Lauri Linder
Lauri Linder, associate professor and academic nurse scientist in the College of Nursing.
Lauri Linder is an associate professor and academic nurse scientist in the College of Nursing. As one of the few clinically embedded pediatric oncology nurse scientists in the nation, Linder maintains an ongoing clinical practice at Primary Children’s Hospital that facilitates a program of research and scholarly inquiry that is grounded in academic and clinical collaboration. Her mentorship, research and leadership have received national and international recognition, awards and grants.
Marcel Paret
Marcel Paret, associate professor in the Department of Sociology.
As an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, Marcel Paret’s research on race, class and social movements has been described as having relevance to our current social climate that cannot be overstated. In less than 10 years at the U, Paret has published one book, 25 journal articles, six original book chapters and four book reviews as the first or sole author on many of the publications. His research has been published in top high-impact specialty journals in citizenship, migration, inequality and labor studies. He has also received the College of Social and Behavioral Science Superior Teaching award in 2017 and the Early Career Teaching award in 2021.
Ashley Spear
Ashley Spear, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
When it comes to estimating the life of an aircraft or the cause of a fracture in a human skull, Ashley Spear’s work is instrumental in creating understanding. Spear, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has won multiple awards including the department’s professor of the year in 2021, the Early Career Teaching award in 2018, the NSF Faculty Early Career award in 2019, and the Outstanding Researcher Award in 2020. During her less than eight years at the U, Spear has generated more than $6.3 million in research funding, which has supported nearly 20 graduate students in their education.
Luisa Whittaker-Brooks
Luisa Whittaker-Brooks, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry.
As an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry who organized a research program with national prominence, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks has been called a “trailblazing role model.” Whittaker-Brooks’ program focuses on the synthesis of organic and inorganic materials for energy conversion and storage, among other things. Whittaker-Brooks’ research results have appeared in premier journals of chemistry and materials science, and she has received numerous awards for her work, including being selected as a Department of Energy Career awardee, a Cottrell Scholar and a Scialog Fellow.