| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 980 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Evelyn Tang, an assistant professor of physics |
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| 6 | 6 | | and astronomy at Rice University, is the recipient of a 2022 CAREER |
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| 7 | 7 | | Award from the Faculty Early Career Development Program of the |
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| 8 | 8 | | National Science Foundation; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Among the most prestigious honors conferred by NSF, |
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| 10 | 10 | | CAREER Awards include five-year grants to support early-career |
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| 11 | 11 | | faculty who exemplify the highest ideals of their profession and |
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| 12 | 12 | | who work to advance their organization's mission; each year, NSF |
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| 13 | 13 | | presents only about 500 awards across all disciplines; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Tang was selected to receive a five-year award |
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| 15 | 15 | | of $650,000 for her research investigating topological invariants |
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| 16 | 16 | | and how they apply to biological systems, as well as synthetic |
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| 17 | 17 | | materials that mimic them, to better understand how and why life is |
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| 18 | 18 | | so robust; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, A member of the Center for Theoretical Biological |
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| 20 | 20 | | Physics at Rice, Dr. Tang joined the university's faculty in 2021; |
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| 21 | 21 | | she holds a bachelor's degree from Yale University and a master's |
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| 22 | 22 | | degree from the University of Cambridge, and she received her |
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| 23 | 23 | | doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; |
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| 24 | 24 | | previously, she was a group leader at the Max Planck Institute for |
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| 25 | 25 | | Dynamics and Self-Organization as well as a postdoctoral fellow at |
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| 26 | 26 | | the University of Pennsylvania; she is the recipient of a Scialog |
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| 27 | 27 | | award, a Simons-Berkeley Research Fellowship, and a Gates Cambridge |
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| 28 | 28 | | scholarship; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, Through her outstanding work at Rice University, |
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| 30 | 30 | | Evelyn Tang has distinguished herself as an inspiring leader and an |
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| 31 | 31 | | innovative researcher, and she may reflect with pride on this |
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| 32 | 32 | | well-deserved recognition; now, therefore, be it |
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| 33 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 34 | 34 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Evelyn Tang on receiving a 2022 |
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| 35 | 35 | | CAREER Award from the Faculty Early Career Development Program of |
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| 36 | 36 | | the National Science Foundation and extend to her sincere best |
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| 37 | 37 | | wishes for continued success in her important work; and, be it |
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| 38 | 38 | | further |
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| 39 | 39 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 40 | 40 | | prepared for Dr. Tang as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 41 | 41 | | House of Representatives. |
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| 42 | 42 | | A. Johnson of Harris |
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| 43 | 43 | | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | 44 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 45 | 45 | | I certify that H.R. No. 980 was adopted by the House on April |
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| 46 | 46 | | 20, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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| 47 | 47 | | ______________________________ |
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| 48 | 48 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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