Dr. Shah has received numerous teaching, research and service awards, including: the UF Excellence in Teaching Award in 1972, the UF President’s Scholar Award in 1975, the UF Outstanding Service Award in 1976, the UF Teacher/Scholar of the Year Award from 1984-85 and the UF President’s Medallion for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship in 1985. In addition, Dr. Shah was named the Florida Scientist of the Year in 1988, received the Vishwa Gurjari 1992 International Award for Outstanding Achievement and received the Pride of India Award in July 1993. In 1993, he was also named as Distinguished Florida Scientist by the Florida Academy of Sciences. In 1996, he was honored with the first Charles A. Stokes Professorship at UF. He has been the founding director of the Shah-Schulman Center for Surface Science and Nanotechnology, D.D. University, Nadiad, lndia since January 2008.
Previous Dinesh O. Shah Lecturers
2023-2024 | Mark Prausnitz |
2022 | Matthew Tirrell |
2020 | Samir Mitragotri |
2019 | Kathleen J. Stebe |
2018 | Martin Malmsten |
2017 | Orlin D. Velev |
2016 | John C. Berg |
2015 | Krister Holmberg |
2014 | Charles Maldarelli |
2012 | Hans-Joachim Freund |
2010 | Clayton Radke |
2009 | Robert K. Prud’Homme |
2008 | Robert Madix |
2007 | Bengt Kasemo |
2006 | Curtis Frank |
2005 | Darsh Wasan |