Faculty Awards
Honors conferred upon current and former department Faculty Heading link
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Fellow of the AMS
- John Baldwin (2017)
- Jerry Bona (2012)
- Izzet Coskun (2018)
- Marc Culler (2015)
- Lawrence Ein (2012)
- Paul Fong (2012)
- Shmuel Friedland (2019)
- Susan Friedlander (2012)
- Alexander Furman (2016)
- Daniel Groves (2019)
- William Howard (2018)
- Steven Hurder (2012)
- Louis Kauffman (2012)
- David E. Marker (2012)
- Howard A. Masur (2012)
- Dhruv Mubayi (2020)
- David E. Radford (2012)
- Peter B. Shalen (2017)
- Brooke Shipley (2015)
- Roman Shvydkoy (2022)
- Stephen Smith (2012)
- Bhama Srinivasan (2012)
- Stephen Yau (2012)
UIC University Scholar
- John Baldwin (2004)
- Izzet Coskun (2019)
- Marc Culler (2008)
- Lawrence Ein (1992)
- Susan Friedlander (2003)
- Alexander Furman (2016)
- Henri Gillet (1989)
- Samad Hedayat (1991)
- Steven Hurder (1991)
- Louis Kauffman (1993)
- David E. Marker (1995)
- Howard A. Masur (1986)
- Peter B. Shalen (1996)
- Stephen Smith (2005)
- Stephen Yau (1987)
UIC Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Floyd Hanson (2001)
- Samad Hedayat (2002)
- Steven Hurder (2007)
- Dibyen Majumdar (2008)
- David E. Marker (2004)
- Jan Verschelde (2011)
UIC Graduate Mentoring Award
- Izzet Coskun (2018)
- Daniel Groves (2022)
- Samad Hedayat (2006)
- David E. Marker (2010)
- Lev Reyzin (2020)
- Ramin Takloo-Bighash (2016)
- Jie Yang (2021)
ICM Invited Speaker
- Jerry Bona (1978)
- Lawrence Ein (2006)
- Alexander Furman (2014)
- Henri Gillet (1990)
- Howard A. Masur (1994)
- Peter B. Shalen (1986)
American Statistical Association Fellow
- Samad Hedayat (1973)
- Yichao Wu (2018)
- Min Yang (2019)
AMS Centennial Fellowship
- Mimi Dai (2022-2023)
- Lawrence Ein (1981-1982)
- David E. Marker (1994-1996)
- Ronnie Nagloo (2023-2025)
First at LAS Faculty Fellowship
- Danko Adrovic (2024-2025)
- Anita Kursell (2024-2025)
SIAM Fellow
- Jerry Bona (2013)
- Shmuel Friedland (2021)
- Susan Friedlander (2012)
Association for Women in Mathematics Fellow
- Bhama Srinivasan (2018)
Benjamin Banneker Association Lifetime Achievement Award
- Danny Martin (2018)
Action Research Scholars
- Martina Bode (2024-2025)
- Shavila Devi (2024-2025)
UIC Distinguished Professor
- Samad Hedayat (2003)
- Stephen Yau (2005)
UIC Researcher of the Year
- Izzet Coskun (2013)
- Lawrence Ein (2015)
Humboldt Research Fellowship
- Laura Schaposnik (2015)
LAS Faculty Service Award
- David E. Marker (2018)
TransUnion Professor
- Yichao Wu (2020)
Leroy P Steele Prize
- Stephen Smith (2012)
MAA George Pólya Lecturer
- Louis Kauffman (2008-2010)
ISDDE Fellow
- Alison Castro Superfine (2018)
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NSF CAREER Award
- Rafail Abramov (2009-2014)
- Alina Carmen Cojocaru (2008-2013)
- Izzet Coskun (2010-2015)
- David Dumas (2010-2015)
- James Freitag (2020-2025)
- Alexander Furman (2001-2006)
- Daniel Groves (2010-2015)
- Vishesh Jain (2023-2028)
- Osama Khalil (2024-2029)
- Nicole Looper (2024-2029)
- Irina Nenciu (2012-2017)
- Julius Ross (2018-2023)
- Laura Schaposnik (2018-2023)
- Brooke Shipley (2002-2007)
- Christof Sparber (2014-2019)
- Jan Verschelde (2001-2006)
- Kevin Whyte (2004-2009)
- Min Yang (2008-2013)
- Wenliang Zhang (2018-2023)
Sloan Foundation Research Fellow
- Gerard Awanou (2009-2011)
- Izzet Coskun (2009-2011)
- Marc Culler (1986-1988)
- Lawrence Ein (1987-1989)
- Henri Gillet (1986-1988)
- Matthew Harrison-Trainor (2024-2026)
- Steven Hurder (1985-1987)
- Charles Knessl (1990-1992)
- Nicole Looper (2023-2026)
- Howard A. Masur (1980-1982)
- Dhruv Mubayi (2005-2007)
- Peter B. Shalen (1977-1979)
- Brooke Shipley (2002-2004)
- Kevin Tucker (2016-2018)
- Kevin Whyte (2004-2006)
- Stephen Yau (1980-1982)
UIC Teaching Recognition Program
- Martina Bode (2018)
- Alison Castro Superfine (2012)
- Shavila Devi (2022-2023)
- David Dumas (2017)
- Dibyen Majumdar (1998)
- David E. Marker (1999)
- Mara Martinez (2018)
- Irina Nenciu (2016)
- Erin Schubert (2020)
- Jan Verschelde (2011)
- Jan Verschelde (2004)
- Jie Yang (2010)
- 25 former MSCS faculty members also received an award from the Teaching Recognition Program.
Simons Fellowship
- Alexander Furman (2014)
- Daniel Groves (2023)
- Daniel Groves (2015)
- Dhruv Mubayi (2023)
- Irina Nenciu (2017)
- Laura Schaposnik (2021)
- Roman Shvydkoy (2018)
LAS Distinguished Professor
- Izzet Coskun (2023)
- Lawrence Ein (2008)
- Alexander Furman (2018)
- Henri Gillet (2011)
- David E. Marker (2012)
- Peter B. Shalen (2009)
UIC Silver Circle Award
- Paul Fong (1981)
- Evangelos Kobotis (2011)
- Evangelos Kobotis (2016)
- Andrew Shulman (2017)
- Cal Kafka
(Former MSCS lecturer Cal Kafa was a 5 time winner! 1989, 1993, 1996, 2000, and 2003)
Michael Brin Dynamical Systems Prize for Young Mathematicians
- Nicole Looper (2022)
Institute of Mathematical Statistics Fellow
- Samad Hedayat (1975)
- Yichao Wu (2020)
American Statistical Association Leo Breiman Award
- Yichao Wu (2017)
UIC Teaching Sustainability Initiative
- Alycia McNamara (2023-2024)
NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award
- Charles Knessl (1988-1994)
AAAS Fellow
- Jerry Bona (1998)
- Susan Friedlander (2012)
ASL Shoenfeld Prize
- John Baldwin (2010)
- David E. Marker (2007)
MAA Halmos-Ford Award
- Louis Kauffman (2015)
Senior Berwick Prize
- Brooke Shipley (2022)
IEEE Fellow
- Stephen Yau (2003)
Humboldt Research Award
- Dhruv Mubayi (2022)
Clay Senior Scholar
- Henri Gillet (2008)
Guggenheim Fellow
- Stephen Yau (2000-2001)
Fulbright Scholar
- Anatoly S. Libgober (2001)