The University of Missouri currently has seven professors who are NSF CAREER award winners.
The University of Missouri celebrated its seven current National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award winners at a Jesse Hall reception on April 13.
These prestigious NSF grants are funded over five years and support early career faculty with the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education.
The seven faculty members are exploring research topics with outcomes that further expand Mizzou’s research portfolio and its positive effect on the state of Missouri, the nation and the world, from studying artificial intelligence and its impact on next-gen transportation systems management to improving on‐skin electronics for customized health monitoring.
Beyond their research, CAREER awards also include an educational component that involves merging the research into educational activities.
The seven professors honored were:
- Yaw Adu-Gyamfi, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
NSF CAREER Award Winner, 2021
“Interactive and Explainable AI for Next-Gen Transportation Systems Management”
- Rohit Chadha, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
NSF CAREER Award Winner, 2016
“Automated Analysis of Security Hyperproperties”
- John Huntley, Associate Professor, Geological Sciences
NSF CAREER Award Winner, 2017
“Parasites, Sea Level Rise and Ecosystem Dynamics: Investigating the Pattern and Process of Increasing Trematode Prevalence During Transgression”
- Matthew Maschmann, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
NSF CAREER Award Winner, 2017
“Evaluating the Process-Structure-Property Relationships of Carbon Nanotube Forests With In-Situ Synthesis Observation and Dynamic Simulations”
- Hussein Nassar, Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
NSF CAREER Award Winner, 2021
“Finite Elasticity of Morphing Metamaterials. Theory and Applications”
- James Schiffbauer, Associate Professor, Geological Sciences
Director, X-ray Microanalysis Core
NSF CAREER Award Winner, 2017
“Investigating Controls of Exceptional Fossil Preservation”
- Zheng Yan, Assistant Professor, Biomedical, Biological and Chemical Engineering/Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
NSF CAREER Award Winner, 2021
“Solution‐Based, Continuous Manufacturing of User‐Friendly, On‐Skin Electronics for Customized Health Monitoring”
Learn more about how Division of Research, Innovation & Impact services, such as the division's extensive professional development programs, help Mizzou faculty, staff and students build a foundation for research success.