COA & AAES Employee Award Winners
HONORING RECENT AWARD WINNERS
Auburn University’s College of Agriculture honors these outstanding faculty and staff for their excellence. The final selection was made by the COA nomination committee.
DEAN'S GRANTSMANSHIP AWARD
- 2024: Dr. Ash Bullard, Dr. Dianna Bourassa, Dr. Rishi Prasad, Dr. Brenda Ortiz, Dr. Nathan Whelan, Dr. Leanne Dillard, Dr. Geoff Williams, Dr. Phillip Waters, Dr. Marnin Wolfe, Dr. Joel Cuffey and Dr. Rex Dunham
- 2023: Dr. Brendan Higgins, Dr. Sushil Adhikari and Dr. Jasmeet Lamba
- 2022: Dr. Stephen Bullard, Dr. Sushil Adhikari and Dr. Rishi Prasad
- 2021: Dr. Andre Luiz Biscaia Ribeiro da Silva, Dr. Shannon Brewer and Dr. Scott Rikard
DEAN'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN INSTRUCTION
- 2024: Dr. Brandon Smith
- 2023: Dr. John Beckmann
- 2022: Dr. Jessica Starkey
- 2021: Dr. Thorsten Knappenberger
DEAN'S AWARD FOR UNDERGRADUATE MENTORING
- 2024: Dr. Jay Spires
- 2023: Dr. Terry Brandebourg
- 2022: Dr. Paul Dyce
DEAN'S RESEARCH AWARD
- 2024: Dr. Brandon Higgins
- 2023: Dr. Sushil Adhikari
- 2022: Dr. Ruiqing Miao
- 2021: Dr. Ian Butts
Outstanding Publication in Journal with High Impact Factor
- 2024: Dr. Wenying Li
- 2023: Dr. Brendan Higgins
- 2022: Dr. Kevin Wang
- 2021: Dr. Jacek Wower, Dr. John Beckman and Dr. Yi Wang
OUTSTANDING PUBLICATION WITH HIGH SCIENTIFIC IMPACT
- 2024: Dr. Allen Davis and Dr. Alan Wilson
- 2023: Dr. Tanzeel Rehman
- 2022: Dr. Jeff Coleman
- 2021: Dr. Rishi Prasad
OUTSTANDING PUBLICATION WITH HIGH ECONOMIC IMPACT
- 2023: Debolina Chakraborty
DEAN'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN EXTENSION AND OUTREACH
- 2024: Dr. Dianna Bourassa
- 2023: Dr. Steve Li
- 2022: Dr. Anita Kelly
- 2021: Dr. Eve Brantley
RICHARD GUTHRIE AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURE
- 2024: Dr. Allen Davis
- 2022: Dr. Thorsten Knappenberger
- 2021: Dr. Rex Dunham
OUTSTANDING AAES ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEE AWARD
- 2024: Lisa McCullough
- 2023: Carllee Solomon
- 2022: Jessica Davis
- 2021: Lance Burdette
OUTSTANDING COLLEGE ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEE AWARD
- Leticia Fantini Hoag
- 2023: James Johnson
- 2022: Kourtney Gardner
- 2021: Mercedes McKoy
PROJECT TEAM AWARD
- 2024: Miller Poultry Center and the Alabama Heirs Property Alliance
- 2023: Wiregrass Research and Extension Center
- 2022: The Our Work Seminar Team
- 2021: Water Resources Center
OUTSTANDING SERVICE STAFF AWARD
- 2024: Bethanie Gulley
- 2023: John Jones
- 2022: Hunter Mote
- 2021: Bobby Bradford
OUTSTANDING COMITMENT TO DIVERSITY
- 2023: Dr. Wilmer Pacheco
Spirit of Ag Award
- 2024: William Thompson
- 2023: Edward Richards
- 2022: Megan Adamson
- 2021: Jarrod Jones