# Faculty Awards & Accolades – April 2017 1 Research Highlights April 1, 2017 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/trophy-article.jpg?itok=9-13tVO7)> Professor **[Vasant Dhar](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/vasant-dhar)** was recently named to the [eFinancialCareers](http://news.efinancialcareers.com/uk-en/276513/top-data-scientists-banks-and-hedge-funds/) list of the 20 top data scientists in banking and finance. Professors **[Lisa Leslie](http://poetsandquants.com/2017/03/26/40-outstanding-mba-professors-40/)**, **[Ilan ](http://poetsandquants.com/2017/03/26/40-outstanding-mba-professors-40/)[Lobel](http://poetsandquants.com/2017/03/26/40-outstanding-mba-professors-40/)** and **[Nathan Pettit](http://poetsandquants.com/2017/03/26/40-outstanding-mba-professors-40/)** were recently named to the Poets & Quants "[40 Most Outstanding MBA Professors Under 40](http://poetsandquants.com/2017/03/26/40-outstanding-mba-professors-40/)" list, the first list in the publication’s history to include three professors from the same school. Professor **[Amy Webb](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/amy-webb)**'s book, *[The Signals Are Talking](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/faculty-research/signals-are-talking-why-today-s-fringe-tomorrow-s-mainstream),* was recently awarded the Gold Medal in the 'Business Technology' category of the [2017 Axiom Business Book Awards](http://www.axiomawards.com/77/award-winners/2017-winners). She has also been named one of the 2017 American Delegates to the [US-Japan Leadership Program](http://www.usjlp.org/members/news.php?id=4245) (USJLP). PhD student **[Daniel ](https://danielkeum.wordpress.com/)[Keum](https://danielkeum.wordpress.com/)** was a Best Paper Award finalist and 2014 Best Student Paper recipient from the Academy of Management’s Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division for his work, “[The Influence of Hierarchy on Innovation and Idea Selection in the Innovation Process](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2789865),” which has been accepted for publication in *Organization Science*. ### Past Faculty Awards & Accolades - [December 2017](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/faculty-research/faculty-awards-accolades-december-2017) - [October/November 2017](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/faculty-research/faculty-awards-accolades-october-2017) - [August/September 2017](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/faculty-research/faculty-awards-accolades-august-september-2017) - [July 2017](/node/47071) - [June 2017](/node/46191) - [May 2017](/node/45246) - [April 2017](/node/44136) - [February/March 2017](/node/42646) - [January 2017](/node/40511) - [December 2016](/node/39431) - [October/November 2016](/node/38521) - [September 2016](/node/36151) - [July/August 2016](/node/35151) - [May/June 2016](/node/33141) - [April 2016](/node/32226) - [March 2016](/node/30781) - [January/February 2016](/node/30036) - [December 2015](/node/27751) - [October/November 2015](/node/25666) - [September 2015](/node/24686) - [Summer 2015](/node/21756) - [April/May 2015](/node/21286) - [March 2015](/node/19296) - [January/February 2015](/node/17816) - [December 2014](/node/49766)