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Thursday, June 12, 2008

K-STATE BIOLOGY PROFESSOR RECEIVES SIGMA XI OUTSTANDING SCIENTIST AWARD

MANHATTAN -- Ruth Welti, professor of biology at Kansas State University, has received the 2008 Outstanding Senior Scientist Award from the K-State chapter of Sigma Xi, a scientific research society, for her outstanding performance in scientific research.

Welti was recognized at the recent Sigma Xi award banquet. She received a certificate, $100 honorarium and an invitation to present her research to the K-State community next year.

"Dr. Welti has excelled in her professional career in teaching and research in her field. She has published more than 40 journal articles in the past five years and developed her leadership skills in lipidomics focus groups, stimulating collaboration and interdisciplinary research," said Susan Sun, chair of the K-State Sigma Xi outstanding scientist award committee and a professor of grain science and industry.

Welti has received more than $4 million in extramural funding in the past five years to support research programs in lipidomics and related areas. "It is really nice to have my colleagues recognize me for my research efforts," she said.

The American Research Scientist Society, Sigma Xi, is designed to promote science and technology while assisting the professional careers of its members by stimulating and sharing scientific information and scholarly works. Outstanding Senior Scientist Award recipients must meet at least two out of three qualifications: high quality journal publications with high impacts; at least five to 10 papers per year for a continuous five years; or receive competitive funds averaging more than $300,000 a year for a continuous five years.

"Professor Ruth Welti is an international leader in the analysis of lipids in cellular signaling and responses to stress during growth and development in plants," said Brian Spooner, university distinguished professor and director of the Division of Biology. "Her lipidomics program has allowed investigators nationally to use these approaches, and her leadership of the K-State Functional Genomics Consortium has benefited investigators across campus."

Welti received her doctorate from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., in 1982 and joined K-State in 1985. She maintains an active research program in the Division of Biology in structure and function of cell membranes using mass spectrometry based lipid analysis. She also is director for the Kansas Lipidomics Research Center at K-State.