List of Available Awards & Recognition
2018
View the 2018 award recipients.
2017
2016
Faculty Awards
Mark S. Blumberg, Ph.D., F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Scholar of the Year Award
Matthew Potthoff, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Carver College of Medicine, Early Career Scholar of the Year Award
Donald Heistad, M.D., Zahn Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, Leadership in Research Award
Richard Tyler Priest, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Departments of History and Geographical & Sustainability Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Distinguished Achievement in Publicly Engaged Research Award
Dorothy Johnson, Ph.D., Professor, School of Art & Art History, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Distinguished Achievements in Arts and Humanities Research
Amy Lee, Ph.D., Professor/Assistant Dean for Research, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Carver College of Medicine, Faculty Communicating Ideas Award
Staff Awards
Gail Ardery, Research Manager, Health Services Research, College of Pharmacy, Distinguished Research Administrator
Philip Karp, Director, In Vitro Culture Care, Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, Distinguished Research Professional
Student Awards
Katherine Hadlandsmyth, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nursing Research Center, College of Nursing, Postdoctoral Research Scholar/Fellow Research Excellence Award
Gregory Stoutenburg, Presidential Graduate Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Graduate Student Research Excellence in Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Andrew Nelson, Presidential Graduate Research Fellow, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Human Toxicology, Graduate College, Graduate Research Excellence in biology, life, mathematical and physical sciences
Andrew Knight, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Student Innovator Award
Kasra Zarei, Undergraduate and Graduate Research Associate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Student Innovator Award
Maya Amjadi, Junior, Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Rae Corrigan, Junior, College of Nursing, Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Tamar Kavlashvili, Junior, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Carver College of Medicine, Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Danny Linggonegoro, Junior, Department of Pharmacology, Carver College of Medicine, Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Nicholas McCarty, Junior, Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Distinguished Mentor Awards
Scott Baalrud, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Mahmoud Abou Alaiwa, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine
Student Startup of the Year Awards
Pierce Lohman, Lohman Earth Works founder
Matthew Rooda, SwineTech founder
Faculty/Staff Startup of the Year Award
Immortagen, LLC
2015
Faculty Awards
Randall McEntaffer, Physics and Astronomy, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Scholar of the Year Award
Elizabeth Stone, Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Early Career Scholar of the Year
Ernest Pascarella, Educational Policy & Leadership Studies, College of Education, Leadership in Research Award
Colin Gordon, History, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Distinguished Achieve in Publicly Engaged Research Award
Glenn Penny, History, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Distinguished Achieve in Arts & Humanities Research Award
Staff Awards
Lisa Ringen, Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Distinguished Research Administrator and Daniel McGehee, Transportation & Vehicle Safety, Public Policy Center, Distinguished Research Professional
Student Awards
Cara Hamann, Occupational & Environmental Health, College of Public Health, Postdoctoral Scholar-Fellow Research Excellence
Eric Zimmer, History, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Graduate Student Research Excellence in Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and Olga Laskina, Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Graduate Student Research Excellence in Biology, Life, Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Kasra Zarei, Sophomore, Major in Biomedical Engineering, Biochemistry, Psychology, and Math, Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Chloe Daniel, Junior, Major in Anthropology and Psychology, Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Asli Tahan, Junior, Major in Psychology, Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Brett Schneider, Junior, Major in Biology and Psychology, Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Distinguished Mentor Awards
Larissa Samuelson, Psychology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Brandon Davies, Biochemistry, College of Medicine
UI Startup of the Year Award
Steven Mickelsen, Iowa Approach, Inc., Faculty Business Startup of the Year
2014
Faculty Awards
Vicki Grassian
Scholar of the Year Award
David Cwiertny
Early Career Scholar of the Year Award
Witold Krajewski
Leadership in Research Award
Mary Cohen
Distinguished Achievement in Publicly Engaged Research Award
Ed Folsom
Creative Distinguished Achievement in Research Award
Staff Awards
Rosemary Stratton
Distinguished Research Administrator Award
William Kurth
Distinguished Research Professional Award
Student Awards
Rebecca Fagan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Research Excellence Award
2013
Distinguished Research Administrator Award
Lori Bassler - Research Administrator for the Department of Internal Medicine and the UI Cardiovascular Research Center
Distinguished Research Professional Award
Diane Cryderman - Research Associate in the Wallrath Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry