Professor Nandini Trivedi was surprised today at the department faculty meeting by an entourage from the administration announcing that she is the recipient of a 2019 Distinguished Scholar Award.  Interim Executive Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Jan Box-Steffensmeir, NMS Divisional Dean Luis Casian and Sr. Associate Vice President of Research, Janet Weisenberger came as representatives of the college and the provost and president to make the surprise announcement before an assembly of the department faculty.  With this award the university recognizes and honors six faculty members annually who demonstrate scholarly activity, research or other creative works which represent exceptional achievement in their fields.  Recipients of the award receive a $20,000 research grant and a $3,000 honorarium to pursue their scholarly activity.

Nandini joins others of the Physics faculty who are the recipients of this award including:

2017 Len Brillson
2014 Samir Mathur
2012 Lou DiMauro
2011 Junko Shigemitsu (emerita)
2007 Ulrich Heinz
2003 Eric Braaten
2002 Tin-Lun (Jason) Ho
1985 C Jayaprakash
and other emeritus faculty.

Congratulations Nandini!