Professor Julia Kalow named Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar

Julia Kalow stands in front of the Northwestern arch

Professor Julia Kalow, of the Department of Chemistry, is one of 16 honorees across the nation selected for the 2021 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.

“I’m grateful to the Dreyfus Foundation for this recognition, which is a testament to the creative and insightful work my research group has done, including during this past unusual and difficult year,” Kalow said. “They’ve pushed their projects forward by learning to plan around shift schedules, helping each other out, and even learning new skills like computational chemistry and coding. It’s also a particular honor to be recognized as a teacher-scholar because teaching is a core part of my praxis, both in the classroom and in my lab, and it’s also something that does not come naturally to me and that I’ve really worked at improving over the past five years.”

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, a leading nonprofit devoted to the advancement of the chemical sciences, awards the unrestricted $100,000 grant to young faculty with a demonstrated commitment to education, continuing outstanding contributions to both research and teaching.