Two faculty members in the Department of Psychology in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences have received prestigious national awards for their work.

Professor Ed Wasserman, the Stuit Professor of Experimental Psychology, has been awarded the 2015 Research Award from the Comparative Cognition Society (CCS). The CCS Research Award honors scientists who have made major contributions to our understanding of animal cognition during their career.

During his long career at the UI, Wasserman has authored numerous papers; received funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Mental Health, among other grantors; and co-editedThe Oxford Handbook of Comparative CognitionandHow Animals See the World: Comparative Behavior, Biology, and Evolution of Vision.

Associate professor Kristian Markon has received the 2014 Mid-Career Investigator Award from the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders. The award was established to recognize the achievements of mid-level investigators in the field of personality and personality disorders.

The award is based on overall professional and scientific productivity, and contributions that have increased our understanding of personality and personality disorders and their treatment. Markon's research interests center around statistics, psychopathology, personality, and genetics.