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The honors are bestowed upon a broad range of scholars, writers and artists UCLA Top row, left to right: Elizabeth DeLoughrey, Chon Noriega, Rodrigo Valenzuela and Priyanga Amarasekare, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. Bottom row, left to right: Keith Camacho, Kamari Clarke, Suhas Diggavi and David Goldstein. Jessica Wolf | April 12, 2021 UCLA led all universities and academic institutions in 2021 with eight professors selected to receive fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The UCLA faculty named as fellows are: Priyanga Amarasekare, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology; Kamari Clarke, professor of anthropology; Keith Camacho, associate professor of Asian American studies; Elizabeth DeLoughrey, professor of English; Suhas Diggavi, professor of electrical and computer engineering; David Goldstein, associate professor of linguistics and Indo-European studies; Chon Noriega, distinguished professor of film, television and digital media; and Rodrigo Valenzuela, assistant professor of photography.
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation April 8 announced 184 individuals as recipients of its prestigious 2021 Guggenheim Fellowships, which included five Indian Americans. The nearly 200 awardees, a group comprised of artists, writers, scholars and scientists, were chosen through a peer-review process from about 3,000 applicants, the foundation said in a news release. In the Natural Sciences, Fellows included Arjun Dey, astronomer with NSFâs National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory, of Tucson, Arizona, for Astronomy-Astrophysics; Priyanga Amarasekare, professor of ecology and evolution at the University of California, Los Angeles, California, was selected for Biology; and Suhas Diggavi, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles, California, for Engineering.