UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AWARDS
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Jayhawk Welcome Center
7 p.m.
As one of the nation’s leading research universities, KU has a special role in fostering a culture of research that addresses society's grand challenges.
To further this effort, Chancellor Girod hosted the University Research Awards to celebrate KU's most outstanding researchers across the Lawrence and KU Medical Center campuses.
Honorees
University Scholarly Achievement Awards
(Each recipient’s award category is shown in italics)
Associate Professor of History
Social Science and Professional Programs
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Science, Technology, and Mathematics
Associate Professor of Physical Activity & Weight Management
Medicine and Clinical Science
Professor of Philosophy
Arts and Humanities
Chancellors Club Research Award
Professor of Cellular Biology & Physiology and Endocrinology, Diabetes & Clinical Pharmacology
Research Postdoctoral Achievement Award
Georgios Konstantinos Krintiras
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics & Astronomy
Research Staff Achievement Award
Research Associate, School of Social Welfare
Steven F. Warren Research Achievement Award
Assistant Research Professor, KU Center on Developmental Disabilities
Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards
(Each recipient’s award category is shown in italics)
Professor of Psychology
Balfour Jeffrey Award for Humanities & Social Sciences
William Warner Abercrombie Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
Olin K. Petefish Award in the Basic Sciences
Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
Irvin E. Youngberg Award in the Applied Sciences
University Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology and Physiology at Kansas State University
Dolph C. Simons, Sr. Award in the Biomedical Sciences