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2022 RESEARCH AWARDS RECIPIENTS

Celebrating 43 Years of Excellence

Lillian Eby

Lillian Eby
Distinguished Research Professor

Esther van der Knaap

Esther van der Knaap
Distinguished Research Professor

Amy Rosemond

Amy Rosemond
Distinguished Research Professor

Victor Thompson

Victor Thompson
Distinguished Research Professor

Lance Wells

Lance Wells
Distinguished Research Professor

James E. (Jeb) Byers

James E. (Jeb) Byers
Creative Research Award

Shane Singh

Shane Singh
Creative Research Award

David Starkweather

David Starkweather
Creative Research Award

Y. George Zheng

Y. George Zheng
Creative Research Award

Douda Bensasson

Douda Bensasson
Creative Research Medal

Jamie Kreiner

Jamie Kreiner
Creative Research Medal

Douglas Menke

Douglas Menke
Creative Research Medal

Gregory Strauss

Gregory Strauss
Creative Research Medal

Susanne Ullrich

Susanne Ullrich
Creative Research Medal

Kevin McCully’s research has helped further the understanding of peripheral arterial disease, or PAD, through the use of near-infrared spectroscopy to measure blood flow and mitochondrial function in skeletal muscle. His work has led to one issued patent and multiple pending applications. Along with collaborators Jonathan Murrow and Kent Nilsson—both faculty members in the Augusta University/UGA Medical Partnership—in 2014 McCully co-founded the biotechnology company InfraredRX to help move these technologies to the clinical space. InfraredRX produces an all-in-one, noninvasive device to help measure and guide treatment for PAD—an “early version of the Star Trek tricorder,” as McCully has described it. The company has been awarded grants from the Georgia Research Alliance, as well as over $1.5 million in STTR grant funding from the National Institutes of Health, to develop its product. InfraredRX recently became one of the first tenants of UGA’s Delta Innovation Hub.

Kevin McCully
Entrepreneur of the Year

Naola Ferguson-Noel

Naola Ferguson-Noel
Inventor of the Year

Team Impact Award Recipients

Team Impact Award
TEAM RISE

Sheng Li

Sheng Li
Early Career Scholar

Man Kit “Karlo” Lei

Man Kit “Karlo” Lei
Early Career Scholar

Caterina Villari

Caterina Villari
Early Career Scholar

Emily Koh

Emily Koh
Early Career Scholar