Tyler Engstrom, Ph.D., assistant professor of Physics in the University of Northern Colorado's College of Natural and Health Sciences (NHS), is one of 16 outstanding teacher-scholars across the United States recently named a 2025 Cottrell Scholar by the (RCSA).
鈥淒r. Engstrom's Cottrell Scholar Award epitomizes the teacher-scholar model, one to which NHS faculty aspire," said NHS Dean Kamel Haddad. "Indeed, the marriage between teaching and research is a value that positions the advancement of science on the surest track.鈥�
Tyler Engstrom, Ph.D.
The award recognizes early career scholars in chemistry, physics and astronomy. Recipients are chosen through a rigorous peer-review process of applications from a wide variety of public and private research universities and primarily undergraduate institutions in the U.S. and Canada. Their award proposals incorporate both research and science education.鈥疎ach award is $120,000.
鈥淚n their own classrooms and labs, and together through projects with national impact, Cottrell Scholars are innovators in science and teaching at their own institutions and beyond,鈥� said Daniel Linzer, president & CEO of RCSA.
Read more about the 2025 Class of Cottrell Scholars from the .
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