Congratulations to our 2022 Awardees
Awards recognized at Plant Health 2022
I. E. Melhus Awards
Supports graduate student participants selected to present their research at a symposium at the APS Annual Meeting.
 Wanderson Bucker Moraes
The Ohio State University
|  Roy Davis II
Texas A&M University
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Kaique dos Santos Alves
Universidade Federal de Viçosa
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 Isaack Kikway
North Carolina State University
|  Rachel Murray-Watson
University of Cambridge
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Provides support for current APS Student members who submit an abstract and present at Plant Health 2022.
- Jobelle Bruno, Louisiana State University
- Jiyeong Choi, Cornell University
- Kayla Spawton, Washington State University
- Qiurong Fan, University of Arkansas
- Madison Flasco, Cornell University
- Maryam Khalilzadeh, University of Florida, Citrus Research and Education Center
- Yu-Chen Wang, California Polytechnic State University
- Katherine Rivera-Zuluaga, Purdue University
- Arjun Subedi, Southern Illinois University
- Jovana Mijatovic, University of Georgia
- Mariama Brown, Purdue University
- Katherine LaTourrette, University of Nebraska
- Sherif Sharfadine, University of Arkansas
- Andrea Gómez, North Carolina State University
- Eric Branch, Cornell University
- Shiv Singla, University of Nebraska
- Michelle Paukett, Penn State University
- Kensy Rodriguez, Louisiana State University
- Wanita Dantes, Clemson University
- Meher Ony, University of Tennessee- Knoxville
- Wenting Wang, University of Florida
- Ana Vazquez-Catoni, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Caleb Mathias, University of Kentucky
- Soumya Ghosh, The Ohio State University
- Isabel Emanuel, The Ohio State University
- LeAnn Lux, North Dakota State University
- Madeline Henrickson, University of Delaware
- Victoria Hoyle, Cornell University
- Santosh Sanjel, University of Florida
- Aaron Onufrak, University of Tennessee- Knoxville
Other APS Foundation Awards
Books for the World Award
Helps scientists, educators, extension personnel, and other agriculturalists in developing countries acquire educational materials from APS PRESS.
Nasir Ahmed Rajput
University of Agriculture
Pakistan
Buncha Chinnasri
Kasetsart University
Thailand
Abdulkadir Dalha Isa
Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
Nigeria
Sobodh Khanal
Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science
Nepal
Santosh Lohani (picture not available)
Horticulture Research Station
Nepal
Frank L. Howard Undergraduate Fellowship Fund
This fund supports undergraduate research projects in plant pathology.
Emma Barrett
Colorado State University
French-Monar Latin American Award
Provides support for a Latin American plant pathologist to attend an annual meeting of APS, publish in journals, or pay for APS membership.
Diego Ernesto Gutierrez Castillo
Colorado State University
Lafayette Frederick Diversity in Mentoring Award
Provides mentored experiences in plant pathology for students and postdocs from underrepresented minority groups, with the ultimate goal of increasing diversity in APS and the plant health community at large.
Renata Belisario
University of Kentucky
Sara Thomas-Sharma
Louisiana State University
Mathre Student Educational Award
Provides support for student endeavors which further their education outside of the APS Annual Meeting.
Temilade M. Fetuga, Nigeria
OPSR Plant Pathology Experiential Awards
In collaboration with the APS Foundation, the APS Office of Private Sector and Relations (OPSR) offers two experiential awards: individual (annually) and departmental (every two years).The purpose of this award is to support professional development, learn about career opportunities and/or gain technical expertise in support of current research endeavors.
Recipient: Association of Plant Pathology Scholars (APPS) from the University of Kentucky
Raymond J. Tarleton Student Fellowship
Provides support to plant pathology graduate students for expenses related to their research, equipment, education, and skills development.
Marilen Nampijja
Washington State University
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