One of The University of Texas at Dallas’ most accomplished and dedicated researchers has received a statewide honor for another passion: teaching. Dr. Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki, professor of physics in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, has been selected as a 2024 Piper Professor by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation, which honors the best professors in Texas. Each Piper Professor holds that title for life and receives a certificate of merit, a gold pin and a $5,000 honorarium. “I was delighted and pleasantly surprised to hear I had been named a Piper Professor,” Ishak-Boushaki said. In 2022 he earned the Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award, which recognizes the best educators in the UT System.