External Grants/Awards

External grants

• National Science Foundation ($193,628, awarded for August 1, 2023 – July 31, 2026), Nuclear Theory Program, Research in Undergraduate Institutions – RUI: Hadronic Structure from Spin Observables in pQCD (Principal Investigator, Award No. PHY-2308567).

• Department of Energy ($1,950,000, awarded for January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2027), Office of Nuclear Physics – SURGE: Suturated Glue Topical Collaboration (Senior Personnel).

• National Science Foundation ($164,862, awarded for August 15, 2020 – July 31, 2023), Nuclear Theory Program, Research in Undergraduate Institutions – RUI: Hadronic Structure from Spin Observables in pQCD (Principal Investigator, Award No. PHY-2011763).

Awards

• American Physical Society (APS) Prize for a Faculty Member for Research in an Undergraduate Institution (Mar. 2026) – This prize honors a physicist whose research in an undergraduate setting has achieved wide recognition and contributed significantly to physics and who has contributed substantially to the professional development of undergraduate physics students. The citation for the award reads, “For excellent contributions to our understanding of the spin and multi-dimensional structure of hadrons, and for outstanding mentoring of undergraduate students by engaging them in high-impact research projects.”

• Lebanon Valley College Thomas Rhys Vickroy Distinguished Teaching Award (May 2024) – Top honor for a full-time faculty member awarded in recognition of teaching excellence.

• Dissertation Award from the American Physical Society Group on Hadronic Physics (April 2015) – This biennial award recognizes an outstanding young Ph.D. scientist who has performed original research in the area of hadronic physics.