Three more Huskers earn early career awards
Nebraska researchers continued an impressive track record of earning early career awards from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Early Career Research Program and the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program. Both programs are designed to support pre-tenure researchers.
- Xiaoshan Xu, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, received a $750,000 DOE award to develop a novel approach to spintronics that shows potential to make electronic devices even faster, cheaper and more energy efficient.
- Maital Neta, assistant professor of psychology, received a $756,611 NSF CAREER award to find out why people respond more positively to ambiguous everyday events as they age, which may provide clues for treating anxiety and depression.
- Marc Libault, assistant professor of plant biology, has a $573,573 NSF CAREER award to study soybeans’ and other legumes’ mutually beneficial relationship with the bacteria rhizobia. His work could help improve crops’ efficiency using nitrogen fixation, which could potentially reduce the need for commercial fertilizers.
