NatSci investiture ceremony honors two outstanding faculty members

trueBiochemistry,Chemistry,College of Natural Science,Mathematics,Physics & Astronomy12/15/2023NatSci investiture ceremony honors two outstanding faculty members

Michigan State University researchers Piotr Piecuch and Guowei Wei were formally recognized as outstanding faculty at an investiture event held by the College of Natural Science.

Michigan State University researchers Piotr Piecuch and Guowei Wei were formally honored as MSU Research Foundation Professors at an investiture ceremony held on Nov. 14.
Piecuch and his team develop quantum-mechanical theories and computational tools that enable them and researchers worldwide to probe a wide range of questions in chemistry and atomic, molecular and nuclear physics.
Wei’s group combines expertise in artificial intelligence with mathematical tools from topology and algebra to develop innovative approaches to solving medical issues, such as drug discovery and predicting viral mutations.

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From left to right: David Washburn, Executive Director of the MSU Research Foundation; Phil Duxbury, Dean of the College of Natural Science; Timothy Warren, chair of the Department of Chemistry; Piotr Piecuch and Guowei Wei, the newly medaled MSU Research Foundation Professors; Keith Promislow, chair of the Department of Mathematics; and Doug Gage, vice president of Research and Innovation at MSU.

Two gold medals stand in display cases with a third medal resting on a table between them. The cases are labeled “Guowei Wei” and “Piotr Piecuch.”

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