Honors & Highlights
The current faculty includes four fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and 11 fellows of the American Physical Society (see below). Since 2012 we’ve won eight National Science Foundation CAREER Awards, the foundation’s most prestigious award in support of young faculty; along with a Department of Energy Early Career Research award (2022); the American Physical Society’s Adler Award in Materials Physics (2023); the university’s first two Cottrell Scholar Awards (2024 and 2025); and a Sloan Research Fellowship (2025); as well as numerous elite UT faculty honors.
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
AAAS fellows are elected by their peers and recognized for meritorious efforts to advance science or its applications. The UT Physics Department active faculty includes three members who have earned this honor:
Anthony Mezzacappa
Newton W. and Wilma C. Thomas Endowed Chair and College of Arts and Sciences Excellence Professor
Fellows of the American Physical Society
The APS Fellowship Program was created to recognize members who may have made advances in physics through original research and publication, or made significant innovative contributions in the application of physics to science and technology. They may also have made significant contributions to the teaching of physics or service and participation in the activities of the Society. Fellowship is a distinct honor signifying recognition by one’s professional peers.
Kate Jones
Professor and Divisional Dean, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
Anthony Mezzacappa
Newton W. and Wilma C. Thomas Endowed Chair and College of Arts and Sciences Excellence Professor
