Research Awards | Distinguished Research Professor

University of Georgia

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,...

James N. Moore

Posted on Feb 23, 2016 in Distinguished Research Professor

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Distinguished Research Professor 2002 James N. Moore, Professor and Head of the Department of Large Animal Medicine, is a leader in equine medicine research and the development of new instructional tools. An internationally acknowledged authority on gastrointestinal diseases and endotoxic shock in the horse, Dr. Moore has...

Arthur M. Horne

Posted on Feb 23, 2016 in Distinguished Research Professor

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Distinguished Research Professor 2002 Arthur M. Horne, Professor of Counseling and Human Development Services, is recognized internationally for his pioneering studies on child and adolescent disruptive behavior. The causes and prevention of childhood aggression and violence is gaining increased recognition, especially in light of recent violence in...

Richard D. Winfield

Posted on Feb 23, 2016 in Distinguished Research Professor

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Distinguished Research Professor 2001 Richard Winfield, Department of Philosophy, investigates the area of systematic philosophy without foundations. Much of Dr.Winfield's scholarly effort has focused on German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, whose thought influenced the development of Existentialism, Marxism, Positivism and Analytic philosophy. In addition to critically...