MIT Associate Professor Jacob Andreas of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science [EECS] and MIT Associate Professor Brett McGuire of the Department of Chemistry have been selected as the winners of the 2026 Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award. Established in 1982 as a permanent tribute to Institute Professor Emeritus Harold E. Edgerton's great and enduring support for younger faculty members, this award is given annually in recognition of exceptional distinction in teaching, research, and service. 'The Department of Chemistry is extremely delighted to see Brett recognized for science that has changed how we think about carbon in space,' says Class of 1942 Professor of Chemistry and Department Head Matthew D. Shoulders. 'Brett's lab combines laboratory spectroscopy, radio astronomy, and sophisticated signal-analysis methods to pull definitive molecular fingerprints out of extraordinarily faint data. His discovery of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in...
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