<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2023-05-three-natsci-researchers-earn-early-career-awards.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><unit>Chemistry,CMSE,College of Natural Science,Physics &amp; Astronomy</unit><pubDate>05/31/2023</pubDate><title>Three NatSci researchers earn prestigious NSF Early CAREER Awards</title><description><p>Three Michigan State University researchers in the College of Natural Science – Tuo Wang, Nathan Whitehorn and Yang Yang – are recipients of National Science Foundation (NSF) Early CAREER Faculty Awards. The award is one of NSF’s most prestigious and is given to faculty members who demonstrate leadership in research and education and have a passion for integrating the two.</p></description><author>Mollie Newman</author><hero-image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2023/2023-05-three-natsci-researchers-earn-early-career-awards.banner.group.jpg" alt="MSU College of Natural Science 2023 NSF Early CAREER Award recipients (L to R): Tuo Wang, Department of Chemistry; Yang Yang, Deparment of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering; and Nathan Whitehorn, Department of Physics and Astronomy. Collectively, their 5-year CAREER awards total $1.83 million in NSF funding. "/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2023/preview-natsci-front-door-summer.jpg" alt="MSU College of Natural Science 2023 NSF Early CAREER Award recipients (L to R): Tuo Wang, Department of Chemistry; Yang Yang, Deparment of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering; and Nathan Whitehorn, Department of Physics and Astronomy."/></image><tags><tag>Award</tag><tag>NSF Early CAREER Award</tag><tag>astrophysics</tag><tag>chemistry</tag><tag>cmse</tag><tag>particle physics</tag></tags></item>