Congrats to 13 members of RCSA’s community: Duncan Brown, Erin Carlson, David DeMille, Stephen Hill, Michael Laub, M. Lisa Manning, James McCusker, Michael Meyer, Jill Millstone, Kelly Sheppard, Alexander Spokoyny, Amy Cheng Vollmer, & Yadong Yin! #CottrellScholar #Scialog #CottrellCollege
Congratulations to #CottrellScholar 2004 Seth Cohen, who has been appointed Dean of the School of Physical Sciences at the University of California, Irvine! Cohen is a Cottrell STAR and IMPACT awardee who has excelled in his own research, science policy, and science administration.
Chemists! If you're attending #ACSSpring2026 in Atlanta, bring colleagues & students and join us at the RCSA/PRF Reception 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, March 23, in International Ballroom F, Omni at Centennial Park. Meet RCSA program directors, learn more about #Scialog, #CottrellScholar & #RCSAFellows.
Congratulations to #CottrellScholar 2017 Michelle Kovarik, who will receive the 2026 J. Calvin Giddings Award for Excellence in Education from the American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry!
Attending #APSSummit26 in Denver? Come meet our program directors and learn about #Scialog, #CottrellScholar & #RCSAFellows programs at RCSA’s reception -- 5-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, Hyatt Agate Room.
Honored to have been named as one of the three 2026 RCSA Holland Awardees. Happy to join the #CottrellScholar community. Looking forward to meet the other two awardees, Amy Mainzer and Davita Watkins, at the Cottrell Scholar Conference this summer. @rescorp.org @uprrp.bsky.social
Three experienced researchers, leaders & mentors join the #CottrellScholar community as recipients of RCSA’s 2026 Robert Holland Jr. Award. Congratulations and welcome to Jorge Colón, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras; Amy Mainzer, UCLA; and Davita Watkins, Ohio State University!
Congratulations to #CottrellScholar 2020 Song Lin, Cornell University, who has received the 2025 Snapdragon Prize for Innovation in Chemistry Technology.
#CottrellScholar 2012 & #Scialog AUT Facilitator Sarah Reisman has been awarded Caltech’s Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Reisman, whose research focuses on the chemical synthesis of organic molecules produced in nature, also received RCSA’s Cottrell FRED Award in 2019.
19 members of RCSA’s community of scientists have been awarded 2026 Sloan Research Fellowships! Congrats to #CottrellScholar 2024 Denise Okafor; #Scialog NES Fellows Chibueze Amanchukwu, Yayuan Liu, Marcel Schreier & Anna Wuttig; AUT Fellows Herdeline Ann Ardoña & Grant Rotskoff ...
Congratulations to 2026 #CottrellScholar Award recipient Erin Teich, physics professor at Wellesley College, for “Prediction and Control of Mechanical Response in Deformable Jammed Solids.” rescorp.org/2026/02/rcsa...
I’m grateful for the opportunity to join @rescorp.org's #CottrellScholar community. This recognition means a lot to me. I’m excited to advance our understanding of the cosmos by uncovering hidden low-mass galaxies, and to (re-)humanize our computing education in physics and astronomy for the AI era.
RCSA welcomes 24 early career teacher-scholars in chemistry, physics, and astronomy as recipients of its 2026 #CottrellScholar Awards. Each awardee receives $120,000. Congratulations to this exceptional class!
In 2025, RCSA and its funding partners awarded more than $9.5 million to early career scientists in the United States, Canada, and Chile through its #CottrellScholar Program, #Scialog, #RCSAFellows Initiative, and emergency RCSA Bridge Awards.
Congratulations to #CottrellScholar 1999 Rigoberto Hernandez as he steps into his new role as 2026 president of the American Chemical Society! Rigoberto is an active member of the Cottrell Scholar community and currently serves on the Cottrell Scholar Selection Committee.
#Scialog SLU Fellow Peter Gao, Carnegie Institution for Science, is a coauthor of a paper in The Astrophysical Journal Letters that is highlighted in this New York Times article. #CottrellScholar 2019 & Scialog TDA Fellow Emily Rauscher, University of Michigan, is also quoted.
2025 #CottrellScholar & #Scialog #LSST Fellow Adam Miller, Northwestern University, and Scialog LSST Fellow Michael Coughlin, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, are authors of a paper in Nature Astronomy presenting recommendations for accelerating transient astronomy with automation.
Congratulations to #CottrellScholar 2002 & #Scialog CMC Facilitator Neil Kelleher, Northwestern University, winner of one of four inaugural What If…? Awards (for innovative early-stage research in biomedical and health science) administered by the Science Philanthropy Alliance.
2012 #CottrellScholar & 2020 SEED Awardee Seth Herzon, Yale University, has a new paper in Science about his lab’s work synthesizing (–)-gukulenin A, which has shown promise in treating murine models of ovarian cancer.
Congratulations to #CottrellScholar 2021 Jeanine Amacher, Western Washington University, one of eight new Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars for 2025!
Congratulations to #CottrellScholar 2021 & #Scialog QMI Fellow Justin Caram!
Nominations for RCSA’s 2026 Holland Awards are due November 4! To nominate an outstanding senior scientist for their commitment to excellence in research and teaching, creativity, and mentorship, please contact a #CottrellScholar or Holland awardee.
Congratulations to #CottrellScholar 2022 & #Scialog ABI Fellow Scott Cushing, and Scialog SM3 Fellow Grace Han, who are among five aspiring inventors selected as 2005 Moore Inventor Fellows!
#CottrellScholar 2022 & #Scialog ABI Fellow Scott Cushing is interviewed in Chemical & Engineering News’ 2025 Trailblazer issue. He talks about changing the conversation around mental health and disabilities in chemistry by building spaces where students can focus on support and well-being.
#CottrellScholar 2020 Frank Leibfarth was named one of three 2025 winners of the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists for his “pioneering approaches to upcycle plastic waste and remove toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from water.” bit.ly/3L95Ije
Attention #CottrellScholar community! Nominations for 2026 STAR & IMPACT awards are open. Due November 18. Eligibility and application details on the STAR & IMPACT pages of our website.
As a first step in supporting our community through these challenging times, RCSA is announcing a new, need-based grant opportunity focused on members of the #CottrellScholar community.
Robert Holland Jr. image with text: Holland Award for Research and Leadership Excellence
Nominations for 2026 Holland Awards are now being accepted! To nominate an outstanding senior scientist for their commitment to excellence in research and teaching, creativity, and mentorship, please contact a #CottrellScholar or Holland awardee. Due November 4. bit.ly/3QH75TZ
#CottrellScholar 2019, author and podcaster Shahir Rizk encourages other scientists to write their own stories to make science approachable.
#CottrellScholar 2021 and Scialog QMI & MBC Fellow Alex Frañó, University of California, San Diego, has a paper in the American Journal of Physics. The pedagogical strategies, which can be adapted to other introductory science courses, stem from the educational portion of his Cottrell Scholar Award.
