2023 Faculty Achievements
• High note: Kurt Gartner and Amy Guffey to premiere composition at International Clarinet Conference.
• Preserving excellence: Lisa Rubin and Ryan Otto launch open access repository of Academic Athletic Journal.
• Breaking the barrier: Colby Moorberg receives NIFA Higher Education Challenge Grant.
• International scholar: Adulsak “Otto” Chanyakorn earns fellowship award.
• Super star: Jerry Jay Cranford to star in 'The Prom' musical and direct "Dreamgirls" in KC.
• Professor published: Valerie Padilla Carroll publishes acclaimed book.
• Write stuff: Behzad Ghanbarian publishes book on unconventional reservoirs.
• Only the BEST: Walter McNeil selected for panel at BEST-Rad Summit.
• Sixth edition published: James Carpenter publishes sixth edition of "Exotic Animal Formulary."
• Grant secured: Chuancheng Duan to receive $1.2 million in DOE funding for pair of research projects to reduce methane emissions.
• One of 10: Allison Louthan named Early Career Fellow of Ecological Society of America.
• NSF success: Artem Rudenko and Daniel Rolles part of team awarded $90.8 million from National Science Foundation.
• Recognized thrice: Terry O'Banion receives national and international honors.
• Career achievements: Tendai Gadzikwa, Won Min Park and Sonny Lee receive NSF CAREER awards.
• Finding new treatments: Revathi Govind awarded grant to study pathogenic features of a microbe.
• Leader recognized: Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City will honor Marty Vanier.
• Perfect premiere: Bryan Pinkall, Alyssa Morris and Amanda Arrington premiere concert In New Zealand commemorating artists from World War I.
• Give them credit: Jeff Pickering and Michael E. Flynn named editor-in-chief and associate editor of international journal.
• National leader: Tim Musch elected president of American Physiological Society.
• Top editor: Anthony Ferraro named co-editor-in-chief for Journal of Divorce and Remarriage.
• Why the decline?: David Haukos awarded grant to study bird population declines.
• Editing expertise: J. Spencer Clark named to editorial team of international journal.
• Natural leader: Chuancheng Duan receives grant for co-generation of liquid chemicals and electricity from natural gas.
• New book: Yolanda Broyles-González publishes book on transnational Mexican music movement.
• Outstanding advisor: Logan Britton receives national Blue Key award.
• Top researcher: P.V. Vara Prasad named in top 1% of world’s influential and highly cited researchers for 2022.
• Carnegie communicator: Nancy Muturi receives Carnegie fellowship to collaborate with Kenyan university.
• Top crop scientist: Elizabeth "Beth" Guertal, receives Presidential Award of the Crop Science Society of America.
• Accelerating accessibility: Siny Joseph is among a team of five researchers who have been awarded grant funding from the National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator program.
• Distinguished professors: Timothy Musch and Uwe Thumm receive Higuchi-KU research awards.
• Awesome astronomer: Bharat Ratra named fellow of the American Astronomical Society.
• Authoring integrity: Camilla J. Roberts co-edits book providing educators and students with 66 case studies on academic integrity.
• Published professor: Briana Nelson Goff publishes new book exploring effects of war deployment and trauma on military couples.
• Emerging scholar: Alex Red Corn was selected as one of 15 scholars who are working to improve the lot of humanity.
• Top geographer: Bimal Paul recognized as American Association of Geographers fellow.
• Stopping the spread: Caterina Scoglio receives grant to study disease spread and long-distance dispersal of pathogens.
