{"id":127626,"date":"2022-04-06T15:03:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T19:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=127626"},"modified":"2023-11-27T14:36:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T19:36:39","slug":"ucf-names-2022-pegasus-professors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-names-2022-pegasus-professors\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Names 2022 Pegasus Professors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two faculty members have been selected for this year\u2019s Pegasus Professor Award, UCF\u2019s highest faculty honor.<\/p>\n<p>Both honorees have been recognized nationally and internationally for excellence in their disciplines and are accomplished researchers, teachers and administrators. Honorees are selected by the president and provost and each receives $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>While their research may be in two drastically different areas \u2014 quantum physics and crisis communications \u2014 they both possess the same qualities that make them worthy of this prestigious award.<\/p>\n<p>Meet the 2022 Pegasus Professors:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h3\">Enrique Del Barco<\/h2>\n<p>Professor, Physics<br>\nAssociate Dean of Research, Facilities<br>\nCollege of Sciences<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed oembed oembed-video d-flex flex-column align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><noscript><iframe title=\"UCF Pegasus Professor: Enrique Del Barco\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xjgXSjrH8rM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><iframe title=\"UCF Pegasus Professor: Enrique Del Barco\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xjgXSjrH8rM?feature=oembed\" class=\" lazyload\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Fun fact: He quit studying in college to join a heavy metal band as a guitarist.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Enrique Del Barco used his allowance money to buy scientific journals growing up in Spain. He was fascinated by quantum mechanics from an early age and knew he wanted to be a physicist. Although his path seems straight, he did waver for one passion: guitar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople would be surprised to know I stopped studying for five years to play in a heavy metal rock band,\u201d Del Barco says. \u201cMy father did not take it well. I had to leave his house and work really hard, and that\u2019s when I realized I didn\u2019t want to work, I wanted to study so I could play for the rest of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_127642\" style=\"max-width: 204px;\" class=\"figure float-left\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-127642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-2-225x300.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-2-384x512.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-2-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-2-270x360.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-127642 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20225%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20225%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-2-384x512.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-2-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-2-270x360.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-2.jpg 600w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-2-225x300.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Pegasus Professor Enrique Del Barco playing the guitar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His passion for music remains \u2014 he still plays guitar daily \u2014 and his dream of becoming a quantum physicist became reality. He relocated his young family to New York City from Spain for a postdoctoral position at New York University. He credits his wife with surviving in a small Manhattan apartment with an infant and a toddler. Neither of them knew English well, and he says those first few years were challenging. But they paid off.<\/p>\n<p>Del Barco has brought more than $11 million in external research funds since he joined UCF in 2005. He has published over 90 research papers and is known as an international leader in his field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe put a molecule in between two electrodes and pass currents through it and see how the current behaves, then we explore functionality that comes from the quantum mechanical behavior from these molecules for use in things like switches,\u201d he says. \u201cWe are working on a molecule that learns behaviors like a neuron in your brain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A skilled researcher, Del Barco is equally beloved by his students. Including a graduate student who recently convinced him to officiate his wedding in Mexico. Del Barco says he has always tried to make complicated subjects fun by performing magic tricks in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope people remember that I was a nice guy and that I focused on the wellbeing of the group,\u201d he says. \u201cThat was one of the things my mom taught me. If you want to be well, everyone around you also has to be well. I put a lot of energy into that.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h3\">Timothy Sellnow<\/h2>\n<p>Professor, Nicholson School of Communication and Media<br>\nAssociate Director of Graduate Studies, Research and Creative Activity<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed oembed oembed-video d-flex flex-column align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><noscript><iframe title=\"UCF Pegasus Professor: Timothy Sellnow\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XVwPra0hkAQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><iframe title=\"UCF Pegasus Professor: Timothy Sellnow\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XVwPra0hkAQ?feature=oembed\" class=\" lazyload\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Fun fact: He was a collegiate gymnast who can still walk on his hands. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe right words at the right time can save lives,\u201d says Sellnow.<\/p>\n<p>Those are the words he\u2019s built his career on.<\/p>\n<p>Sellnow is an international leader on risk and crisis communication. He is amongst the top 10 most-cited scholars in his field and has published seven books and over 100 articles. Sellnow has secured more than $1 million in external grants since coming to UCF in 2015. He was called by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to help in the anthrax crisis shortly after 9\/11. His career spans industry and academia.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_127646\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\" class=\"figure float-left\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-127646 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-300x225.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-683x512.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-534x400.jpg 534w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-127646 size-medium lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20300%20225%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20300%20225%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-683x512.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-534x400.jpg 534w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022.jpg 1067w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2022\/04\/UCF_Pegasus-Professors_2022-300x225.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Pegasus Professor Timothy Sellnow with his wife, Professor of Strategic Communication Deanna Sellnow, and their grandchild.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So how did he establish such a prestigious strategic communications career? He credits his parents as the driving force behind his success. Sellnow grew up in a family of hardworking journalists, with two parents who are first-generation college students. He says they worked extremely hard and instilled a respect for higher education in him and his siblings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did start out in journalism, and I became so concerned about what I saw as a journalist,\u201d he says. \u201cI was seeing some communities and organizations did better in crisis and some did worse, and I wanted to understand why, and it led me down the academic path.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His academic path also led him to his wife and fellow researcher and professor \u2014 Deanna Sellnow. Together they\u2019ve traveled the world, mentored a countless number of students, created UCF\u2019s first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/strategic-communication-phd\/\">strategic communications Ph.D. program<\/a> and become grandparents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tell students to find something they are really passionate about, and if they do that, they will have the energy and commitment to focus on pushing borders and making a difference,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Sellnow says he\u2019s hopeful that people will remember how he made them feel. But there\u2019s one thing many students will remember and that\u2019s his office. He\u2019s collected a number of bobble heads and other trinkets over the years that have given his space a warm and inviting feel. As a former collegiate gymnast, he also has a habit of asking others to take photos of himself doing handstands in various places \u2014 including Millican Hall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just hope that when my students are around me, they have felt supported, educated and encouraged,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s recipients include expert researchers in the fields of physics and crisis 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