Liangzhong “Shawn” Xiang has received Lloyd G. and Joyce Austin Presidential Professorship.
Xiang emphasizes teaching students cutting-edge research and advanced technologies through active research programs that effectively complement classroom studies and enhance the undergraduate and graduate curricula.
He received the Nancy L. Mergler Faculty Mentor Award for Undergraduate Research at OU in 2017. In addition to the support of undergraduate students through his individual mentoring, he also mentors undergraduate student researchers in his lab through the University of Oklahoma Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, First Year Research Experience, and the Honors Research Assistant Program.
The Presidential Professorships were established to recognize those faculty members who excel in all their professional activities and who relate those activities to the student they teach and mentor. The number of Professorships awarded annually is based on current availability of funds.