>s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/ehsan-hoque-10-scientists-watch-computer-science-272272\/\">\u201c10 Scientists to Watch<\/a>\u201d in 2017, and one of MIT Technology Review\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/ehsan-hoque-an-mit-innovator-under-35-177152\/\">\u201cInnovators Under 35\u201d<\/a> in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>He was nominated for the PECASE award for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/lie-detection-smartphone-apps-predict-truth-351922\/\">his work with the Army Research Office<\/a> developing advanced multimodal AI systems that understand how different forms of human communication\u2014from facial expressions and speech, to body language and verbal content\u2014interact, complement, and sometimes contradict each other. This research aimed to develop practical and ethical applications that benefit society while carefully preserving individual privacy and civil rights.\u200b\u200b\u200b He says that while the project was particularly challenging, he feels gratified to engage in such impactful work with exceptional research partners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am incredibly fortunate to work with students who embraced this vision, persisting through countless rejections and setbacks before achieving our breakthrough,\u201d says Hoque. \u201cThis award reinforces an important lesson: pursuing quick wins rarely leads to distinction. The real breakthroughs come when you aim high and persevere through the storms of rejection, self-doubt, and skepticism.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\" \/>\n<h3 id=\"renninger\"><strong>William Renninger: Developing femtosecond lasers for medical imaging<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_552302\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-552302\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-552302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/inline-Will-Renninger.jpg\" alt=\"Will Renninger behind optics equipment in a lab.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/inline-Will-Renninger.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/inline-Will-Renninger-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/inline-Will-Renninger-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/inline-Will-Renninger-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-552302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>WHERE THERE\u2019S A WILL:<\/strong> 2025 PECASE recipient William Renninger in his lab in Wilmot Hall. (Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A faculty member at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hajim.rochester.edu\/optics\/index.html\">Institute of Optics<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/pas\/index.html\">Department of Physics and Astronomy<\/a>, Renninger explores experimental light-matter interactions. His research group focuses on ultrafast nonlinear optics and pulsed lasers for applications including optical computing and imaging deep into the brain. They also investigate the coherent interactions between photons and phonons for applications such as quantum computing, high-speed networking, and dark matter detection.<\/p>\n<p>Renninger was nominated for the PECASE award for <a href=\"https:\/\/reporter.nih.gov\/search\/S265AWOFWES653HZIvZPow\/project-details\/10532699\">his research funded by the National Institutes of Health<\/a> to develop versatile femtosecond technology for adaptive multi-photon imaging. The approach his lab developed offers significant improvements over the mode-locked lasers previously used and provides a major boost to biomedical research that employs ultrashort pulse technology, such as deep tissue imaging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am deeply honored by this award and am thankful for the students, mentors, and everyone else who carried me to it,\u201d says Renninger. \u201cI am also grateful for the US government and participating departments for all their efforts in supporting this incredible recognition.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 50%;\" \/>\n<h3 id=\"tzeferacos\"><strong>Petros Tzeferacos: Leveraging <em>FLASH<\/em> code to investigate astrophysics<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_636242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-636242\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-636242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inline-petros-tzeferacos-CMAP-20240530jd28.jpg\" alt=\"Petros Tzeferacos gestures while standing at a podium.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inline-petros-tzeferacos-CMAP-20240530jd28.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inline-petros-tzeferacos-CMAP-20240530jd28-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inline-petros-tzeferacos-CMAP-20240530jd28-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inline-petros-tzeferacos-CMAP-20240530jd28-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inline-petros-tzeferacos-CMAP-20240530jd28-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inline-petros-tzeferacos-CMAP-20240530jd28-1680x1120.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inline-petros-tzeferacos-CMAP-20240530jd28-1250x833.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inline-petros-tzeferacos-CMAP-20240530jd28-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/inline-petros-tzeferacos-CMAP-20240530jd28-660x440.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-636242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>GOOD POINT:<\/strong> 2025 PECASE recipient Petros Tzeferacos presenting at the 2024 annual meeting of the Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures (CMAP). (Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Laboratory for Laser Energetics photo \/ Jacob Deats)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A faculty member with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sas.rochester.edu\/pas\/index.html\">Department of Physics and Astronomy<\/a> and a senior scientist at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lle.rochester.edu\/\">Laboratory for Laser Energetics<\/a>, Tzeferacos combines numerical modeling and laser-driven laboratory experiments to study high-energy-density (HED) science, plasma physics, and fundamental astrophysical processes. He is the director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/flash.rochester.edu\/\">Flash Center for Computational Science<\/a> that develops the <em>FLASH<\/em> code, which is used by more than 4,600 scientists around the world. Tzeferacos received the American Physical Society\u2019s John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research in 2019 and has served the high-energy-density science community in several roles, including chair of the High Energy Density Science Association, chair of the National Ignition Facility Users Group, chair of the simulations committee of LaserNetUS, and lead of the simulations working group at ZNetUS.<\/p>\n<p>Tzeferacos was nominated for the PECASE award for his research <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lle.rochester.edu\/petros-tzeferacos-recives-department-of-energy-office-of-science-early-career-research-program-award\/\">funded by the Early Career Research program of the Department of Energy<\/a> to holistically study high-energy-density magnetized plasma turbulence, a key process in astrophysical phenomenology. The work leverages high-performance computing simulations with the <em>FLASH<\/em> code and experiments on our nation\u2019s laser facilities to establish a basis for laboratory astrophysics investigations on the nature of magnetized HED turbulence and fluctuation dynamo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled and humbled by this exceptional honor,\u201d says Tzeferacos regarding receiving a PECASE award. \u201cThe unwavering support I have received from the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ and the US Department of Energy, as well as the unique research that the Laboratory for Laser Energetics enables, have allowed me incredible opportunities at the intersection of computational plasma physics, astrophysics, fusion energy, and stockpile stewardship. I can\u2019t wait to see what we\u2019ll be able to do next.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: This story was originally published on January 17, 2025. It was updated on January 18 to add William Renninger as the third 2025 PECASE recipient from the URochester.<\/em> <em>A full list of this year\u2019s PECASE award winners was originally available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/ostp\/news-updates\/2025\/01\/14\/president-biden-honors-nearly-400-federally-funded-early-career-scientists\/\">White House website<\/a>; as of January 21, that URL is showing a 404 error.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ehsan Hoque, William Renninger, and Petros Tzeferacos have been named Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) 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