April 27, 2023
Photos by Abbie Lankitus
University of Missouri faculty make significant contributions in the classroom, the lab, the community and far beyond the MU campus. As part of Faculty Excellence Week, President Mun Choi and Provost Latha Ramchand held a Faculty Recognition Awards ceremony on April 26 to honor 2023 award recipients.
"We are so fortunate to have world-renowned faculty who are dedicated to our research, teaching and service mission,” Choi said. “Tonight, we celebrate your achievements."
This year’s honorees
2022 Curators’ Distinguished Professorships
- Hongbin Ma
- Ron Mittler
- Rajiv Mohan
- Kannappan Palaniappan
- Tommy Sewell
- John Walker (Emeritus)
- Dorina Kosztin (In Memoriam)
2022 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows
- Shubhra Gangopadhyay
- Chris Lorson
- Xiu-Feng "Henry" Wan
- Bing Yang
- Xiaoqin Zou
2022 American Psychological Association Fellows
- Debora Bell
- Douglas Steinley
2022 Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology Section New Investigator Award
- Joseph Santin
2022 Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy
- Arthur Suits
2022 Fulbright Scholars
- David Crespy
- Kenneth G MacLeod
- Wilson Majee
Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry
- Carolyn Anderson
2022 National Academy of Science member
- Blake Meyers
2022 National Academy of Inventors senior member
- David Grant
2022 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
- Stephen Karian
2022 National Humanities Center Fellow
- Martha Kelly
Outstanding Faculty Research and Creative Activity in the Biological Sciences
- Paula McSteen
Outstanding Faculty Research and Creative Activity in the Performing Arts and Humanities
- Sean Franzel
Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Earnest Perry
SEC Faculty Achievement Award
- Wendy Reinke
Maxine Christopher Shutz Award and Lecture for Distinguished Teaching
- Pamela Brown
Thomas Jefferson Award
- Robert Sharp
C. Brice Ratchford Memorial Fellowship Award
- Sara Hiles
William H. Byler Distinguished Professor Award
- Rafael Gely
Donald W. Fancher Provost Award for Outstanding Achievement in Extension and Continuing Education
- Julie Kapp
Provost’s Award for Creative Extension Programming by New Faculty
- Tanner Adkins
Provost’s Award for Leadership in International Education
- Wilson Majee
Provost’s Award for University Citizenship in Service
- Keith Greenwood
Provost’s Award for University Citizenship in Leadership
- Christopher Slaten
Outstanding Junior Faculty Teaching Awards
- Greg Cox
- Sarah Owens
- Kellie Stanfield
Outstanding Junior Faculty Research and Creative Activity Awards
- Jessica Rodrigues
- Li Zhao
