Luay Nakhleh
William and Stephanie Sick Dean, George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing
Professor of Computer Science and of BioSciences

  • George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching, Rice University (2024)
  • Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) (2024)
  • Fellow, International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) (2023)
  • George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching, Rice University (2020)
  • George R. Brown Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Rice University (2019)
  • Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Adviser Award, Rice University (2018)
  • The J.S. Abercrombie Endowed Professorship, Rice University (2018–2020)
  • Teaching and Research Excellence Award, Rice University (2015)
  • John P. Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (2012)
  • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (2010)
  • Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award, Rice University (2009)
  • NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (2009)
  • DOE Early Career Award, U.S. Department of Energy (2006)
  • Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, UT Austin (2005)
  • Bert Kay Dissertation Award, UT Austin (2005)
  • Texas Excellence Teaching Award, UT Austin (2001)
  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, UT Austin (2000)
Dr. Jane Smith

Department: Bioengineering

  • Google Research Scholar Award (2023)
Dr. David Lin

Department: Statistics

  • Sloan Research Fellowship (2023)
Dr. Susan Lee

Department: Statistics

  • NIH Innovator Award (2022)
Dr. Mark Patel

Department: Computer Science

  • DOE Early Career Award (2022)