The Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Susan Solomon, was honored for her contributions to understanding the chemical properties of the ozone layer which have influenced international climate change policies.
Dr. Bishnoi served as a research scientist for the Laboratory for Nanophotonics at Rice University in Houston, Texas, before becoming a lecturer in natural sciences and the coordinator of the Sustaining Excellence in Research Scholar program at the university.
Professor Solomon is being honored for "fundamental contributions to understanding the role of atmosphere trace gases in Earth's climate system." She will be honored by the king and queen of Sweden in Stockholm on May 24. The prize comes with a cash award of six million kroner, worth more than $750,000.
Davis is a former Chicago police detective and served as deputy chief of staff to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. She has been serving as director of the Public Building Commission for the City of Chicago.
Bronet has been serving as acting provost at the University of Oregon since August 2014. Previously, she was dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon.
After a long career in development posts at several universities, Robbee Baker Kosak will lead the foundation that offers financial support for Ph.D. students in the physical, biological, and engineering sciences.
The five women in new faculty roles are Denise W. Streeter at Penn State, Eunice Santos at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Tsveti Markova at Wayne State University in Detroit, Anna Taylor at North Dakota State, and Beth Merryman at Towson University in Maryland.
The new deans are Christine Himes at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Camilla Bendow at Vanderbilt, Elizabeth Spiller at Virginia Tech, Nancy Butler Songer at Drexel, Kimberly Kempf-Leonard at the University of Louisville, Marion Preest at Scripps College, and Marsha Mailick at the University of Wisconsin.
