Special Edition, September 2019

From the Founding Director

Now at the outset of the Hagler Institute’s eighth year, I am honored to introduce you to the 2019-2020 Faculty Fellows and Distinguished Lecturers. The Faculty Fellows, which total 70 with the addition of this new group, come to campus from between three months to one year to collaborate on research with A&M’s outstanding faculty and students at the frontiers of knowledge in their respective fields. Distinguished Lecturers come for at least a two week visit for seminars, lectures, and symposiums, in which the focus is a great exchange of ideas. Each of these scholars exemplify the high standards of excellence that is the Hagler Institute for Advanced Study.  Best wishes to all, John L. Junkins

Director Junkins shown at the September 19th reception announcing the new class of Faculty Fellows and Distinguished Lecturers

2019-20 Faculty Fellows

LUIZ DAVIDOVICH Professor of Physics Instituto de Física Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Davidovich’s major contributions are in the areas of decoherence, dynamics of entanglement, laser theory, and quantum metrology. He is a fellow of the Optical Society of America and the American Physical Society. He is foreign associate of the US National Academy of Sciences, member of the World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in the Developing Countries (TWAS) and president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. He received the Brazilian Grand-Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit and the Brazilian National Prize of Science and Technology. Davidovich will collaborate with faculty and students in the Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering and the colleges of science and engineering.

SHARON M. DONOVAN Professor Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition Melissa M. Noel Endowed Chair in Nutrition and Health College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Donovan’s laboratory conducts research in pediatric nutrition, focusing on optimizing intestinal and cognitive development and on development of the gut microbiome. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Society for Nutrition. She serves on the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans advisory committee. Honors include the Norman A. Kretchmer Award from the American Society for Nutrition; the Mead Johnson Award, American Society for Nutritional Sciences; and the Jonas Salk Health Leadership Award, March of Dimes. She will collaborate with the colleges of engineering, veterinary medicine and biomedical sciences and agriculture and life sciences.

MARIO ANDRÉS HAMUY   Vice President and Head of Mission Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) Observatory Chile Hamuy spearheaded the Calan/Tololo Supernova Survey that established the use of supernovas to measure distances into the far universe, leading to the discovery of the accelerated expansion of the universe. He helped establish the nation’s Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation. He received the Chilean Presidential National Medal for Exact Sciences and the World Academy of Science Prize in Earth Science, Space, and Astronomy. He is an honorary member of the American Astronomical Society and was elected vice president of the Chilean Academy of Sciences. He is the chairman of the Chile National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT). Hamuy will collaborate with faculty and students in the College of Science.

PETER J. HOTEZ Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine Professor Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology Endowed Chair in Tropical Pediatrics Baylor College of Medicine Hotez is an internationally recognized physician-scientist in neglected tropical diseases and vaccine development. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine, a foreign member of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received the Abraham Horwitz Award for Excellence in Leadership in Inter-American Health from the World Health Organization and was named by FORTUNE as one of the thirty-four most influential people in health care. Hotez will collaborate with faculty and students in the School of Public Health and the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences.

KATHLEEN C. HOWELL Hsu Lo Distinguished Professor  School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Purdue University Howell is best known for her contributions to the three-body problem, the interplanetary superhighway, and artificial satellite theories. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Astronautical Society. She received the Dirk Brouwer Award in 2004 and the International Astronautical Federation’s John Breakwell Award in 2007. Howell will collaborate with faculty and students in the College of Engineering.

MISHA LYUBICH Professor  Department of Mathematics Director, Institute for Mathematical Sciences College of Arts and Sciences Stony Brook University Lyubich is best known for his groundbreaking research in analytic low-dimensional dynamics of recursive maps, an important and in-demand area in his discipline. He was named to the American Mathematical Society’s inaugural class of fellows and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, and the European Union Academy of Sciences. He received the Prize of the Leningrad Mathematical Society and the Jeffery-Williams Prize from the Canadian Mathematical Society. Lyubich will collaborate with faculty and students in the College of Science.

HENRY ROUSSO Directeur de recherche de Classe Exceptionelle The French National Centre for Scientific Research Rousso ranks among France’s most significant historians of the modern era. Rousso redefined the study of the link between history and memory and historical trauma with his 1994 book, The Vichy Syndrome. His work on the history and memory of World War II has influenced numerous disciplines, including history, history and memory, literary and film studies, and legal studies. He received France’s National Order of Merit in 1995. In 2018 French President Macron selected Rousso to oversee the design of the National Museum on the History of Terror. Rousso will collaborate with faculty and students in the College of Liberal Arts and the Bush School of Government and Public Service.

PETER W. SHOR Henry Adams Morss and Henry Adams Morss Jr. Professor Applied Mathematics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Shor is known for devising Shor’s Algorithm, a quantum algorithm for factoring exponentially faster than the best currently known algorithm running on a classical computer. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Most recently he received the Eric E. Sumner Award for Outstanding Contributions to Communications Technology and the Micius Quantum Prize. Shor will collaborate with faculty and students in the Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering and the colleges of science and agriculture and life sciences.

EDWIN L. “NED” THOMAS Ernest Dell Butcher Professor of Engineering Department of Materials Science and Nanoengineering Rice University Thomas is known for his development of novel photonic materials and determination of the morphology of block copolymers. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009. Thomas became an inaugural fellow of the Materials Society in 2008, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2003, and a fellow of the American Physical Society in 1986. He received the High Polymer Physics Prize of the American Physical Society in 1991 and the 1985 American Chemical Society’s Creative Polymer Chemist Award. Thomas will collaborate with faculty and students in the colleges of engineering and science.

2019-20 Distinguished Lecturers

MARTHA ALBERTSON FINEMAN Robert W. Woodruff Professor School of Law  Emory University  Fineman directs the Feminism and Legal Theory Project which brings together scholars from around the globe to engage on issues relating to feminism and the law and has resulted in the publication of eleven books. A recent study identified Fineman as the most-citied US family law scholar from 2013-17. Honors include the Harry J. Kalven Jr. Prize for Outstanding Scholarship in Law and Society and the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award. She will deliver a series of public lectures on emerging issues in family law and feminist theory, host a workshop on the Feminism and Legal Theory Project, and mentor new faculty advancing their scholarly agendas.

DEIRDRE N. McCLOSKEY Distinguished Professor Emerita Economics, History, English, and Communication College of Liberal Arts and Sciences University of Illinois at Chicago McCloskey is well-known for her analysis of “rhetoric of inquiry,”—how rhetoric affects understanding of scientific scholarship and its relation to public policy. Her historical trilogy books Bourgeois Era are highly acclaimed. She is an honorary fellow of the Institute for Economic Affairs in London and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. McCloskey was a member of the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Honors include the Julian L. Simon Memorial Award from the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Hayek Lifetime Achievement Award from the Austrian Economics Center. She will work with faculty and students in seminars and workshops and organize a university symposium.

RACHEL F. MORAN Dean Emerita and Michael J. Connell Distinguished Professor  School of Law University of California, Los Angeles Moran writes extensively on equal educational opportunity. She has published numerous articles and book chapters exploring bilingual education, desegregation, and affirmative action. Moran is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a member of the American Law Institute, and a fellow of UCLA’s Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles. She currently serves on the Board of Advisors for the Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy. Moran will deliver a series of public lectures on emerging issues in education policy, civil rights, and race and the law. She will collaborate with faculty and students in the School of Law, as well as interact with College Station units and programs.

SUSAN M. WOLF McKnight Presidential Professor of Law, Medicine & Public Policy Faegre Baker Daniels Professor of Law and Professor of Medicine University of Minnesota Wolf is one of the leading US scholars in health law and policy. She is chair of the Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, the American Law Institute, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. As a fellow of The Hastings Center, she recently served as a senior consultant on its guidelines for end-of-life care. Wolf will deliver a series of public lectures on emerging issues in health law, regulation, policy, and innovation at the schools of innovation and public health and the College of Medicine.

HUDA ZOGHBI Professor  Departments of Pediatrics, Molecular and Human Genetics, Neurology and Neuroscience Director, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children’s Hospital Ralph D. Felgin, M.D. Endowed Chair Baylor College of Medicine Zoghbi discovered the genetic mutations that cause X-linked Rett Syndrome and genetic mutations responsible for several dominantly inherited spinocerebellar ataxias. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Recent honors include the Pearl Meister Greengard Prize from Rockefeller University, the March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology, the Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine, the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, and the Vilcek Prize for Biomedical Research. Zoghbi will organize a Rett Syndrome conference co-sponsored by the Hagler Institute and will present the Hagler Institute’s Eminent Scholar lecture for spring 2020.

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