Spring 2023 AWARD RECIPIENTS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCE

Congratulations to the Purdue Food Science faculty, staff, and students who received award recognition in late 2022 and early 2023! The exhaustive list of award and scholarship recipients is below.

FACULTY AWARD RECIPIENTS

Dr. Christian Butzke

  • 2022 United States Department of Agriculture Excellence in Extension Award – North Central Region
  • 2022 NACTA - Teaching Award of Merit

Dr. Amanda Deering

  • 2022 Butler Center Faculty Leadership in Action Award

Dr. Bruce Hamaker

  • 30 years of service

Dr. Kee-Hong Kim

  • Outstanding Undergraduate Counselor Award - Department of Food Science
  • 15 years of service

Dr. Steve Lindemann

  • 2022 Cereals and Grain Association Young Scientist Research Award
  • Appointed Philip E. Nelson Endowed Chair in Food Science
  • Outstanding Graduate Educator Award - Department of Food Science
  • Showalter Faculty Scholarship

Dr. Dharmendra Mishra

  • Jack Long Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award - Department of Food Science

Dr. Haley Oliver

  • 150th Anniversary Professor, honored at the Purdue University Named Professorship Ceremony 
  • 2022 United States Department of Agriculture and the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) Regional Teaching Award
  • University of Florida College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Teaching Enhancement Symposium Keynote Speaker

 Dr. Lavanya Reddivari

  • Ralph W. and Grace M. Showalter Research Trust Award, Showalter Trust

Dr. Deandrae Smith

  • Office of International Programs in Agriculture (IPIA) International Travel Grant 

 

STAFF AWARD RECIPIENTS

Cory Brenner

  • Outstanding Service Award - Department of Food Science

Dr. Young Hee Cho

  • 10 years of service

Julie Hancock

  • 5 years of service

Tyler Kallis

  • 5 years of service

Allie Kingery

  • Outstanding Service to Students Award - Department of Food Science

Betty Lewis

  • 25 years of service

Ben Paxson

  • 20 years of service

 

Postdoctoral researchers AWARD RECIPIENTS

Dr. Clay Swackhamer

  • USDA-NIFA postdoctoral fellowship

 

GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD RECIPIENTS

Harrison Helmick

  • Certificate of Excellence: Office of interdisciplinary graduate programming Spring showcase

Connor Horn

  • 2022 Agriculture - Engineering Collaborative Projects Competition for his proposal “Pioneering a Data-Driven Approach to Cellular-Based Meat Food Safety” 

Gurpreet Kaur Chaggar

  • B.J. Liska Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award - Department of Food Science (Fall 2022)
  • Dr. Ron Schmidt Student Travel Award
  • Selected Ph.D. Student for presentation at 2022 North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Conference, Ohio
  • Treasurer and Recipient of Graduate Organization Grant Allocation Award (GSOGA)
  • Food Science Graduate Stent Excellence in Teaching Award

Trevor Lim

  • International Society of Beverage Technologists (ISBT) Scholarship

Vignesh Bose Nathan

  • BJ Liska Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award - Department of Food Science (Spring 2022)

 

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AWARD RECIPIENTS

Chenhai "Steven" Li

  • Undergraduate Research Expo - 2nd place Research Talk

Leah Keesling

  • Academic All-Big Ten Honors