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College of Natural and Applied Sciences gives annual awards for teaching, research

Research is essential in the field of science, so each year the College of Natural and Applied Sciences recognizes exemplary work by its faculty, students and staff .

May 6, 2015 by Strategic Communication

gloves science students research study The College of Natural and Applied Sciences at Missouri State University recently recognized outstanding faculty and staff for the academic school year 2014-15. In addition, many students presented their research at the CNAS Undergraduate Research Day and the Graduate Interdisciplinary Forum.

For the CNAS Faculty/Staff Awards, the award winners were nominated by departmental personnel committees, department heads or students. The nominations were then reviewed by a faculty committee for the faculty/staff awards and by a student committee for the student nominated award.

Each award winner received a certificate and a small monetary award.

CNAS Excellence Award – Staff

  • Brian Grindstaff – CNAS machinist
  • Tara Herring – Biology laboratory supervisor
  • Gale Lininger – CNAS executive assistant

CNAS Faculty Excellence in Service Awards

  • Dr. Paul Durham – Biology
  • Dr. John Heywood – Biology
  • Dr. Bryan Breyfogle – Chemistry
  • Abbe Ehlers – Hospitality and restaurant administration

CNAS Faculty Excellence in Research Awards

  • Dr. Nikolay Gerasimchuk – Chemistry
  • Dr. Kevin Mickus – Geography, geology and planning
  • Eric Bosch – Chemistry

CNAS Faculty Excellence in Teaching Awards

  • Dr. Rich Biagioni – Chemistry
  • Dr. Janice Greene – Biology
  • Dr. Melida Gutierrez – Geography, geology and planning
  • Dr. Paul Schweiger – Biology
  • Dr. Jill Black – Geography, geology and planning

CNAS Student Nominated Awards for Faculty/Staff Excellence

  • Debbie Corcoran – Geography, geology and planning
  • Jorge Rebaza – Mathematics
  • Gigi Saunders – Biology
  • Vera Stanojevic – Mathematics

The 2015 recipient of the Atwood Research and Teaching Award is Durham.Dr. Paul Durham

About the Atwood Research and Teaching Award

The Atwood Research and Teaching Award was endowed by Dr. Jerry Atwood a 1964 graduate of MSU and now an internationally known chemist.  He started his career at University of Alabama in 1967 but has been the department head at University of Missouri-Columbia since 1994.  In addition he was appointed a Curators Professor starting in 1999.  The award winner receives a certificate and $1500 to be spent over the next year on students, research supplies, summer salary or travel.

CNAS Undergraduate Research Dayresearch

The 6th Annual CNAS Undergraduate Research Day was held April 24.There were 45 poster presentations in a variety of categories.

Biology: Ecology, Conservation and Wildlife

First Place: Dana Green

SEASONAL SEX RATIO VARIATION OF GRAY BATS (MYOTIS GRISESCENS) NEAR A HIBERNACULUM IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Lynn Robbins


Second Place: Kendell Loyd

USE OF VISUAL AND CHEMICAL CUES DURING PREDATOR DETECTION IN THE RAINBOW DARTER, ETHEOSTOMA CAERULEUM

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Alicia Mathis

Biology: Cellular, Microbiology and Genetics

First Place: Justin Conover and Chelsea Campbell

PHENOTYPING A SEGREGANT MAPPING POPULATION OF VITIS PIASEZKII X VITIS VINIFERA HYBRIDS FOR QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI ANALYSIS FOR RESISTANCE TO PLASMOPARA VITCOLA

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Laszlo Kovacs


Second Place: Shelby Harris

EVALUATION OF COMMERCIAL SILVER-IMPREGNATED DRESSINGS TO INHIBIT GROWTH OF SILVER-RISISTANT BACTERIA ISOLUATED FROM PATIENTS AT A LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER 

Faculty Adviser: Rhy Norton and Dr. Paul Durham

ChemistryStudent researches in lab

First Place: Adam Kirkpatrick

ROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS:  COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF COMPETING IONIC AND RADICAL PATHWAYS FOR CYCLIZATION 

Faculty Adviser: Dr.Matt Siebert


Second Place: Hillary Mitchell

INKJET-PRINTED MULTI SENSOR ARRAYS ON FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES 

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Adam Wanekaya

Engineering

First Place: Shane Jestus and Bryan Viles

OPERATING A 3 PHASE INDUCTION MOTOR FROM A SINGLE PHASE SUPPLY 

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Robert Egbert


Second Place: Tyler Harris, Daniel Hill, Jesse Sherman

DC TO AC SOURCE CONVERSION

Faculty Adviser: Egbert and Dr. Rohit Dua

 

Geography, Geology and Planning

First Place: Jameelah Rodriguez

GEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF Al, Cd, Pb, AND Zn FOUND IN CREEK SEDIMENT IN AURORA MISSOURI

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Melida Gutierrez


Second Place: Erica Gerweck

DESCRIPTION AND PRELIMINARY INTERPRETATION OF THE PRAIRIE CREEK DIATREME CRATER OF DIAMOND STATE PARK, ARKANSAS:  A RE-EVALUATION OF THE VOLCANIC HISTORY FROM CORE ANALYSIS

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Gary Michelfelder

 

Mathematics

First Place: Aaron Ogle

COUNTING PERFECT MATCHINGS IN GRAPHS

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Les Reid

 

Second Place:  Meagan Leppien and Mena Whalen

DYNAMICS AND BIFURCATIONS OF A CHOLERA EPIDEMIOLOGY MODEL

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Jorge Rebaza

Graduate Interdisciplinary Forum lets science students shine

physics science research student lab

Forty graduate students from CNAS presented their results at the Graduate College Interdisciplinary Forum.  All abstracts are posted at http://graduate.missouristate.edu/currentstudents/IDF.htm.

 

Oral Presentation Awards to CNAS Students

Adrienne Gemberling- Biology

Interactions among Invasive Species in Lakes: A Mesocosm Experiment

Faculty Adviser – Dr. John Havel

 

Alicia Kane – Chemistry

Erbium (III) Tetraphenylporphyrin-Based Ion Selective Electrodes

Faculty Adviser – Dr. Erich Steinle

 

Jay Krystyniak – Biology

Ranavirus Surveillance in a Turtle Community Following Population Declines

Faculty Advisers – Dr. Day Ligon and Dr. Paul Schweiger

 

Poster Presentation Awards to CNAS Students

Shiva Kumar Goud Gadila – Biology

Yeast Dynamin and Clathrin Interaction

Faculty Adviser – Kyoungtae Kim

Matthew Ellis – Chemistry

Gd-Doped Inp/Zns Quantum Dots for Theranostic Applications

Faculty Adviser – Katye Fichter

 

Nicholas Mundt – Chemistry

Design and Development of Quantum Dot Probes with Exceptionally High Fidelity for Single-Molecule Imaging

Faculty Adviser – Katye Fichter

 

Other Awards to CNAS Students and Faculty

Outstanding TA – Justin Drane 

Outstanding Graduate Mentor – Dr. Kyoungtae Kim 

Outstanding Thesis Adviser Awards – Dr. Kartik Ghosh  and  Steinle 

 

 

Filed Under: Awards, Faculty and Staff Page Tagged With: Biology, chemistry, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, engineering, geography geology and planning, mathematics, physics astronomy and materials science, research

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