The University of Houston is pleased to announce the recipients of the Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity for the 2019-2020 academic year.

These awards recognize faculty at the levels of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor.

Please join me in congratulating these outstanding faculty members.

Assistant Professors

This award recognizes faculty who have demonstrated great potential in research, scholarship and creative endeavors by virtue of the exceptional quality of their early contributions.

Jeremy Palmer, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

James D. Nelson, UH Law Center

Associate Professors

This award recognizes faculty who have established a growing record of outstanding research, scholarship and creative contributions, and who are emerging leaders in their field.

Debora F. Rodrigues, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Juan M. Madera, Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management

Professors

This award recognizes faculty who have a substantial continuing record of outstanding research, scholarship and creative activities.

Chitra B. Divakaruni, English

Rene Bellwied, Physics

I would also like to thank the Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creativity subcommittee for doing an outstanding job in identifying this year's winners from a large pool of excellent nominees.

Sincerely,

Amr Elnashai, FREng
Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer