Past Honorees

Darren P. Wallace
Professor, Internal Medicine/Nephrology Division
Adjunct Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology
Director, Kansas PKD Research and Translation Core Center
University of Kansas

James Saulsbury
Postdoctoral Researcher, Biodiversity Institute / Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
University of Kansas

Scott Lovell
Director, Protein Structure & X-Ray Crystallography Laboratory
University of Kansas

Kathryn Bigelow
Associate Research Professor, Juniper Gardens Children’s Project / KU Life Span Institute
University of Kansas

(These awards recognize faculty from both KU and Kansas State University and are presented in four categories.)

Irvin E. Youngberg Award in the Applied Sciences

Johann (Hans) Coetzee
University Distinguished Professor
Interim Vice President for Research
Kansas State University

Olin K. Petefish Award in the Basic Sciences

Walter Dodds
University Distinguished Professor
Edwin G. and Lillian J. Brychta Chair in the Division of Biology 
Kansas State University

Dolph C. Simons Sr. Award in the Biomedical Sciences

Hartmut Jaeschke
University Distinguished Professor
Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
University of Kansas

Balfour S. Jeffrey Award in the Humanities and Social Sciences

David Tell
Professor, Communication Studies
Co-Director, Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities
University of Kansas

Markus Potter
Associate Professor
Department of Theatre & Dance
University of Kansas

Jennifer Raff
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Kansas

Elaina Sutley
Associate Professor
Department of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
University of Kansas

John Thyfault
Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Physiology and Department of Internal Medicine-Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Clinical Pharmacology;
Director, KU Diabetes Institute

Georgios Konstantinos Krintiras
Postdoctoral researcher
Department of Physics & Astronomy

Pegah Naemi Jimenez
Research associate
School of Social Welfare

Tyler Hicks
Assistant research professor
Director of Quantitative Methodology
KU Center on Developmental Disabilities

(These awards recognize faculty from both KU and Kansas State University and are presented in four categories.)

Irvin E. Youngberg Award in the Applied Sciences

Jie Han
Professor
Department of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
University of Kansas

Olin K. Petefish Award in the Basic Sciences

Wen-Xing Ding
Professor
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
University of Kansas

Balfour S. Jeffrey Award in the Humanities and Social Sciences

John Colombo
Professor, Department of Psychology;
Director, Life Span Institute
University of Kansas

Dolph C. Simons Sr. Award in the Biomedical Sciences

David Poole
Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Department of Physiology
Kansas State University

Markus Potter
Associate Professor
Department of Theatre & Dance
University of Kansas

Jennifer Raff
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Kansas

Elaina Sutley
Associate Professor
Department of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
University of Kansas

Susan Carlson – AJ Rice Professor of Nutrition and University Distinguished Professor

Vadim Karatayev – postdoctoral researcher, ecology & evolutionary biology

Blair Schneider – associate researcher and science outreach manager, Kansas Geological Survey

Teri Garstka – associate director, Center for Public Partnerships & Research

• Donna Ginther – Roy A. Roberts and Regents Distinguished Professor of Economics; director, Institute for Policy & Social Research; recipient of the Balfour Jeffrey Award in Humanities & Social Sciences
• Timothy Musch – University Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology and Physiology, Kansas State University; director, Cardiorespiratory Exercise Lab; recipient of the Dolph Simons Award in Biomedical Sciences.
• Mark Shiflett – Foundation Distinguished Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering; director, Institute for Sustainable Engineering; recipient of the Irvin Youngberg Award in Applied Sciences
• Uwe Thumm – University Distinguished Professor of Physics, Kansas State University; recipient of the Olin Petefish Award in Basic Sciences

• Sandra Billinger – professor of neurology
• Jeffrey Hall – professor of communications
• Timothy Jackson – professor of chemistry
• Erik Scott – associate professor of history

Wen-Xing Ding – professor, department of pharmacology, toxicology & therapeutics

Yousef Alhammad – postdoctoral researcher, department of molecular biosciences

Jinan Wang – associate researcher, department of molecular biosciences, Center for Computational

D. Christopher Rogers – associate research professor, Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research

• Brian Boyd – professor, department of applied behavioral science; director, Juniper Gardens Children’s Project
• Amy Burgin – associate professor, departments of environmental studies and ecology & evolutionary biology; associate scientist, Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research
• Soumen Paul – professor, department of pathology & laboratory medicine; director, Center for Perinatal Research
• Misty Schieberle – professor, department of English