Four University professors were awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2013.
The award has been given to associate professor of chemistryAbigail Doyle, assistant professor ofpsychology and the Princeton Neuroscience InstituteYael Niv, assistant professor ofchemical and biological engineeringRodney Priestleyand assistant professor ofoperations research and financial engineeringRamon van Handel.
The Presidential Early Career Award is the highest honor that the U.S. government bestows on early career scientists.The University faculty wereamong the 102 researchers at American institutions to receive the award this year. Recipients wereselected by the Office of Science and Technology Policy within the Executive Office of the President.