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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Evelyn Tang, an assistant professor of physics |
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and astronomy at Rice University, is the recipient of a 2022 CAREER |
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Award from the Faculty Early Career Development Program of the |
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National Science Foundation; and |
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WHEREAS, Among the most prestigious honors conferred by NSF, |
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CAREER Awards include five-year grants to support early-career |
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faculty who exemplify the highest ideals of their profession and |
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who work to advance their organization's mission; each year, NSF |
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presents only about 500 awards across all disciplines; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Tang was selected to receive a five-year award |
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of $650,000 for her research investigating topological invariants |
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and how they apply to biological systems, as well as synthetic |
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materials that mimic them, to better understand how and why life is |
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so robust; and |
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WHEREAS, A member of the Center for Theoretical Biological |
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Physics at Rice, Dr. Tang joined the university's faculty in 2021; |
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she holds a bachelor's degree from Yale University and a master's |
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degree from the University of Cambridge, and she received her |
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doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; |
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previously, she was a group leader at the Max Planck Institute for |
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Dynamics and Self-Organization as well as a postdoctoral fellow at |
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the University of Pennsylvania; she is the recipient of a Scialog |
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award, a Simons-Berkeley Research Fellowship, and a Gates Cambridge |
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scholarship; and |
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WHEREAS, Through her outstanding work at Rice University, |
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Evelyn Tang has distinguished herself as an inspiring leader and an |
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innovative researcher, and she may reflect with pride on this |
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well-deserved recognition; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Evelyn Tang on receiving a 2022 |
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CAREER Award from the Faculty Early Career Development Program of |
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the National Science Foundation and extend to her sincere best |
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wishes for continued success in her important work; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Tang as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |