Stanford list of top 2% of scientists in world includes 13 at UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science

Fifty-nine scientists at UWM—including 13 current faculty members at UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science—are listed in a ranking of the top 2% of scientists in the world in a study by Stanford University. The study identifies the top scholars in their fields by considering how often their work has been cited over the course of their careers.

Congratulations to the following researchers who are included on this prestigious list.

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Konstantin Sobolev
  • Lawrence E. Sivak '71 Faculty Fellowship
  • Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Departments of Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science

George Hanson
  • Professor Emerit, Electrical Engineering
Devendra Misra
  • Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • Department Chair, Biomedical Engineering
  • Professor, Electrical Engineering
Lingfeng Wang
  • Richard and Joanne Grigg Faculty Fellowship
  • Professor, Electrical Engineering
  • Professor, Computer Science
Jun Zhang
  • Professor, Electrical Engineering
  • Professor, Computer Science

Department of Materials Science & Engineering

Hugo Lopez
  • Professor Emerit, Materials Science and Engineering
Pradeep Rohatgi
  • Distinguished Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department
  • Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Director, Center for Advanced Manufacture of Materials

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Anoop Dhingra
  • Professor Emerit, Mechanical Engineering
Michael Nosonovsky
  • Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Krishna Pillai
  • Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Deyang Qu
  • Johnson Controls Endowed Professor in Energy Storage Research
  • Department Chair, Mechanical Engineering
  • UWM Distinguished Professor