Dr. Jan Cami has been honored by being named a Faculty Scholar.

The objective of the Faculty Scholar award is, “To honor and celebrate outstanding scholarly achievements at a critical point in the career of a Faculty Member at Western”. “This award recognizes outstanding contributions in research, teaching or service reflecting sustained excellence in all scholarly activities.”

Not only is Jan acknowledged as a enthusiastic, inspirational lecturer, he has in addition been involved in some outstanding international research collaborations over the past several years. He may be best known for his discovery of Fullerene molecules (Bucky Balls) in space in 2010, but just recently he was on an international team which made the discovery of carbon monoxide molecules in supernova remnant Cassiopeia A.