Faculty Awards

National Academy of Sciences Member
Jeffrey Bennetzen, Genetics (2004)
Susan Wessler, Plant Biology, Genetics (1998)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow
Jim Leebens-Mack, Plant Biology (2017)
Wayne Parrott, CAGT, Crop & Soil, IPBGG (2017)
CJ Tsai, Forestry, Genetics (2017)
Katrien Devos, Plant Biology, Crop & Soil Sciences (2016)
Esther van der Knaap, Horticulture (2014)
Debra Mohnen, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (2013)
Lisa Donovan, Plant Biology (2012)
Scott Jackson, Crop & Soil Sciences (2010)
Alan Darvill, Plant Biology (2010)
Peggy Ozias-Akins, Horticulture (2009)
Russell Malmberg, Plant Biology (2008)
Michelle Momany, Plant Biology (2008)
Andrew Paterson, Plant Biology, Crop & Soil Sciences, Genetics (2008)
Sarah Covert, Forestry (2007)
Kelly Dawe, Plant Biology, Genetics (2007)
Michael Arnold, Genetics (2005)
Jeffrey Bennetzen, Genetics (2005)
Richard Meagher, Genetics (2005)
David Knauft, Horticulture (2002)
Roger Boerma, Crop & Soil Sciences (1996)
James Hamrick Plant Biology (1989)
Lee Pratt, Plant Biology (1988)
Peter Albersheim, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (1983)
Stephen Hubbell, Plant Biology (1981)
Clanton Black, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (1976)
Gayther Plummer, Botany (1965)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Member
Susan Wessler, Plant Biology, Genetics (2007)
Stephen Hubbell, Plant Biology (2003)
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Scott Jackson, Crop & Soil (2011-)
Chung-Jui Tsai, Forestry and Genetics (2008-)
Steve Knapp, Crop & Soil (2004-2010)
Jeffrey Bennetzen, Genetics (2003-)
American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Adolph E. Gude Jr. Award
Joe Key, Plant Biology (2016)
ASPB Charles Albert Shull Award
Lee Pratt, Plant Biology (1981)
Peter Albersheim, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (1973)
ASPB Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award
Joe Key, Plant Biology (2000)
Fellow of ASPB Award
Peter Albersheim, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (2009)
Clanton Black, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (2009)
Joe Key, Plant Biology (2007)
American Society for Horticultural Science Graduate Educator of the Year
Marc van Iersel, Horticulture (2016)
British Ecological Society Marsh Award
Stephen Hubbell, Plant Biology (2004)
Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences
Robert Schmitz, Genetics (2015)
NSF CAREER Award
Alex Bucksch, Plant Biology, Forestry, Bioinformatics (2019)
Brian Kvitko,Plant Pathology (2019)
Jill Anderson, Genetics, Ecology (2016)
David Nelson, Genetics (2014)
Andrea Sweigart, Genetics (2014)
Cotton Genetics Research Award
Peng Chee, Crop & Soil Sciences (2016)
Andrew Paterson, Crop & Soil Sciences, Plant Biology, Genetics (2008)
Guggenheim Fellow
Jeffrey Bennetzen, Genetics (2008)
Andrew Paterson, Plant Biology, Crop & Soil, Genetics (2007)
FFAR New Innovators in Food and Agriculture Research
Jason Wallace, Crop & Soil Sciences (2018)
Fulbright Scholar
Lisa Donovan, Plant Biology (2009)
Jeffrey Bennetzen, Genetics (2008)
Clanton Black, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (1998)
International Academy of Wood Science Fellow
Chung-Jui Tsai, Forestry (2013)
Jeffrey Dean, Forestry (2008)
UGA Athletic Association Professorship
Kelly Dawe, Plant Biology, Genetics (2019)
UGA Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor
Rodney Mauricio, Genetics (2016)
UGA University Professor
Russell Malmberg, Plant Biology (2014)
UGA Regents Professor
Andrew Paterson, Plant Biology, Crop & Soil, Genetics (2012)
James Hamrick, Plant Biology (2008)
Susan Wessler, Plant Biology, Genetics (2005)
Alan Darvill, Plant Biology (2003)
UGA Creative Research Medal
Katrien Devos, Plant Biology, Crop & Soil (2017)
Jim Leebens-Mack, Plant Biology (2016)
Peggy Ozias-Akins, Horticulture (2015)
John Burke, Plant Biology (2013)
Michael Hahn, Plant Biology (2012)
Scott Merkle, Forestry (2011)
Lisa Donovan, Plant Biology (2006)
Kelly Dawe, Plant Biology, Genetics (2000)
UGA Distinguished Research Professor
John Burke, Plant Biology (2019)
Peggy Ozias-Akins, Horticulture (2017)
Lisa Donovan, Plant Biology (2014)
Michael Arnold, Genetics (2012)
Kelly Dawe, Plant Biology, Genetics (2011)
Richard Meagher, Genetics (2007)
Stephen Hubbell, Plant Biology (2003)
Andrew Paterson, Plant Biology, Crop & Soil, Genetics (2002)
Roger Boerma, Crop & Soil (1994)
Susan Wessler, Plant Biology, Genetics (1994)
James Hamrick, Plant Biology (1990)
Peter Albersheim, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (1985)
Clanton Black, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (1982)
UGA Entrepreneur of the Year
Marc van Iersel (2019)
UGA Inventor’s Award
Roger Boerma, Crop & Soil (2011)
Richard Meagher, Genetics (2004)
UGA Lamar Dodd Award
Jeffrey Bennetzen, Genetics (2014)
Andrew Paterson, Plant Biology, Crop & Soil, Genetics (2009)
Stephen Hubbell, Plant Biology (2006)
Richard Meagher, Genetics (2001)
UGA Graduate School Outstanding Mentoring Award
Harald Scherm, Plant Pathology (2016)
UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences D.W. Brooks Distinguished Professor
Peggy Ozias-Akins, Horticulture (2015)
Richard Hussey, Plant Pathology (1992)
UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences D.W. Brooks Award for Excellence in Research
Tim Brenneman, Plant Pathology (2016)
Andrew Paterson, Crop & Soil (2005)
Wayne Parrott, Crop & Soil (1997)
H. Roger Boerma, Crop & Soil (1994)
Richard S. Hussey, Plant Pathology (1991)
UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences D.W. Brooks Award for Excellence in Global Programs
Wayne Parrott, Crop & Soil (2016)
UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences D.W. Brooks Diversity Award
Ron Walcott, Plant Pathology (2016)
Scott Gold, Plant Pathology (2010)