Eleven members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty were named recipients of the Kellett Award Tuesday.
The Kellett Award recognizes exceptional faculty members who have been promoted to tenure within the past five to 20 years.
Recipients of the awards were selected by a committee of graduate students and will receive $60,000 apiece for research from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
UW-Madison staff recipients include Craig Berridge, Rachel F. Brenner, Kenneth George, Theodore P. Gerber, Susan C. Hagness, Hazel M. Holden, Anna Huttenlocher, Jiming Jiang, David J. Mladenoff, Lynn K. Nyhart and Michael Witmore.
Thirteen additional faculty were recognized with Romnes Awards for outstanding accomplishments within four years of earning tenure.
A graduate school committee selected the recipients, who will receive $50,000 each for research from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
Faculty recipients include Aseem Ansari, Anthony Auger, Jill H. Casid, Cameron Currie, Scott Gehlbach, Jonathan Gray, Karsten Heeger, Hongrui Jiang, Richard Keller, Lingjun Li, Katherine Magnuson, Francisco Pelegri and Martin Zanni.
