Foundational for the Development of the Field

Award Recipient: 

Alison Butler

Award Date: 

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — The UC Santa Barbara Academic Senate has awarded Distinguished Professor Alison Butler the Faculty Research Lecture Award for 2020.


“I congratulate Alison on receiving the highest honor bestowed by UC Santa Barbara’s faculty senate,” said Pierre Wiltzius, executive dean of the College of Letters and Science. “As a pioneer in the field of metallo-biochemistry, and a leading scholar on this campus, she is most deserving of this recognition.”


Said Steve Buratto, professor and chair of the chemistry and biochemistry department, “Professor Butler is one of our most highly decorated faculty members. For over 30 years she has exemplified what is to be a truly great researcher: highly creative with an interdisciplinary spirit coupled with hard work. Her colleagues in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry are very proud of her and can think of no one more deserving of this award.”


CONTACT:
Harrison Tasoff

(805) 893-7220

harrisontasoff@ucsb.edu

Shelly Leachman

(805) 893-8726

shelly.leachman@ucsb.edu

News Date: 

Tuesday, May 5, 2020