2022 annual awards ceremony honors NatSci faculty, staff and students
Thirty-five outstanding MSU College of Natural Science (NatSci) faculty, staff and students were recognized for their achievements and contributions at the NatSci Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony, held Nov. 18 at the STEM Teaching and Learning Facility on campus. More than 100 faculty, staff, students, family and friends attended the event.
The awards are based on nominations submitted from across the college and are evaluated by the NatSci Awards Committee and the Center for Integrative Studies in General Science staff.
“On behalf of NatSci faculty, staff and students I am pleased to congratulate and thank this year's award winners for their outstanding contributions,” said NatSci Dean Phil Duxbury. “Their leadership and hard work make NatSci a better place, and it is an honor to recognize their efforts and to be inspired by their commitment to excellence.”
This year’s award recipients are:
Outstanding Faculty Award
- Robert Maleczka, Department of Chemistry
- Frances Trail, Department of Plant Biology
- Jie Wei, Department of Physics and Astronomy/FRIB
- Angela Wilson, Department of Chemistry/Dean’s Office
Research Leadership Award
- Alex Brown, Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Jiming Jiang, Department of Plant Biology
Mid-Career Research Award
- Shannon Manning, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
- Shinhan Shiu, Department of Plant Biology
Early Career Research Award
- Kendall Mahn, Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Phoebe Zarnetske, Department of Integrative Biology
Teacher-Scholar Award
- Sophia Lunt, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Brent Nelson, Department of Mathematics
Undergraduate Teaching Award
- Kevin Haudek, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Jaideep Singh, Department of Physics and Astronomy/FRIB
Junior Faculty Mentoring Award
- Amy Ralston, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/Dean’s Office
Postdoctoral Mentoring Award
- Diane Ebert-May, Department of Plant Biology
Distinguished Academic Staff Award
- Kathryn Severin, Department of Chemistry
Undergraduate Academic Advisor Award
- Sheba Onchiri, Department of Chemistry
Graduate Academic Advisor Award
- Remco Zegers, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Support Staff Award
- Julie Pozega, Center for Integrative Studies in General Science (CISGS)
- Tiphani Scott, Department of Chemistry
Excellence-in-Teaching-Citation
- Kevin McCormick, Department of Integrative Biology/Biological Sciences Program
- Joseph Riedy, Department of Integrative Biology
Undergraduate Learning Assistant Award
- Ava Bassett, Neuroscience Program
- Christina Liu, Department of Integrative Biology
Faculty Teaching Prize
- Michael Brown, Department of Mathematics
- Corrine Higley, Biological Sciences Program
- Krystyna Kijewska, Department of Chemistry
- Dola Pathak, Department of Statistics and Probability
Norman L. and Olga K. Fritz Excellence-in-Teaching Award
Devin Silvia, Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering (CMSE)
In addition to the NatSci awards, the Center for Integrative Studies in General Science (CISGS) made four awards:
Lorena V. Blinn Endowed Teaching Award
- Matt Oney, CISGS
James D. Hoeschele Endowed Teaching Award
- Scott Winterstein, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Ronald W. Wilson Endowed Teaching Award
- Rachel Lund, Department of Mathematics
Harlo Mervyn Mork Memorial Excellence-in-Teaching Award
- Sierra Carsten and Jack Schulte, Department of Physics and Astronomy
For more information on the 2022 NatSci Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony, visit https://natsci.msu.edu/faculty-staff/awards/index.aspx.
Banner image: Thirty-five outstanding MSU College of Natural Science (NatSci) faculty, staff and students were recognized for their achievements and contributions at the NatSci Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony, held Nov. 18 at the STEM Teaching and Learning Facility on campus. More than 100 faculty, staff, students, family and friends attended the event.
