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Awards

University Awards

Name of AwardCategoryPast Award Recipients
(from ECCB)
Year
Outstanding Mentoring Award – Graduate and Professional SchoolFacultyX. Ben Wu2025
University Level Distinguished Achievement AwardsFacultyLeslie Kelso-Winemiller2025
University Level Distinguished Achievement AwardsFacultyLee Fitzgerald2025
Montague-CTE ScholarsFacultyDaniel Spalink2024-2025
Montague-CTE ScholarsFacultyJacquelyn Grace2023-2024
Provost APT Teaching Excellence AwardFacultyLeslie Winemiller2023
University Distinguished ProfessorFacultyRaghavan Srinivasan2022
Texas A&M University Association of Former Students – College Level Teaching AwardFacultyKevin W. Conway2022
Presidents Meritorious Service AwardStaffHeather L. Prestridge2019
Montague-CTE ScholarsFacultyMichelle Lawing2015-2016
Regents Fellow Service AwardFacultyRaghavan Srinivasan2014-2015
Texas A&M University Bush Excellence Award for Faculty in International ResearchFacultyKirk Winemiller2009
Montague-CTE ScholarsFacultyAmanda Stronza2007-2008

COALS Awards

Name of AwardCategoryPast Award Recipients
(from ECCB)
Year
COALS Senior Merit AwardsStudentsJack Curry2025
COALS Senior Merit AwardsStudentsMegan Hobratschk2025
COALS Senior Merit AwardsStudentsLuis Hurtado2025
COALS Senior Merit AwardsStudentsElla Rydell2025
Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Award in Student RelationsFacultyJessica Light2024
Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Award in Graduate Student TeachingStudentsRose Blanchard2024
Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Award in Staff ExcellenceStaffDawn Miles2024
Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Award for Staff ExcellenceStaffHeather L. Prestridge2019
Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Award for Early Career ResearchFacultyKevin W. Conway2015
Dean outstanding Achievement Award in the category of Interdisciplinary Research Team “Bacterial Source Tracking Team”FacultyRaghavan Srinivasan2014

AgriLife Awards

Name of AwardPast Award Recipients
(from ECCB)
Year
AgriLife Research Director’s Awards | Faculty Fellows Asko Noormets2024
AgriLife Research Director’s Awards | Administrative Support Staff AwardDawn Miles2024
Vice Chancellor’s Awards in Excellence | Business Operational StaffKristi Smith2024
Vice Chancellor’s Awards in ExcellenceLeslie Winemiller2023
Vice Chancellor’s Awards in ExcellenceDaniel Spalink2023
Vice Chancellor’s Awards in ExcellenceUrs Kreuter2023
Vice Chancellor’s Awards in ExcellenceJessica Light2023
AgriLife Research Director’s AwardsRaghavan Srinivasan
(Senior Faculty Fellow)
2023
AgriLife Research Director’s AwardsJoshua Perkins (Early Career)2022
AgriLife Research Faculty Fellows AwardKirk Winemiller
(Senior)
2017
AgriLife Research Faculty Fellows AwardRaghavan Srinivasan2014
AgriLife Research Faculty Fellows AwardDelbert Gatlin
(Senior)
2011
Vice Chancellors Award in ExcellenceHeather L. Prestridge2007
AgriLife Research Faculty Fellows AwardKirk Winemiller2007
AgriLife Research Faculty Fellows AwardDelbert Gatlin2005

ECCB Awards

Ecology and Conservation Biology Awards2024-2025
Excellence Award in Undergraduate TeachingJoseph Veldman
Excellence Award in Graduate TeachingClaudio Casola
Excellence Award in ResearchMichelle Lawing
Excellence Award in Early Career ResearchXavier Jaime
Rubio Staff Excellence AwardJustin Wied & Whitney Wagoner
Outstanding Undergraduate EmployeeSabri Amrani-Khaldi
Outstanding Doctoral Student AwardRose Blanchard & Adekola Owoyemi
Outstanding Master’s Student AwardJulia Tapilatu
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant AwardAustin Kelly & Griffin Nicholson
Outstanding Senior Student AwardsSkyler Nix & Megan Hobratschk
Outstanding Junior Student AwardAnneMarie Johnston
Outstanding Sophomore Student AwardNoah Nuetzmann
Excellence Award in Undergraduate ResearchCarmen Reisdorf
Ecology and Conservation Biology Awards2023-2024
Excellence Award in Undergraduate ResearchAudra Hicks
Outstanding Freshman Student AwardMadison Nguyen
Outstanding Junior Student AwardCarmen Reisdorf
Outstanding Master’s Student AwardJustinn J. Jones
Outstanding Doctoral Student AwardJoshuah Lerner
Outstanding Graduate Teaching AwardNorman Lee May
Outstanding Student Research AwardOlivia Mo
Rubio Staff Excellence AwardHeather Prestridge and Sakina Dixon
Excellence Award in Undergraduate TeachingCarol Loopstra
Excellence Award in Graduate TeachingJoshuah Perkin
Excellence Award in Early CareerWenzhe Jiao
Excellence Award in ResearchRusty Feagin
Outstanding Lifetime Excellence Award in ResearchUrs Kreuter
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