Issue: 1194

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Online
Feb. 28, 2022

Dean’s Message

Hello CALS – We are two weeks out from spring break and the semester is flying by. There is a lot going on, as you can read in my full letter… Congratulations to all 2022 CALS faculty and staff award winners. Read today’s newsletter to find links to brief write-ups on each of our winners, plus a list of other honors received by folks in CALS departments and units… More

2022 CALS Faculty and Staff Awards

Teaching and Advising Awards

Early Achievement in Teaching Award – Emily Zimmerman, Natural Resource Ecology and Management and Global Resource Systems
Outstanding Achievement in Teaching Award – Elisabeth Huff-Lonergan, Animal Science
P&S Outstanding Achievement in Teaching Award – Jeffrey Mitchell, Animal Science
Excellence in Teaching by Term Faculty Award – Amber Anderson, Agronomy
Distance Education Teaching Award – Scott Smalley, Agricultural Education and Studies
Early Advisor Award – Dawn Koltes, Animal Science
P&S Early Advisor Award – Susan Cramer, Animal Science
P&S Outstanding Advisor Award – Ben Chamberlain, Agricultural Education and Studies
Outstanding Service in Student Recruitment and Retention Award – Christen Burgett, Animal Science

Research Awards

Early Achievement in Research Award – Walter Moss, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Mid-Career Achievement in Research Award – Joshua Selsby, Animal Science
Outstanding Achievement in Research Award – Lance Baumgard, Animal Science
P&S Research Award – Yuba Kandel, Plant Pathology and Microbiology

Extension Awards

Early Achievement in Extension and Outreach Award – Adam Thoms, Horticulture
P&S Early Achievement in Extension and Outreach Award – Stacie Matchan, Iowa Pork Industry Center
Outstanding Achievement in Extension and Outreach Award – Antonio Mallarino, Agronomy
P&S Outstanding Achievement in Extension and Outreach Award – Denise Schwab, ANR Extension

P&S and Staff Awards

P&S Outstanding New Professional Award – Maya Hayslett, Plant Pathology and Microbiology
P&S Excellence Award – Carl Pederson, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Diversity, Global Engagement and Team Awards

Faculty Award for Diversity Enhancement – Joan Cunnick, Animal Science
P&S Award for Diversity Enhancement – Justin Chapman, Animal Science
Outstanding Achievement in International Agriculture Award – Kurt Rosentrater, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Team Award – Soynomics Team: Asheesh (Danny) Singh, Arti Singh, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Soumik Sarkar, Daren Mueller, Greg Tylka, Matt O’Neal

2021 Faculty and Staff Awards, by Department

Departments were asked to submit notable honors and awards received by faculty and staff in 2021. Congratulations to those listed below and thank you to those who shared the information.

Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Ramesh Kanwar – Jefferson Science Fellow, USAID
Elaine Phompheng – P&S Award for Diversity Enhancement, CALS
Elaine Phompheng – Award for Inclusive Excellence, ISU
Kurt Rosentrater – Award of Excellence, BBI International
Michelle Soupir – Mid-Career Achievement in Research Award, CALS
Michelle Soupir – Mid-Career Achievement in Research Award, ISU
Lie Tang – Outstanding Achievement in Research Award, CALS
James Wright – Distance Education Teaching Award, CALS
Conservation Learning Group – Educational Aids Blue Ribbon, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Iowa Learning Farms and Water Rocks!, Conservation Station Trailers – Conservation Innovation Award, Soil and Water Conservation Society
Water Rocks!, Harmony Brook Watershed Videos – Award of Excellence for web series and Award of Achievement for scriptwriting, Iowa Motion Picture Association

Agricultural Education and Studies

Ben Chamberlain – COVID-19 Exceptional Effort Award (Exemplary Student Support), ISU
Nate Dobbels – COVID-19 Exceptional Effort Award (Exemplary Student Support), ISU
Nate Dobbels – P&S Early Advisor Award, CALS
Fally Masambuka-Kanchewa – Innovation Entrepreneurship Award, CALS
Mike Retallick – Golden Owl Award, Iowa FFA Foundation and Nationwide Insurance
Mike Retallick – Agricultural Educator of the Year, Iowa FFA Foundation and Nationwide Insurance
Mike Retallick – Distinguished Service Award, FFA
Scott Smalley – Distinguished Service Award, FFA
Scott Smalley – Milleman Family Mentorship Award, CALS

Agronomy

Rita Brueland – 25 Year Club, ISU
Lee Burras – 25 Year Club, ISU
Dan Dobill – Campbell Award, ISU MS Agronomy Program
Daryl Herzmann – CYtation Award, ISU
Robert Horton (team member) – Multistate Research Excellence Award, USDA
Laura Marek – 25 Year Club, ISU
Marshall McDaniel – Early Achievement in Teaching Award, CALS
Fernando Miguez – Raymond and Mary Baker Agronomic Excellence Award, ISU Agronomy Department
Bradley Miller – Early Achievement in Research Award, CALS
Bradley Miller – Faculty Early Career Development Program Award, National Science Foundation
Kathleen Reitsma – 25 Year Club (35), ISU
Thomas Lubberstedt – Outstanding Achievement in Research Award, ISU
Kan Wang – 25 Year Club, ISU

Animal Science

Dong Ahn – International Mission Award, Iowa Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta
Peggy Auwerda – Extension Mission Award, Iowa Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta
Lance Baumgard – American Feed Industry Association Award in Ruminant Nutrition Research, American Society of Animal Science
Donald Beermann – Distinguished Achievement in Agriculture Award, Iowa Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta
David Bruene – Cow-Calf Beef Quality Assurance Award, Iowa Beef Industry Council
Jennifer Bundy – Outstanding Advisor Award, CALS
Jennifer Bundy – Academic Advising Impact Award, ISU
Jennifer Bundy – Learning Communities Scholarship Award, ISU
Joseph Cordray – 25 Year Club, ISU
Jack Dekkers – Outstanding Achievement in International Agriculture Award, CALS
Jack Dekkers – Bouffault International Animal Agriculture Award, American Society of Animal Science
Ben Drescher – P&S Excellence Award, CALS
Nicholas Gabler – COVID-19 Exceptional Effort Award (Research Impact), ISU
Nicholas Gabler – Research Mission Award, Iowa Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta
Mary Healey – 25 Year Club (35), ISU
Elisabeth Huff-Lonergan – Teaching Mission Award, Iowa Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta
Elisabeth Huff-Lonergan – Fellow (Teaching Category), American Society of Animal Science
Maro Ibarburu, Egg Industry Center – P&S Research Award, CALS
Maro Ibarburu, Egg Industry Center – P&S Research Award, ISU
Iowa Pork Industry Center – President’s Award, Iowa Pork Producers Association
Aileen Keating – Faculty Award for Diversity Enhancement, CALS
Steven Lonergan – Morrill Professor, ISU
Dan Loy, Iowa Beef Center – University Professor, ISU
Dan Loy, Iowa Beef Center – Distinguished Service in Extension and Outreach Award, ISU
Dan Loy – Extension Award, American Society of Animal Science
Meats Laboratory – Iowa Ag Leader Award for Leadership in Collaboration, Secretary of Iowa
John Patience – Gary L. Cromwell Award for Minerals Nutrition, American Society of Animal Science
Amy Powell – P&S Early Achievement in Extension and Outreach Award, CALS
Kelsey Powell – Early Achievement in Academic Advising Award, ISU
Jim Reecy – Interdisciplinary Team Research Award, ISU
Jim Reecy – Fellow (Research Category), American Society of Animal Science
Jason Ross, Iowa Pork Industry Center – Fellow, Food Systems Leadership Institute
Joesph Sebranek – 25 Year Club (45), ISU
Brad Skaar – 25 Year Club (35), ISU
Brad Skaar – Outstanding Achievement in Teaching Award, CALS
Samantha Soi Meng Lei – CYtation Award, ISU
Ken Stalder – Animal Management Award, American Society of Animal Science
Rodrigo Tarté – Early Advisor Award, CALS
Dan Thomson (Aspire Alliance IChange Network Team) – Martin Luther King Jr. Advancing One Community Award, ISU
Lesa Vold, Egg Industry Center – Gold Award (Editing), Association for Communication Excellence
Matthew Wenger – P&S Outstanding Achievement in Extension and Outreach Award, CALS
Matthew Wenger – Outstanding Achievement in Extension or Professional Practice Award, ISU
Curtis Youngs – Fulbright Award

Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Don Beitz – Fellow, Sigma Xi
Don Beitz – Alumni Service Award, ISUAA
Stone Chen – Faculty Early Career Development Program Award, National Science Foundation
Gustavo MacIntosh – Deans Professorship, LAS
Reuben Peters – Distinguished Professor, ISU

Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology

Dean Adams – Distinguished Professor, ISU
Lynn Clark – Regents Award for Faculty Excellence, ISU
Chaoqun Lu – Early Achievement in Research Award, LAS
Amy Toth – Rossmann Manatt Faculty Development Award, CALS
Sarah Wehner – Learning Communities Early Achievement Award, ISU
Jonathan Wendel – Researcher of the Year Award, International Cotton Advisory Committee

Economics

Eun Choi – 25 Year Club (35), ISU
Dermot Hayes – Dean Lee R. Kolmer Award for Excellence in Applied Research, CALS
Helen Jensen – Appreciation Club, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
Yongjie Ji – P&S Outstanding New Professional Award, CALS
Ebby Luvaga – Women Impacting ISU Calendar, ISU
Ebby Luvaga – Corly Brooke Learning Community Advocate Award, ISU
Alejandro Plastina – COVID-19 Exceptional Effort Award (Excellence in Remote Instruction), ISU
Alejandro Plastina – Agricultural Economics Fellow, Farm Foundation
Wendong Zhang – Early Achievement in Extension and Outreach Award, CALS
Wendong Zhang – Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program Award, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

Entomology

Matt O’Neal – Faculty Innovator in Residence, ISU Student Innovation Center
Wendy Wintersteen – Iowa Business Hall of Fame

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Kate Gilbert – Excellence in Teaching by Term Faculty Award, CALS
Amber Kargol – P&S Outstanding Advisor Award, CALS
Elizabeth McNeill – Early Achievement in Teaching Award, CHS
Manju Reddy – Faculty-Staff Inspiration Award, ISUAA
Alison St. Germain – Term Faculty Award for Distinguished Service, CHS
Keith Vorst (Anticipatory Issues Management team) – Global Food Safety and Quality Award, McDonald’s
Lester Wilson – 25 Year Club (45), ISU
Catherine Woteki – Advisor, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

Genetics, Development and Cell Biology

Hua Bai – Early Achievement in Research Award, LAS
Hua Bai – Faculty Early Career Development Program Award, National Science Foundation
Clark Coffman (Aspire Alliance IChange Network Team) – Martin Luther King Jr. Advancing One Community Award, ISU
Mohan Gupta – Mid-Career Achievement in Research Award, LAS
Geetu Tuteja – Women Impacting ISU Calendar, ISU

Horticulture

Susan Deblieck –Outstanding New P&S Council Member CYtation Award, ISU
Kathy Hein – 25 Year Club, ISU
Betsy Matos, Global Resource Systems – Women Impacting ISU Calendar, ISU
David Minner – 25 Year Club, ISU
Grant Thompson – COVID-19 Exceptional Effort Award (Excellence in Remote Instruction), ISU

Natural Resource Ecology and Management

Thomas Isenhart – Best Paper Award, Journal of Environmental Quality
Lisa Schulte Moore – Fellow, Ecological Society of America
Lisa Schulte Moore – Fellow, MacArthur Foundation

Plant Pathology and Microbiology

Thomas Baum – 25 Year Club, ISU
Thomas Baum – Fellow, Food Systems Leadership Institute
Gwyn Beattie – 25 Year Club, ISU
Nancy Boury – Carski Award for Undergraduate Education, American Society for Microbiology
Nancy Boury – AgOnline Teacher of the Year Award, Brenton Center for Agricultural Instruction and Technology Transfer, CALS
Claudia Lemper-Manahl – COVID-19 Exceptional Effort Award (Excellence in Face-to-Face Instruction), ISU
Thomas Maier – 25 Year Club, ISU
Lina Rodriguez-Salamanca – CYtation Award, ISU
Greg Tylka, Iowa Soybean Research Center – Dean Lee R. Kolmer Award for Excellence in Applied Research, CALS
Steve Whitham – Regents Award for Faculty Excellence, ISU

Sociology and Criminal Justice

J. Arbuckle – Outstanding Achievement in Extension and Outreach Award, CALS
J. Arbuckle – Outstanding Achievement in Extension or Professional Practice Award, ISU
Shawn Dorius – Interdisciplinary Team Research Award, ISU
Andrew Hochstetler – Fred Buttel Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Award, Rural Sociological Society
Jenny Macken – COVID-19 Exceptional Effort Award (Exemplary Student Support), ISU
David Peters – Fred Buttel Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Award, Rural Sociological Society
Betty Wells – 25 Year Club (45), ISU

Statistics

Alicia Carriquiry – Florence Nightingale David Award, Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies
Alicia Carriquiry – Zellner Medal, International Society for Bayesian Analysis
Wayne Fuller – Mentoring Award, American Statistical Association
Heike Hofmann – Interdisciplinary Team Research Award, ISU
Heike Hofmann – Excellence in Research-Based Programming Award, ISU Extension and Outreach
Jae Kwang Kim – Outstanding Achievement in Research Award, LAS
Dan Nettleton – Early Achievement in Departmental Leadership Award, LAS
Dan Nordman – Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Sarah Nusser – Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Lily Wang – Mid-Career Achievement in Research Award, LAS
Lily Wang – COVID-19 Exceptional Effort Award (Research Impact), ISU
Lily Wang – Fellow, American Statistical Association
Song Xi Chen – Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences

CALS Administration and Centers

Daniel Robison, Dean (Aspire Alliance IChange Network Team) – Martin Luther King Jr. Advancing One Community Award, ISU
David Acker, Associate Dean for Global Engagement – 25 Year Club, ISU
Theressa Cooper, Assistant Dean for Diversity – Women Impacting ISU Calendar, ISU
Theressa Cooper, Assistant Dean for Diversity (Aspire Alliance IChange Network Team) – Martin Luther King Jr. Advancing One Community Award, ISU
Barb McBreen, Communications Service – 25 Year Club, ISU
Melea Reicks Licht, Communications Service – Silver Award (Editing), Association for Communication Excellence
Melea Reicks Licht, Communications Service – Bronze Award (Editing), Association for Communication Excellence
Melea Reicks Licht, Communications Service – Bronze Award (Video), Association for Communication Excellence
Michael Fiscus , Research Farms – 25 Year Club, ISU
Cherie Hill, Seed Science Center – Merit Award for Achievement and Service, CALS
Nicholas Howell, Research Farms – 25 Year Club (35), ISU
Audrey Kennis, Student Services – Learning Communities Equity Award, ISU
Zhiyou Wen, Center for Crops Utilization Research – William K. Deal Agricultural Innovation Professorship
Brenton Center for Agricultural Instruction and Technology Transfer: Gaylan Scofield, Christina Carter, David DeHass, Rod Fischer, Callie Gitch, Allison Kayser, Daniel Ossian, Casey Smith, Todd Vens and Lili Zhou – Team Award, CALS
CALS Social Media and Diversity and Inclusion Teams – COVID-19 Exceptional Effort Award (Principles of Community Champion), ISU

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Online

Julie Stewart, Editor
jstewart@iastate.edu, (515) 294-5616
http://www.cals.iastate.edu/news/agonline 

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Online, the newsletter for faculty and staff in Iowa State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, is published by email every Monday. The deadline for submitting content is 12 p.m. on Friday.

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