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Each spring, the University of Georgia celebrates its achievements of academic excellence during Honors Week, culminating in the annual Research Awards banquet.<\/p>\n

For 47 years, this event has recognized researchers making groundbreaking strides in their respective fields through discovery, innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n

The 2026 ceremony will take place on April 2 as part of UGA\u2019s Honors Week activities. The awards are sponsored by the University of Georgia Research Foundation.<\/p>\n

The full list of winners includes:<\/p>\n

James L. Carmon Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Omid Arhami: <\/strong><\/a>Doctoral candidate, Institute of Bioinformatics<\/p>\n

Qitao Tan:<\/strong> <\/a>Doctoral candidate, School of Computing<\/p>\n

Robert C. Anderson Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Olutosin Adesogan:<\/a> <\/strong>Recent Ph.D. graduate, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology<\/p>\n

Hannah Arnade:<\/strong><\/a> D.V.M.\/Ph.D. candidate, College of Veterinary Medicine<\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Research Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trevor Tuma:<\/strong><\/a> Postdoctoral research fellow, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences<\/p>\n

Haolin \u201cHorace\u201d Zeng:<\/a> <\/strong>Postdoctoral research associate, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences<\/p>\n

Team Impact Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Georgia Wildland-fire Simulation Experiment (G-WISE): <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Rawad Saleh,<\/strong> associate professor, College of Engineering; Amanda Frossard, <\/strong>associate professor, Franklin College Department of Chemistry; Alexandra No\u00ebl, <\/strong>assistant professor, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Joseph O\u2019Brien, <\/strong>research ecologist, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Geoffrey Smith, <\/strong>professor, Franklin College Department of Chemistry<\/p>\n

Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS):<\/a> Brian Bledsoe,<\/strong> professor, College of Engineering, and director of IRIS, representing 30+ faculty<\/p>\n

International Collaborative Research Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

M\u00b3X (Materials, Manufacturing & Machine Learning Nexus) International Team: <\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Kenan Song,<\/strong> associate professor, College of Engineering; Rayane Akoumeh <\/strong>(senior research assistant, Qatar University); Mohammad Hassan <\/strong>(assistant professor, Qatar University)<\/p>\n

Entrepreneur of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kevin Mis Solval: <\/strong><\/a>Associate professor, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences<\/p>\n

Inventor of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brian Schwartz: <\/strong><\/a>Professor, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences<\/p>\n

Research Communications Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Holly Bik: <\/strong><\/a>Associate professor, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Marine Sciences<\/p>\n

Non-Tenure Track Faculty Research Excellence Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ren\u00e9 Ranzinger: <\/strong><\/a>Associate research scientist, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center<\/p>\n

Michael F. Adams Early Career Scholar Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alexander Fyfe:<\/strong><\/a> Assistant professor, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Comparative Literature<\/p>\n

Fred C. Davison Early Career Scholar Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cassandra Hall: <\/strong><\/a>Assistant professor, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Physics and Astronomy<\/p>\n

Amy Winter:<\/a> <\/strong>Assistant professor, College of Public Health<\/p>\n

Charles B. Knapp Early Career Scholar Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carla Schwan: <\/strong><\/a>Assistant professor, College of Family and Consumer Sciences<\/p>\n

Creative Research Medals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sun Joo \u201cGrace\u201d Ahn: <\/strong><\/a>Professor, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication<\/p>\n

Jill Anderson: <\/strong><\/a>Professor, Odum School of Ecology<\/p>\n

Sharina Ma\u00edllo-Pozo:<\/a> <\/strong>Associate professor, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Romance Languages<\/p>\n

Nikki Shariat: <\/strong><\/a>Associate professor, College of Veterinary Medicine<\/p>\n

Amanda Spivak: <\/strong><\/a>Professor, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Marine Sciences<\/p>\n

Albert Christ-Janer Creative Research Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jennifer Palmer: <\/strong><\/a>Associate professor, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History<\/p>\n

Lamar Dodd Creative Research Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Drake: <\/strong><\/a>Regents\u2019 Professor, Odum School of Ecology<\/p>\n

Hitesh Handa: <\/strong><\/a>Professor, College of Engineering<\/p>\n

James Martin: <\/strong><\/a>Professor, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n

William A. Owens Creative Research Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jamie Carson: <\/strong><\/a>UGA Athletic Association Professor, School of Public and International Affairs<\/p>\n

Distinguished Research Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amy Ellis: <\/strong><\/a>Professor, Mary Frances Early College of Education<\/p>\n

David Gay: <\/strong><\/a>Professor, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics<\/p>\n

Qingguo \u201cJack\u201d Huang: <\/strong><\/a>Professor, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences<\/p>\n

Daniel Perez: <\/strong><\/a>Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine<\/p>\n

Robert Schmitz: <\/strong><\/a>Professor, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Genetics<\/p>\n

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