Rice’s Nai-Hui Chia wins NSF CAREER Award
March 5, 2024
Rice computer scientist Nai-Hui Chia has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop a new theoretical framework to facilitate the development of efficient quantum algorithms for a range of problems in quantum physics and computer science as well as enhance the security of quantum cryptography.
Rice physicist earns NSF CAREER Award to revolutionize quantum technology
March 1, 2024
Yonglong Xie, assistant professor of physics at Rice University, has been awarded a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The $888,555 grant over five years will support Xie’s research into harnessing magnons, quantum mechanical wavelike objects in magnetic materials, to create synthetic matter and develop next-generation quantum devices and sensors.
Rice’s Santiago Segarra wins NSF CAREER Award
February 7, 2024
Rice’s Santiago Segarra has won an NSF CAREER Award for his research on leveraging the structural properties of real-world data in order to boost AI effectiveness and utility.
Rice’s Amanda Marciel wins NSF CAREER Award
January 19, 2024
Rice’s Amanda Marciel has won an NSF CAREER Award for her research on materials useful in applications such as stretchable electronics and biomimetic tissues.
Rice U.’s Kaiyu Hang wins NSF CAREER Award
July 25, 2023
Kaiyu Hang, an assistant professor of computer science at Rice University, has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop robots that can manipulate unfamiliar objects in high-uncertainty situations.
Rice U.’s Songtao Chen wins NSF CAREER Award
July 5, 2023
Songtao Chen, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rice University, has won a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award to advance the development of quantum networks by leveraging point defects in silicon.
Yimo Han receives NSF CAREER Award
June 23, 2023
Rice materials scientist Yimo Han has won a prestigious NSF CAREER Award to advance the use of complex 2D materials in flexible electronics, quantum computing and other applications.
Rice psychologist Danielle King wins coveted NSF CAREER Award
March 31, 2023
Rice University’s Danielle King, an assistant professor of psychological sciences and a member of the faculty since 2018, has won a coveted National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award. The accolade includes a five-year grant that will support her research on preventing and overcoming race-based threats and how employers can improve workplace experiences for employees who face such threats.
James Chappell wins NSF CAREER Award
March 27, 2023
Rice bioscientist James Chappell has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop RNA programming methods that can improve human health and the environment.
Rice’s Hanyu Zhu wins NSF CAREER Award
March 1, 2023
Rice materials scientist Hanyu Zhu has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, which includes a five-year research grant to probe quantum materials modified by terahertz quantum fluctuations.
Brandon Levin wins NSF CAREER Award
February 27, 2023
Brandon Levin, an assistant professor of mathematics at Rice University, has won a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award to pursue his research on major unsolved problems in number theory.
Lauren Stadler has won an NSF CAREER Award
February 21, 2023
Engineering’s Lauren Stadler has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to improve wastewater treatment by harnessing the power of microbiomes.