Faculty Awards 2025
| Carlos A. Urrea | Journal of Plant Registrations 2024 Editor's Citation for Excellence |
Professorships
| Thomas Clemente | Eugene W. Price Distinguished Professor of Biotechnology |
| Cody F. Creech | Fenster Professor of Dryland Agriculture |
| George Graef | Nebraska Soybean Producers Presidential Chair of Soybean Breeding |
| Patricio Grassini | Sunkist Fiesta Bowl Distinguished Professor in Agronomy |
| David Hyten, Jr. | Haskins Professorship in Plant Genetics |
| Martha Mamo | John E. Weaver Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture |
| Daniel Schachtman | George W. Holmes Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture |
| James Schnable | Corn Checkoff Presidential Chair |
| Harkamal Walia | Heuermann Chair of Agronomy |
| Jinliang Yang | Charles O Gardner Professorship of Agronomy |
Staff Awards 2024
| Frank Bright | SAC Pesticide Safety Education Program Team Special Contributions Award |
| Greg Dorn | Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor Exceptional Excellence Award |
| Lisa Hilfiker | SAC Professional Development Award |
| Julie Jacobs | UNL Staff Senate Recognition Committee Customer Service Award SAC Pesticide Safety Education Program Team Special Contributions Award |
| T. J. McAndrew | SAC Special Contributions Award |
| Greg Puckett | American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators Distinguished Achievement in Pesticide Safety Education SAC Pesticide Safety Education Program Team Special Contributions Award |
| Vicki Schroeder | SAC Pesticide Safety Education Program Team Special Contributions Award |
| Stephanie Shulze | SAC Pesticide Safety Education Program Team Special Contributions Award |
| Tamara Sukhova | AHGSA Staff Appreciation Award |
| Lan Xu | SAC Professional Development Award |
Faculty Awards 2024
| Andrea Basche | American Society of Agronomy Environmental Quality Section Inspiring Early Career Scientist Award |
| Guillermo Balboa | AHGSA Faculty Appreciation Award |
| Humberto Blanco | 2024 Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List |
| Nicolas Cafaro La Menza | Elected ASA Applied Soybean Research Community Vice Leader |
| Tom Clemente | 2024 Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List Nebraska Soybean Board Larry Tonniges Research Achievement Award |
| S. Carolina “Caro” Córdova | Center for Great Plains Studies Fellow Nebraska Extension Excellence in Extension – Collaboration |
| Aaron Lee M. Daigh | Soil Science Society of America President-Elect Agronomy Journal Editor’s Citation for Excellence Award for Outstanding Service – Associate Editor Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems Editor’s Citation for Excellence Award for Outstanding Service – Associate Editor Appointed to National Academies' US National Committee for Soil Sciences |
| Christian Elowsky | Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Program Honor |
| Katherine Frels | Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor Harold & Esther Edgerton Junior Faculty Award |
| Roch Gaussoin | Distinguished Service Award, Nebraska Chapter-Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Lifetime Achievement Award, Rocky Mountain Regional Turfgrass Association 2024 Outstanding Paper in Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management – Applied Turfgrass Science titled “A Review of Precision Management for Golf Course Turfgrass." Authors Michael Carlson, Roch Gaussoin and Laila Puntel. |
| Patricio Grassini | ASA International Agronomy Award 2024 Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List |
| Terri James | Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Educator Award |
| Amit Jhala | Gamma Sigma Delta Merit in Research Award Nebraska Extension Excellence in Extension – Research Based Nebraska Cooperative Extension Association Outstanding Mid-Career Extension Award |
| Stevan Z. Knezevic | Serbian Weed Science Society Certificate of Appreciation |
| John Lindquist | 2024 Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List |
| Nicolas McMillan | Center for Great Plains Studies Fellow |
| Brooke McWherter | Center for Great Plains Studies Fellow Office of Research and Innovation’s Research Development Fellows Program |
| Bijesh Maharjan | Omtvedt Innovation Award for Extension Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Society Commendation Award |
| Martha Mamo | 2023 Nebraska Certified Crop Advisor Innovator Award |
| Jeffrey Mower | 2024 Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List |
| Paul Read | American Society of Enology and Viticulture – Eastern Section Distinguished Service Award |
| Daren Redfearn | CSSA Fellow ASA Fellow |
| James Schnable | Office of Graduate Studies Outstanding Postdoc Mentor Award 2024 Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List |
| Daniel Schachtman | 2024 Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List |
| Christian Stephenson | Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Program Honor |
| Kim Todd | Pi Alpha XiAlpha Gamma Chapter President’s Citation |
| Daniel Uden | Agricultural Research Division Junior Faculty for Excellence in Research Award |
| Harkamal Walia | National Strategic Research Institute Fellow 2024 Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List |
| Brian Waters | 2024 Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List |
| Sam E. Wortman | 2024 Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List |
Staff Awards 2021-2023
| Fran Benne | AHGSA Staff Appreciation Award |
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| Svetlana Chistopolskaya | SAC Special Contribution Award |
| Cheryl Dunn | UNL Family & Friends Recognition Award SAC Special Contributions Award |
| Lisa Hilfiker | AHGSA Staff Appreciation Award |
| Dani Jones | AHGSA Staff Appreciation Award |
| Mike Livingston | AHGSA Staff Appreciation Award IANR Exemplary Service Award |
| Andrew Loseke | SAC Special Contributions Award |
| Casey Lundberg | SAC Special Contributions Award |
| Thomas McAndrew | IANR Omtvedt Servant Leader Award |
| Kay McClure | IANR Outstanding Employee Award |
| Mitch Montgomery | SAC Special Contributions Award |
| Kaye Wolfe | SAC Special Contribution Award AHGSA Staff Appreciation Award |
Faculty Awards 2021-2023
| Keenan Amundsen | Agronomy and Horticulture Graduate Student Association Faculty Appreciation Award |
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| P. Stephen Baenziger | Nebraska Crop Improvement Association Presidential Award of Excellence |
| Andrea Basche | Dinsdale Family Faculty Award American Society of Agronomy Early Career Award Environmental Quality Community of the American Society of Agronomy Inspiring Early Career Scientist Award UNL Family & Friends Recognition Award |
| Humberto Blanco | Soil Science Society of America Fellow Shirley H. Phillips Distinguished Lecture in No-Till Agriculture Award ASA Fellow |
| Mark Canney | Alpha Gamma Chapter of Pi Alpha Xi President’s Citation |
| Tom Clemente | NUtech Ventures Prem S. Paul Innovator of Year Award |
| Caro Cordova | Long-term Agroecosystems Research Network Early Career Award |
| Cody Creech | Fenster Professor of Dryland Agriculture |
| Charles Francis | Excellence in Extension Team Award for Innovation |
| Katherine Frels | Foundation for Innovation in Healthy Food Heroes Award |
| Patricio Grassini | IANR Omtvedt Innovation Award in Research Gamma Sigma Delta Research Nebraska Chapter Award NUtech Ventures Creative Work Award for Global Yield Gap Atlas |
| Roch Gaussoin | USGA Green Section Award |
| John Guretzky | Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management Outstanding Paper Award |
| Terri James | American Society for Horticultural Science Extension Division Education Materials Award for Outstanding Fact Sheet National Excellence in Extension Team Award |
| Amit Jhala | Indian Society of Weed Science Fellow American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Superior Paper Award in Information Technology Sensors, & Congrol System Weed Science Society of America U.S. Herbicide-Resistance Action Committee Herbicide-Resistant Weed Management Award Nebraska Cooperative Extension Association Outstanding Mid-Career Extension Award |
| Michael Kaiser | UNL Family & Friends Recognition Award, 2021 |
| Stevan Knezevic | North Central Weed Science Society Fellow |
| David Lambe | CASNR Holling Family Sustained Excellence in Teaching and Learning Faculty Award |
| Nevin Lawrence | Western Society of Weed Science Outstanding Weed Scientist – Early Career |
| Marc Libault | Plant Cell Atlas Service and Leadership Award |
| John Lindquist | WSSA Outstanding Research Award |
| Martha Mamo | Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management Outstanding Paper Award ASA Fellow |
| Laila Puntel | International Conference on Farmer-centric On-Farm Experimentation Best e-Presentation (Session 1b) ASA Early Career Award |
| Paul Read | President of the Nebraska Chapter Honor Society of Agriculture (Gamma Sigma Delta) |
| Leah Sandal | Omtvedt Innovation Team Award for Cultivate ACCESS |
| Walt Schacht | Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management Outstanding Paper Award |
| Kim Todd | UNL Family & Friends Recognition Award |
| James Schnable | German PhenoRob Cluster of Excellence Fellow |
| Anne Streich | Lawrence K. Crowe Undergraduate Advisor Award |
| Dirac Twidwell | Nebraska Cattlemen Foundation Nebraska Range and Conservation Endowment Award U.S. Forest Service Grassland Education Award Nebraska Prescribed Fire Council Fire Ignitor Award Texas Section of the Society for Range Management Best Technical Science Publication Award |
| Jerry Volesky | Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management Outstanding Paper Award |
| Sam Wortman | AHGSA Faculty Appreciation Award CASNR College Distinguished Teaching Award |
| Haishun Yang | NUtech Ventures Creative Work Award for Global Yield Gap Atlas |
| Becky Young | Holling Family Teaching Excellence Award for Early Achievement Faculty |
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| Kenneth Cassman | NUtech Ventures Creative Work Award for Global Yield Gap Atlas |
| Jim Specht | Nebraska Soybean Board Larry Tonniges Research Achievement Award |
Staff Awards 2020
| Name | Award |
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| Fran Benne | Staff Advisory Committee Special Contributions Award |
| Tomie Galusha | Staff Advisory Committee Special Contributions Award |
| Julie Jacobs | American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators North Central Region Professional Recognition Award |
| Vicki Schroeder | American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators North Central Region Professional Recognition Award |
Faculty Awards 2020
| Name | Award |
|---|---|
| P. Stephen Baenziger | Nebraska Wheat Growers Association Outstanding Achievement Award |
| Humberto Blanco | Soil Science Society of America Fellow |
| Mark Canney | UNL Teaching Council and Parents Association Certificate of Recognition for Contribution to Students |
| Christian Elowsky | UNL Teaching Council and Parents Association Certificate of Recognition for Contribution to Students |
| Roch Gaussoin | American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow |
| George Graef | NUtech Ventures Prem S. Paul Innovator of the Year award |
| Patricio Grassini | Agronomy Society of America W.L. Nelson Award for Diagnosing Yield-Limiting Factors Clarivate™ Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher |
| David Holding | UNL Teaching Council and Parents Association Certificate of Recognition for Contribution to Students |
| Javed Iqbal | University of Nebraska–Lincoln 2020-21 Research Development Fellow |
| Terri James | Excellence in Extension Team Award - Engagement for the program Growing Together Nebraska |
| Diego Jarquin | National Association of Plant Breeders Early Career Scientist Award |
| Amit Jhala | Nebraska’s Alpha Upsilon Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi Early Career Outstanding Extension Leadership Award |
| Stevan Knezevic | NUtech Ventures Startup Company of the Year Award |
| David Lambe | UNL Teaching Council and Parents Association Certificate of Recognition for Contribution to Students |
| Donald Lee | UNL Teaching Council and Parents Association Certificate of Recognition for Contribution to Students |
| Clyde Ogg | American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators Life Membership |
| Daren Redfearn | Omtvedt Innovation Award-Extension Team Award |
| Walter Schacht | UNL Teaching Council and Parents Association Certificate of Recognition for Contribution to Students |
| Daniel Schachtman | George Holmes University Professor of Agronomy |
| James Schnable | The Plant Phenome Journal 2020 Outstanding Paper |
| Anne Streich | Executive Vice Chancellor’s Office Faculty Fellows for Student Success |
| Kim Todd | UNL Teaching Council and Parents Association Certificate of Recognition for Contribution to Students |
| Sam Wortman | ARD Junior Faculty Excellence in Research Award |