2024 awards ceremony honors students, faculty, and staff
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- The Nov. 15 ceremony celebrated 29 outstanding faculty, staff, and students from the College of Natural Science, showcasing their achievements and dedication to advancing the college’s mission.
- Winners were nominated by their peers across the college.
- AJ Robison and Chris Shaltry were among this year's winner.
AJ Robison and Chris Shaltry were among the 29 people recognized for their outstanding achievements and service at the College of Natural Science's Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony.
The Nov. 15 event honored students, faculty, and staff nominated by their peers from across the college. Those nominations were evaluated by the Natural Science, or NatSci, Awards Committee and the Center for Integrative Studies in General Science staff. Each year, NatSci holds an awards ceremony to celebrate exceptional members of the college community.
Robison, who is a professor in the Department of Physiology and the director of the Neuroscience Program, received the Postdoctoral Mentoring Award. Academic Specialist Shaltry received the Distinguished Academic Staff Award.
“We are incredibly fortunate to have such talented and passionate individuals among us,” NatSci Dean Eric Hegg said. “Each of these faculty, academic staff members, and students elevates the profile of our college and university, and their work leaves a lasting impact. We look forward to the exciting work they will continue to do.”
Here is this year’s full list of award recipients:
Outstanding Faculty Award
Shin-Han Shiu, Department of Computational Science, Math and Engineering / Plant Biology
Christoph Adami, Department of Microbiology, Genetics and Immunology/PMA
Dean Lee, Department of Physics and Astronomy/FRIB
Teacher-Scholar Award
Haolei Weng, Department of Statistics and Probability
Undergraduate Teaching Award
Daryl McPadden, Department of Physiology
Junior Faculty Mentoring Award
Robert L. Last, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/Plant Biology
Postdoctoral Mentoring Award
Alfred J. Robison, Department of Physiology
Distinguished Academic Staff Award
Chris Shaltry, Department of Physiology
Undergraduate Academic Advisor Award
Michele Larson, Department of Statistics and Probability/Earth and Environmental Sciences
Graduate Academic Advisor Award
Jennifer Green, Department of Statistics and Probability/Program in Mathematics Education
Support Staff Award
Allyson Hutchens, Kellogg Biological Station
Sachi Gorzenski, Biological Sciences Program
Excellence-in-Teaching Citation
Riley Pizza, Department of Plant Biology
Anuki Wethalawe, Department of Chemistry
Undergraduate Learning Assistant Award
Maclain McAllister, Biological Sciences Program
Sarah Spindler, Biological Sciences Program
Lorena V. Blinn Endowed Teaching Award
Osvaldo Hernandez, Integrative Studies in General Science
James D. Hoeschele Endowed Teaching Award
David Ramsey, Integrative Studies in General Science
Ronald W. Wilson Endowed Teaching Award
Steven Gray, Department of Community Sustainability/CANR
Harlo Mervyn Mork Memorial Excellence in Teaching Award
Thomas Do, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Ray Wang, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Faculty Teaching Prize
Phillip Delekta, Department of Microbiology, Genetics and Immunology
Paul Nelson, Human Biology Program
Juli Uhl, Human Biology Program
Fritz Award
Michael Murillo, Department of Computational Math, Science and Engineering
Early Career Research Award
Benjamin J. Orlando, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mark Iwen, Department of Mathematics, Department of computational Math, Science and Engineering
Mid-Career Research Award
Laura Chomiuk, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Research Leadership Award
Robert P. Hausinger, Department of Microbiology, Genetics and Immunology
A version of this story originally appeared on the College of Natural Science's website. The article can be read here.
