There are four categories of Faculty Awards for Excellence. An awardee is selected from each of the following categories: Early Career Humanities/Social & Behavioral Sciences, Early Careeer STEM/Natural Resources, Sustained Career Humanities/Social & Behavioral Sciences, Sustained Career STEM/Natural Resources
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The Early Career Award recognizes faculty who exhibit exceptional promise within their first seven years with the university. Promise may be demonstrated in scholarship, research, or creativity. Total professional experience since award of highest degree cannot exceed ten years.
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The Sustained Excellence Award recognizes faculty for distinguished career-long, sustained excellence in scholarship, research, or creativity, for a period of fifteen or more years.
| Early Career | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Honoree | Department | Campus |
| 2021 | Brett Johnson | Journalism | UM-Columbia |
| 2021 | Zheng Yan | Biomedical, Biological and Chemical Engineering | UM-Columbia |
| 2020 | Antoinette Landor | Human Development and Family Science | UM-Columbia |
| 2020 | Se Kwon Kim | Physics & Astronomy | UM-Columbia |
| 2020 | Rui Bo | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Missouri S&T |
| 2020 | Fateme Rezaei | Chemical & Biochemical Engineering | Missouri S&T |
| 2019 | Guang Bian | Physics & Astronomy | UM-Columbia |
| 2019 | Zandra de Araujo | Learning, Teaching & Curriculum | UM-Columbia |
| 2018 | James Schiffbauer | Geological Sciences | UM-Columbia |
| 2017 | Justin Walensky | Chemistry | UM-Columbia |
| 2016 | Michela Becchi | Electrical and Computer Engineering | UM-Columbia |
| 2015 | Gavin McLean King | Physics and Biochemistry | UM-Columbia |
| 2014 | Richard Dawes | Chemistry | Missouri S&T |
| 2013 | Suzanna Kay Long | Engineering Management and Systems Engineering | Missouri S&T |
| 2012 | Anthony Caruso | Physics and Astronomy | UM-Kansas City |
| 2011 | Jay J. Thelen | Associate Professor of Biochemistry | UM-Columbia |
| Sustained Career | |||
| Year | Honoree | Department | Campus |
| 2021 | Wendy Reinke | Educational, School and Counseling Psychology | UM-Columbia |
| 2021 | Jagannathan Sarangapani | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Missouri S&T |
| 2020 | Shelly Rodgers | Strategic Communication | UM-Columbia |
| 2020 | Thomas Spencer | Animal Sciences | UM-Columbia |
| 2020 | William Fahrenholtz | Materials Science & Engineering | Missouri S&T |
| 2020 | Kamal Khayat | Civil Engineering | Missouri S&T |
| 2019 | Gary Stacey | Plant Sciences and Biochemistry | UM-Columbia |
| 2019 | Keith Herman | Educational, School, & Counseling Psychology | UM-Columbia |
| 2018 | Sajal Das | Computer Science | Missouri S&T |
| 2017 | Wai-Yim Ching | Physics | UM-Kansas City |
| 2016 | Ashim Mitra | Pharmacy | UM-Kansas City |
| 2015 | James Birchler | Biological Sciences | UM-Columbia |
| 2014 | Jerry Taylor | Genetics and Animal Sciences | UM-Columbia |
| 2013 | Bahram Mashhoon | Department of Physics and Astronomy | UM-Columbia |
| 2012 | Grace Y. Sun | Biochemistry | UM-Columbia |
| 2011 | Nelson Cowan | Professor of Psychology | UM-Columbia |
Reviewed 2021-04-14