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