Dr. Brian Cleary Receives Career Development Professorship
Excerpt from The Brink “Career Development Professorships Awarded to Five BU Researchers”
They’re scholars of Latin American literature and Asian history, experts in biomedical engineering and computing, organic chemistry, and biology—and now, five rising star Boston University faculty are also winners of prestigious Career Development Professorships. The high-caliber awards, given annually by BU’s Office of the Provost, recognizes “talented junior educators emerging as future leaders within their respective fields.”
The professorships provide stipends for the recipients’ salaries and research for the next three years. The awards are named in honor of the donors and alumni who fund them, with winners nominated by their respective deans and selected by the provost’s office.
“Our current cohort of Career Development Professors are incredibly impressive both in terms of the breadth of their work and the impact they have already had on their fields. They bring energy, exciting new ideas, and fresh approaches to their research and teaching,” says Gloria Waters, University provost and chief academic officer. “We are grateful to our generous donors and alumni for their support and shared belief in the promise these rising colleagues present.”
This year’s Career Development Professors are:
Shibulal Family Career Development Professorship, established by BU Trustee S. D. Shibulal (MET’88)
Brian Cleary, a Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences assistant professor, who holds appointments in biology and biomedical engineering, investigates the nature of molecular, cellular, and tissue processes by integrating computational and algorithmic tools into biology research. Called “a deep thinker and fearless leader-in-the-making,” by his nominator, Azer Bestavros, a William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and associate provost for BU’s Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences, Cleary “truly embraces the integrative, cross-cutting culture of CDS and embodies the qualities needed to be a leading innovator in data science.”
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Congratulations Dr. Brian Cleary!