Research Awards | Distinguished Research Professor

University of Georgia

Casimir C. Akoh

Posted on Feb 23, 2016 in Creative Research Medal, Distinguished Research Professor

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Distinguished Research Professor 2004 Casimir C. Akoh, Professor of Food Science and Technology, conducts basic and applied research on lipids, edible oils and healthy fat substitutes. Using enzymes, he breaks apart short-, medium- and long-chain fatty acids from plant and animal fats, then restructures the fatty acids...

Randy W. Kamphaus

Posted on Feb 23, 2016 in Distinguished Research Professor

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Distinguished Research Professor 2004 Randy W. Kamphaus, Professor and Head of the Department of Educational Psychology, studies children's emotional and behavioral development. His research has caused educators and psychologists to rethink how they diagnose children's academic, behavioral and emotional development. He has developed a child behavior classification...

Valery Alexeev

Posted on Feb 23, 2016 in Creative Research Medal, Distinguished Research Professor

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Distinguished Research Professor, 2004 Valery Alexeev, Professor of Mathematics, settled several fundamental problems in algebraic geometry, a field concerned with systems of algebraic equations and their solutions. Leading algebraic geometers call him "a brilliant and original mathematician," comparing him with luminaries who have received math's equivalent...

Robert A. Scott

Posted on Feb 23, 2016 in Distinguished Research Professor

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Distinguished Research Professor 2003 Robert A. Scott, Chemistry Department Head and Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, uses X-ray absorption spectroscopy and other techniques to study biologically important metals. Iron, selenium, and copper are among the metals living organisms incorporate into vital proteins and...

Stephen P. Hubbell

Posted on Feb 23, 2016 in Distinguished Research Professor, Lamar Dodd Award

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Lamar Dodd Award 2006 Stephen P. Hubbell, a Distinguished Research Professor of Plant Biology, has created a mathematical theory to explain general patterns in the distribution of biological diversity on earth from local to global scales. Originally published as The Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography...

Patricia Adair Gowaty

Posted on Feb 23, 2016 in Distinguished Research Professor, Lamar Dodd Award

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Distinguished Research Professor 2003 Patricia Adair Gowaty, Professor of Ecology, studies the evolution of social behavior, especially among Eastern bluebirds, and is among the leading scholars in behavioral ecology. By boldly asking questions from a feminine perspective, Dr. Gowaty has overturned many fundamental assumptions about social interaction,...

Carmon Colangelo

Posted on Feb 23, 2016 in Distinguished Research Professor

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Distinguished Research Professor 2003 Carmon Colangelo, Professor of Art, directs the Lamar Dodd School of Art. He is widely recognized for his multi-layered prints, drawings and mixed media and for creatively combining digital images with traditional art forms. With 13 solo shows in the past 10 years...

Andrew H. Paterson

Posted on Feb 23, 2016 in Distinguished Research Professor, Lamar Dodd Award

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Lamar Dodd Award 2009 Andrew H. Paterson, professor of crop and soil sciences, plant biology and genetics, and Distinguished Research Professor and Director of the Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, is a world leader in the mapping and sequencing of flowering-plant genomes. His work has yielded greater understanding...

Jared S. Klein

Posted on Feb 23, 2016 in Distinguished Research Professor

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Distinguished Research Professor 2002 Jared S. Klein, Professor of Linguistics, Classics, and Germanic and Slavic Languages, is one of the world's leading experts on comparative Indo-European linguistics. His research focuses primarily on the syntax of Proto-Indo-European, the original language from which such languages as Greek, Latin, English,...

Gary A. Dudley

Posted on Feb 23, 2016 in Creative Research Medal, Distinguished Research Professor

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Creative Research Medal 2004 Gary A. Dudley, Distinguished Research Professor and Director of UGA's Muscle Biology Laboratory, conducts research that may help patients with spinal cord injuries recover their fitness, health and well-being. For more than 20 years, he has studied skeletal muscles and their metabolic characteristics,...