ACES celebrates 2025 Funk Awards recipients
The College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences celebrated exceptional faculty, staff, and graduate students at the 2025 Paul A. Funk Recognition Awards banquet on Sept. 15 at Pear Tree Estate. Below is a list of award recipients whom Dean Germán Bollero recognized during the ceremony.
“We are delighted to honor this year’s Funk Award recipients,” Bollero said. “Their dedication to research, teaching, and service reflects the very essence of our college’s mission. Their example calls us all to carry forward the rich legacy of our land-grant tradition with passion and purpose.”
2025 Funk Award Recipients
Paul A. Funk Recognition Award
Juan Loor, Animal Sciences
Spitze Land-Grant Professorial Career Excellence Award
Carl Parsons, Animal Sciences
Runge Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award
Aaron Hager, Crop Sciences
Faculty Award for Global Impact
Hope Michelson, Agricultural and Consumer Economics
Faculty Award for Excellence in Extension
Salah Issa, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Senior Faculty Award for Excellence in Extension
Pratik Banerjee, Food Science and Human Nutrition
Faculty Award for Excellence in Research
Joshua McCann, Animal Sciences
Senior Faculty Award for Excellence in Research
Angela Kent, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
Craig Lemoine, Agricultural and Consumer Economics
Senior Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
Anthony Yannarell, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
John Clyde and Henrietta Downey Spitler Teaching Award
Paul Davidson, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Karl E. Gardner Outstanding Undergraduate Adviser Award
Sihui Ma, Food Science and Human Nutrition
Andrew Steelman, Animal Sciences
Specialized Faculty Teaching Award
Donovan Sanchez, Agricultural and Consumer Economics
Louis V. Logeman Graduate Student Teaching Award
Virnaliz Jimenez, Human Development and Family Studies
Graduate Student Research Award (M.S.)
Karson Bateman, Food Science and Human Nutrition
Graduate Student Research Award (Ph.D.)
Sabrina Summers, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Team Award for Excellence
Center for Digital Agriculture (CDA)
Professional Staff Awards for Excellence
Advising, Teaching, and Outreach:
Brianna Gregg, Office of Academic Programs
Administrative/Management or Technical Contributions:
Daniel Breen, Agricultural and Consumer Economics
Innovation/Creativity:
Jedi Brown, Food Science and Human Nutrition
Sustained Excellence in Research:
Timothy Mies, Crop Sciences
Marcella M. Nance Staff Award
Molly Black, Food Science and Human Nutrition
Staff Award for Excellence
Carie Arteaga, Human Development and Family Studies
Lisa Kelly, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences