STAR and Rising STAR Faculty Grants
Office of Research and Scholarship
UT Tyler Rising STARs and STARs Recipients
The University of Texas at Tyler is pleased to have outstanding faculty members who have received Rising STARs and STARs awards during the past four years. The University of Texas System provides seed funding, matched locally, to help recruit and/or retain world-class faculty. This funding is used to support the acquisition of equipment and/or upgrades of research facilities.
Rising STARs & STARs Awardees
2016-2024
|
Year |
Name |
Rising STARs / STARs |
College |
Department |
|
2025 |
Rana Masud |
Rising STARs |
College of Engineering |
Electrical Engineering |
|
2025 |
Saravanan Vijayalakshmi |
Rising STARs |
College of Engineering |
Electrical Engineering |
|
2025 |
Ferdaus Farrah |
Rising STARs |
College of Engineering |
Electrical Engineering |
|
2023 |
Jenifer Honda |
STARs |
School of Medicine |
Cellular and Molecular Biology |
|
2023 |
Susan McBride |
STARs |
College of Nursing |
Nursing |
|
2023 |
Shawana Tabassum |
STARs |
College of Engineering |
Electrical Engineering |
|
2023 |
Prabha Sundaravadivel |
STARs |
College of Engineering |
Electrical Engineering |
|
2022 |
Maolin Lu |
Rising STAR |
School of Medicine |
Cellular and Molecular Biology |
|
2022 |
Zishu Cao |
Rising STAR |
College of Engineering |
Chemical Engineering |
|
2022 |
Woohyoung Jeon |
Rising STAR |
School of Health Professions |
Health & Kinesiology |
|
2021 |
Ryan Shartau |
Rising STAR |
College of Arts & Sciences |
Biology |
|
2020 |
Michael Barnett |
Rising STAR |
College of Education & Psychology |
Psychology & Counselling |
|
2020 |
Santosh Aryal |
Rising STAR |
Fisch College of Pharmacy |
Pharmaceutical Sciences |
|
2020 |
Yan Yan Wang |
STAR |
Fisch College of Pharmacy |
Pharmaceutical Sciences |
|
2020 |
Shawana Tabassum |
Rising STAR |
College of Engineering |
Electrical Engineering |
|
2020 |
Jounsup Park |
Rising STAR |
College of Engineering |
Electrical Engineering |
|
2020 |
Mena Souliman |
STAR |
College of Engineering |
Civil Engineering |
|
2019 |
Matthew Greenwold |
Rising STAR |
College of Arts & Sciences |
Biology |
|
2019 |
Fernando Resende |
STAR |
College of Engineering |
Chemical Engineering |
|
2018 |
Premananda Indic |
STAR |
College of Engineering |
Electrical Engineering |
|
2018 |
Ayman Hamouda |
Rising STAR |
Fisch College of Pharmacy |
Pharmaceutical Sciences |
|
2017 |
Joseph Glavy |
Rising STAR |
Fisch College of Pharmacy |
Pharmaceutical Sciences |
How Rising Stars and STARs Are Selected
The University of Texas System awards up to $300,000 for the recruitment of qualifying Rising STARs faculty and up to $500,000 for STARs faculty. Awardees are nominated by their respective institutions and must show evidence of excellence in research.
More information about the Rising STARs and STARs program can be found here.