As Hollywood awards season closes out, the University of Georgia puts out its own red carpet for exceptional scholarship.<\/p>\n
For 44 years, the university has honored faculty and students who have demonstrated significant achievements in their respective fields through research, innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s recipients are being honored at a banquet on April 20 as part of UGA\u2019s Honors Week activities<\/a>. The Research Awards program is sponsored by the University of Georgia Research Foundation.<\/p>\n The full list of winners:<\/p>\n Robert C. Anderson Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n Justin Stilwell<\/a> \u2013 College of Veterinary Medicine<\/p>\n James L. Carmon Scholarship<\/strong><\/p>\n Alison Banks<\/a> \u2013 doctoral student in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Department of Geography<\/p>\n Ehsan Latif<\/a> (honorable mention) \u2013 doctoral student in the School of Computing<\/p>\n Postdoctoral Research Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n Ellen Haynes<\/a> \u2013 postdoctoral research associate in the College of Veterinary Medicine<\/p>\n Vicente Kenyi Saito-Diaz<\/a> \u2013 postdoctoral research fellow in the Center for Molecular Medicine<\/p>\n Team Impact Award<\/strong><\/p>\n The UGA Cognitive Aging Research and Education (CARE) Team<\/a> \u2013 Lisa Renzi-Hammond, Jenay Beer, Sharon Liggett, Denise Dixon Everson, Don Scott, Devin Lavender and Stephen Correia<\/p>\n Inventor of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n Michael Hahn<\/a> \u2013 professor in the Department of Plant Biology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences<\/p>\n Entrepreneur of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n Puliyur MohanKumar<\/a> \u2013 professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine<\/p>\n Research Communications Award<\/strong><\/p>\n Andrew K. Davis<\/a> \u2013 animal ecologist and assistant research scientist in the Odum School of Ecology<\/p>\n Non-Tenure Track Faculty Research Excellence Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n Parastoo Azadi<\/a> \u2013 associate director for service and training at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center<\/p>\n Earl \u201cBud\u201d Cooper<\/a> \u2013 clinical professor in the Mary Frances College of Early Education Department of Kinesiology<\/p>\n Robert L. Foster<\/a> \u2013 senior lecturer in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Department of Religion<\/p>\n Dehai Zhao<\/a> \u2013 senior research scientist in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n Early Career Scholar: Michael F. Adams Award<\/strong><\/p>\n Nora C. Benedict<\/a> \u2013 assistant professor in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Department of Romance Languages<\/p>\n Early Career Scholar: Fred C. Davison Award<\/strong><\/p>\n Lin Mu<\/a> \u2013 assistant professor in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Department of Mathematics<\/p>\n Breeanna Urbanowicz<\/a> \u2013 assistant professor in the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology<\/p>\n Early Career Scholar: Charles B. Knapp Award<\/strong><\/p>\n Emily Noble<\/a> \u2013 assistant professor in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences<\/p>\n Creative Research Medals<\/strong><\/p>\n Assaf Oshri<\/a> \u2013 associate professor in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences<\/p>\n Susan Wilde<\/a> \u2013 associate professor in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n Jin Ye<\/a> \u2013 associate professor in the College of Engineering<\/p>\n Albert Christ-Janer Creative Research Award<\/strong><\/p>\n Jed Rasula<\/a> \u2013 Helen S. Lanier Distinguished Professor of English in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences<\/p>\n Lamar Dodd Creative Research Award<\/strong><\/p>\n James C. Beasley<\/a> \u2013 Terrell Professor in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory<\/p>\n Natarajan Kannan<\/a> \u2013 professor in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology<\/p>\n Karen Norris<\/a> \u2013 GRA Eminent Scholar in Immunology and Translational Biomedicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine<\/p>\n William A. Owens Creative Research Award<\/strong><\/p>\n Bradley Wright<\/a> \u2013 professor and head of the Department of Public Administration and Policy in the School of Public and International Affairs<\/p>\n Distinguished Research Professors<\/strong><\/p>\n Sujata Iyengar<\/a> \u2013 professor in the Department of English in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences<\/p>\n Christopher West<\/a> \u2013 professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences<\/p>\n