2017 Archives - Research Awards

Jody Clay-Warner

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in William A. Owens Award

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William A. Owens Creative Research Award 2017 Jody Clay-Warner, Meigs Professor of Sociology, investigates injustice from both basic and applied vantage points, addressing critical problems in our society: injustice, violence, victimization, and the laws and policies designed to control these problems. Her research broadens the understanding...

Elizabeth Wright

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Albert Christ-Janer Award, Creative Research Medal

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Deepak Mishra

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Creative Research Medal

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Creative Research Medal 2017 Deepak Mishra, associate professor of geography and leading international scholar in the use of satellite remote sensing techniques, co-created the Small Satellite Research Laboratory (SSRL) in January 2016, starting the space research program at UGA. The goal of this program, made possible by...

George Foreman

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Creative Research Medal

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Creative Research Medal 2017 George Foreman, director of UGA’s Performing Arts Center and associate professor of music, guided the production of “Music for the Tsars: Works from the Russian Institute for the History of the Arts,” a CD that significantly advances music education and performance in...

Katrien Devos

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Creative Research Medal, Distinguished Research Professor

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Xiangyu Deng

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Creative Research Medal

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Creative Research Medal 2017 Xiangyu Deng, assistant professor of food microbiology, is recognized for creating a bioinformatics tool that is helping transform global laboratory surveillance of salmonella, the most prevalent bacterial foodborne pathogen in the U.S. and worldwide. His creation, SeqSero, is a powerful web-based tool...

Sun Joo “Grace” Ahn

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Charles B. Knapp Early-Career Scholar Award

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Charles B. Knapp Early Career Scholar Award 2017 Sun Joo “Grace” Ahn, assistant professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, studies how user experiences in virtual worlds shape and transform individual attitudes and behaviors in the physical world. Ahn was among the first...

Richard Chandler

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Fred C. Davison Early-Career Scholar Award

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Fred C. Davison Early Career Scholar Award 2017 Richard Chandler, assistant professor of wildlife ecology and management, researches how to narrow the divide between ecological theory and application to advance knowledge about wildlife population dynamics and enhance conservation efforts. His unique approach fuses theoretical models with...

Jamie Kreiner

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Michael F. Adams Early Career Scholar

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Michael F. Adams Early Career Scholar Award 2017 Jamie Kreiner, assistant professor of history, is an accomplished historian of the early Middle Ages. Her research focuses on the mechanics of culture, including how medieval communities thought that knowledge and commitments were communicated, adopted and affected by...

Biao He

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Entrepreneur of the Year, Inventor of the Year Award

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