CFAES Research Award Winners

Congratulations to all of our 2020 CFAES research award winners! For anyone who was unable to view the live awards ceremony on Friday, there is a recording available online. Note, there was a small error in the initial announcement of poster competition winners, thus corrected winners are shown below.

Junior Faculty Research Award: S. Mažeika Sullivan, School of Environment and Natural Resources
Senior Faculty Research Award: Monica Giusti, Food Science and Technology
Innovator of the Year Award: Luis Rodriguez-Saona, Food Science and Technology
William E. Krauss Director’s Award: Joonbum Lee, Animal Sciences and OSU Nutrition Program, advised by Kichoon Lee

Poster Competition Winners:
Master
Third place (tied): Sarah Scott, Entomology, advised by Mary Gardiner
Third place(tied): Lydia Fyie, Entomology, advised by Mary Gardiner
Second place:  KC Kushal, Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, advised by Sami Khanal
First place: Nicole Lorig, Animal Sciences, advised by Kimberly Cole
Ph.D.
Third place: Dipak Kathayat, Food Animal Health Research Program, advised by Gireesh Rajashekara
Second place: Denisha Parker, Entomology, advised by Mary Gardiner
First place: Yiyun Lin, Horticulture and Crop Sciences, advised by Michelle Jones
Postdoctoral Scholar
Third place: Jie Xu, Food Science and Technology, advised by V.M. (Bala) Balasubramaniam
Second place: Sankar Renu, Food Animal Health Research Program, advised by Gourapura Renukaradhya
First place: Ashish Manandhar, Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, advised by Ajay Shah
Research Scientist
Third place (tied): Erick Martinez Rodriguez, Entomology, advised by Peter Piermarini
Third place (tied):
 Pat Boley, Food Animal Health Research Program
Second place: Daniela Gutierrez Yanez, Plant Pathology and Food Science and Technology
First place: Linda Michel, Food Animal Health Research Program