Yesterday, Microsoft announced their Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowships and former Computing Innovation Fellow, Katrina Ligett is one of only seven recipients.  As Microsoft says,

The time for new faculty members to take risks in research is early in their careers. However, early-career realities often get in the way. As any tenure-track academic knows, the first few years of one’s career can be a seemingly endless process of writing grant proposals. The Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowships liberate promising young researchers from this task, allowing them the freedom to conduct research to advance computer science in bold new directions with minimal distractions.

Katrina was a member of the first cohort of Computing Innovation Fellows in 2009.  She conducted her fellowship at Cornell University, working with Eva Tardos.  Katrina is currently an Assistant Professor at the California Institute of Technology teaching algorithmic economics and data privacy.  Congratulations, Katrina!