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The 2025 College of Sciences Awards Ceremony was held on Tuesday, April 29 at 3:00 p.m. to recognize and honor the achievements of faculty, staff, and students.

Dean Gail Dodge along with Associate Deans Jingdong Mao, Joshua Wallach, and Lesley Greene and Operations Manager Gabriel Franke presented the college awards. Two members of the college Advisory Board, Jim Brunelle, and Lynn Clements presented the Faculty Above and Beyond Awards.  Each of the seven department chairs then handed out departmental awards to faculty, staff, undergraduates and graduate students for their hard work.

Dean Dodge said, “Today we honor excellence and the achievements of our faculty, staff, and students.  Congratulations to those winning these awards and to everyone who was nominated! Your hard work and commitment to the College and to ��㴫ý are truly appreciated.”

• Distinguished Research – Moskov Amaryan (Physics)
• Distinguished Early Career Research – Joe Tamborski (Ocean & Earth Sciences)
• Cheng Fund for Innovative Research
  • Isaura Simões (Biological Sciences)
  • Erin Purcell (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
• Distinguished Teaching Award, Adjunct Faculty Erik Johnson (Physics)
• Distinguished Teaching Award, Lecturer Brian Olechnowski (Biological Sciences)  
• Distinguished Teaching Award, Tenure-Track Faculty Gloria Massamba N’Siala (Biological Sciences)  
• Distinguished Teaching Award, Tenured Faculty Lisa Wallace (Biological Sciences)
• Above and Beyond Faculty Award Sponsored by the College of Sciences Advisory Board 
  • Soad Ibrahim (Computer Science)
  • Suzanne Morrow (Psychology)
  • Blair Swoope (Mathematics and Statistics)
• Outreach Award
  • Sampath Jayarathna (Computer Science)
  • Ocean & Earth Science’s Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography (CCPO) Team: Mike Dinniman, Eileen Hofmann, John Klinck, and Julie Morgan
• Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor – Sage Hawn (Psychology)
• Outstanding Advisor – Ashley Doane (Psychology)
• Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant – Laboratory Instruction Tara Williams (Ocean and Earth Sciences)
• Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant – Classroom Instruction Heranga Rathnasekara (Mathematics and Statistics)
• Outstanding M.S. Thesis Award – Sarah Durham (Biological Sciences)
• Lee Entsminger Dissertation Award – Gavindya Jayawardena (Computer Science)
• Outstanding Staff Member – Michelle King (Biological Sciences)       
• Excellence in Graduate Teaching – Eric Walters (Biological Sciences)

To view the list of winners from this year and previous years visit our Faculty Awards website.