The Academic Senate Distinguished Research Award recognizes colleagues whose research has made a significant contribution to the advancement of knowledge. We are pleased to invite you to attend the 2025 Distinguished Research Award Lectures.
Date: Nov. 4, 2025
Location: Ida & Cecil Green Faculty Club
2:30 p.m. Formal program
2:50 p.m. Joshua Graff Zivin’s lecture and Vicki Grassian’s lecture
3:30 p.m. Reception
4:10 p.m. Rohit Loomba’s lecture and Brandon Som’s lecture
5 p.m. End of program
2025 Distinguished Research Award Honorees:
“Rewarding Bold Ideas: How Science Funding Drives Innovation and How to Improve It”
Joshua Graff Zivin
Professor, School of Global Policy & Strategy
“Environmental Interfaces: Chemistry, Global Impacts, and Their Diabolical Characteristics”
Vicki Grassian
Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
“Emerging Advances in Therapies in Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease”
Rohit Loomba
Professor, Department of Medicine
“Poems of Cross-Cultural Connections”
Brandon Som
Associate Professor, Department of Literature
Please join us in honoring the significant research contributions of our distinguished faculty. RSVP here by October 29 to guarantee your seat!
