Matt Anderson, assistant professor of microbiology and microbial infection & immunity, has been awarded an NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award! The CAREER award is a 5-year grant that is awarded by NSF to outstanding tenure-track faculty. It is one of the most prestigious awards for junior faculty in science and engineering. Matt's CAREER award grant is titled "Paralog function following rapid gene family expansion in Candida albicans".

Congratulations to Matt!