2012 Awardees

Micheal Allen’s research is focused on the ecology, management, and sustainability of the world’s fisheries. Allen’s research is interdisciplinary and collaborative as evidenced by productive partnerships with faculty from IFAS’s ...

Badredine Arfi’s work within Political Science has been multifaceted, including critical-theoretic analysis of international relations theory and the role of religion in democratic theory, applications of quantum approaches (borrowed from ...

Robert Caudle’s research focuses on the molecular and physiological processes that initiate and maintain chronic pain, with a goal of developing novel strategies to avoid the induction of chronic pain ...

Jesse Dallery studies the interplay between decision-making, nicotine, and smoking. He has also linked this translational work with innovative behavioral treatments to promote smoking abstinence, as well as other pro-health ...

Nancy Fichtman Dana’s research focuses on practitioner research as a professional development strategy. She examines the ways this form of professional development impacts individual educators, as well as the schools ...

Warren Dixon’s research is focused on the development and application of mathematical tools that can be used to elicit a desired behavior from a given system. The unifying theme of ...

Positioned within the field of composition and rhetoric, Sidney Dobrin’s research focuses on writing, by asking fundamental theoretical questions about the nature and function of writing. Dobrin’s research has focused ...

Art Edison studies mixtures of small molecule metabolites from living organisms to understand their role in behavior or as biomarkers for disease or response to treatment. The overall goal of metabolomics ...

Joan Frosch is a dance ethnographer who has pioneered research in global contemporary performance as a practice of citizenship. Her research fosters the recognition and nurture of the individual creative ...

Paul Gader studies Intelligent Systems, including new concepts for algorithms to process data measured by sensors “intelligently.” Gader seeks general methodologies for building computer programs requiring “intelligent” behavior (e.g. handwriting ...

James Graham studies citrus canker epidemiology and control by integrated management, as well as management of health of trees affected by belowground pathogens and pests and the systemic bacterial disease, ...

Chris Hass conducts both basic and applied experiments focused on the neuromechanical control of movement across the lifespan. Hass is concerned with how, within the constraints of the musculoskeletal system, ...

R. Raymond Issa’s research focuses on technology and building information modeling, two increasingly important areas for improving productivity in the construction industry and performance in the built environment. Issa’s research program ...

Kevin Jones’ research focuses on semiconductor processing and advanced doping for future integrated circuit materials, as well as energy storage materials. Jones works to develop an understanding between the evolution of ...

Maureen Keller-Wood’s research involves understanding the physiologic importance of the normal increase in maternal cortisol in pregnancy and the consequences of over- or under-secretion of cortisol during pregnancy. While it ...

Kelli Komro’s research program focuses on developing complex community-wide preventive interventions to reduce child health disparities, both in the U.S. and internationally. In her research, Komro addresses risk prevention for disadvantaged ...

Charlene Krueger’s research is early developmental exposure to sound, specifically maternal voice. She began with investigating maternal voice because, within the normal uterine environment, maternal speech provides a predominant, unique ...

Lena Ma’s research program focuses on environmental chemistry, with an emphasis on the biogeochemistry of trace metals. Ma conducts basic and applied research on soil contamination and remediation, as well as ...

Michael Marsiske is focused on advancing the science and practice of cognitive interventions for older adults. For the past 25 years, he has been engaged in a continuous program of ...

Jonathan Martin’s research focuses on controls of water chemistry caused by interactions between surface water and groundwater. Martin’s work includes both terrestrial and marine systems and is multi-disciplinary in scope. ...

Tim Martin’s research program focuses on studying the interacting influence of genetics, climate, environmental stress, and forest management on forest productivity, water balance, and carbon sequestration, and analyzing the physiological ...

Grant McFadden has been investigating how viruses, particularly poxviruses, evade the immune system for the past 30 years. His specific scientific expertise is in the field of viral immune evasion ...

Ayalew Mergia’s research is focused on developing novel strategies to inhibit human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) replication and consequently limit AIDS pathogenesis. The failure to target latently HIV-infected resting cells and the ...

Jay Ritter’s research focuses on initial public offerings (IPOs) and related topics. Over the last thirty years, Ritter has published numerous articles on IPOs and is generally viewed as the ...

Ronald Rodgers’ research focuses on the historical foundations of journalism’s responsibility to society. Rodgers studies the roots of journalistic normative standards as reflected in the critical discourse of the late ...

Elizabeth Rowe’s research explores the suitability of existing intellectual property laws to address challenges presented by new technological and cultural norms. In particular, Rowe has developed a nationally-recognized body of ...

Lynn Sollenberger studies grassland ecology and management and is considered a leader in defining strategies to optimize use of grasslands for livestock and bioenergy production and to provide ecosystem services. Sollenberger’s ...

Douglas Soltis studies plant evolution using DNA approaches. His interests include genome doubling (polyploidy), floral evolution, building the tree of life, and angiosperm diversification. Soltis has reconstructed relationships among major ...

Gregory Stewart works in the field of condensed matter experimental physics. In particular, he is a world expert in the field of heavy fermion and other exotic superconductors. In recent years, ...

The cornerstone of Colin Sumners’ research work has been the peptide angiotensin II (Ang II) and its receptors and functional effects in the brain. His current research work encompasses two ...

David Weiner’s current research involves the function of a newly discovered family of ammonia transporters in the kidney. Weiner is rewriting decades-old assumptions the medical community has made about kidney ...

Keith Willmott’s research focuses on the diversity, distribution, and natural history of Central and South American butterflies, in particular those of Ecuador and neighboring tropical Andean countries. With the most ...

David Wright’s research accomplishments include development of an integrated livestock/sod-based cropping system, management and control of Asian soybean rust, and management and etiology of hardlock of cotton. Wright developed a ...