Congratulations to the 2017 APS Foundation Awardees
The APS Foundation is excited to announce the names of 59 individuals who received awards from the APS Foundation in 2017, totaling more than $34,500 in awards. Awardees will be recognized during the opening session of the APS Annual Meeting. Special thanks to everyone who donated to the APS Foundation! Your continued support makes these opportunities possible. Be sure to visit the Foundation’s booth at the annual meeting to learn more about funding opportunities and to help support future leaders in plant pathology!
Books for the World Award
Sylvester Aigbe, Ambrose Alli University
Browning Plant Medicine and Health Travel Award
Salvador Ramirez, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Frank L. Howard Undergraduate Fellowship Award
Juliana González Tobón, Universidad de los Andes
Lucy Hastings de Gutiérrez Award for Excellence in Teaching
Brantlee Spakes Richter, University of Florida
Noel T. Keen Award for Research Excellence in Molecular Plant Pathology
Martin (Marty) B. Dickman, Texas A&M University
Don and Judy Mathre Educational Endowment Award
Joseph Hulbert, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute
Don & Judy Mathre Student Educational Award
Rodrigo Borba Onofre, University of Florida - Gulf Coast Research and Education Center
Plant Pathology Experiential Award - Individual
Mihir Mandal, USDA-ARS
Plant Pathology Experiential Award - Department
University of Georgia Plant Pathology Department
17th I.E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium
Elizabeth Cieniewicz, Cornell University
Alyssa Koehler, North Carolina State University
Ravin Poudel, University of Florida
Hsien-Tzer Tseng, North Carolina State University
International Travel Award
Diego Fernando Quito-Ávila, Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador
JANE International Service Award
Ranajit Bandyopadhyay, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Nigeria
JANE Research Award
Diana Schultz, Florida Gulf Coast University
Raymond J. Tarleton Student Fellowship Award
Ananda Bandara, Kansas State University
Schroth Faces of the Future Early Career Professionals Symposium Awardees
Alejandra Huerta, Colorado State University
Brian Kvitko, University of Georgia
Febina Mathew, South Dakota State University,
Christopher Wallis, USDA ARS
Student Travel Awards
2017 Undergraduate Awardee
Donald E. Mathre Student Travel Award
Melissa Regnier, Universidad de los Andes
John F. Fulkerson Student Travel Award
Kelly Allen, University of Massachusetts Amherst
H.J. Dubin Student Travel Award in honor of the Peace Corps
Lourena Arone, University of Arizona
Eugene S. Saari and John F. Schafer Joint Student Travel Award
Anita Behari, The Pennsylvania State University
Inaugural Lisa Shepherd Student Travel Award
Shannon Carmody, Washington State University
Malcolm C. Shurtleff Student Travel Award
Ranwnaq Chowdhury, South Dakota State University
Virology Student Travel Award
Will Cody, Texas A&M University
J. Artie and Arra Browning Student Travel Award
Stephen Cohen, Colorado State University
Myron K. Brakke Student Travel Fund
Washington da Silva, Cornell University
Joseph Kuc Student Travel Award
Megan Daniels, Cornell University
Albert Paulus Student Travel Award
Bruna Forcelini, University of Florida
Luis Sequeira Student Travel Award
Gretchen Freed, Washington State University
Donald E. Munnecke Student Travel Award
Nikita Gambhir, University of Nebraska
Tsune Kosuge Student Travel Award
Donald Gillis, University of Georgia
Stephen A. Johnston and Joseph P. Fulton Joint Student Travel Award
Stacey Haack, University of California, Riverside
Indian Phytopathological Society Student Travel Award
Himadri Kaushik, Assam Agricultural University
Kenneth and Betty Barker, and Stuart D. Lyda Joint Student Travel Award
Ram Khadka, The Ohio State University
Roger C. Pearson Student Travel Award
Roshni Kharadi, Michigan State University
Larry Wallace Moore and Dennis H. Hall Joint Student Travel Award
Jeannie Klein, University of Florida
Harold "Sande" McNabb, Jr. and Forest Pathology Joint Student Travel Award
Elisa Lauritzen, Utah State University
Dow AgroSciences and Harry Ernest Wheeler Joint Student Travel Award
Ningxiao Li, The Pennsylvania State University
Janell M. Stevens Johnk Student Travel Award
Prabha Liyanapathiranage, Tennessee State University
Arthur Kelman Student Travel Award
Amelia Lovelace, University of Georgia
Robert W. Fulton Student Travel Award
Lauri Lutes, Oregon State University
Elsie J. and Robert Aycock Student Travel Fund
Dana Martin, The Ohio State University
Gustaaf A. and Ineke C. M. de Zoeten Student Travel Award
Megan McCaghey, University of Wisconsin
Milt and Nancy Schroth Student Travel Award
Michelle Oliveira, University of Florida
H. David Thurston Student Travel Award
Viviana Ortz Londono, Michigan State University
William J. Moller and Kyung Soo Kim Joint Student Travel Award
Larissa Osterbaan, Cornell University
Richard Gabrielson Student Travel Award
Kelly Paugh, University of California - Davis
Zahir Eyal Student Travel Award
Lizbeth Pena-Zuniga, Oklahoma State University
Jose and Silivia Amador and Caribbean Joint Student Travel Awards
Sushma Ponukumati, University of Florida
Evanthia D. and D. G. Kontaxis and Eddie Echandi Joint Student Travel Award
Maria Ratti, University of Florida
William Malcolm Brown, Jr. and Landis International Joint Student Travel Award
John Ridenour, University of Arkansas
Kenneth F. Baker and R. James Cook Student Travel Fund
Pummi Singh, University of Arizona
Joseph M. Ogawa and George Herman Starr Joint Student Travel Award
Shaun Stice, University of Georgia
Raymond G. Grogan Student Travel Award
Spencer Stumpf, University of Georgia
C. Lee Campbell Student Travel Award
Javier Tabima, Oregon State University
Efrat Gamliel-Atinsky Student Travel Award
Kathryn Vescio, University of Massachusetts
Malcolm and Catherine Quigley Student Travel Award
Catherine Wram, Oregon State University
John S. Niederhauser Student Travel Award
Tina Wu, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Raymond D. Martyn Student Travel Award
Mei Zhao, University of Georgia
Past Award Winners
