In a ceremony at the CUNY Graduate Center on November 22, two Lehman faculty members in the School of Natural and Social Sciences were honored with prestigious Feliks Gross and Henry Wasser Awards.

Victoria Dominguez, assistant professor of Anthropology, was recognized with the Feliks Gross Award. Dominguez specializes in forensic and bioarchaeological research on bones, such as bone biology, which has implications for improving age-at-death estimation, differentiating human vs non-human bone, and questions of biomechanics and bone quality. 

Julio Gallego-Delgado, assistant professor of Biological Sciences, received the Henry Wasser Award. Gallego-Delgado's work focuses on the pathology of severe malaria, particularly infections that lead to acute kidney injury and cerebral damage.

The awards are named after two founders of the CUNY Academy for the Humanities and Sciences. A handful of awardees are chosen from a large group of junior professors nominated across the CUNY system, and after they are selected, half receive the Feliks Gross award and half receive the Henry Wasser award in a random assignment. In addition to receiving a plaque, award winners present on their research.