Awards - Faculty

Purdue's World Food Prize Laureates Dr. Philip Nelson (2007), Food Science Professor Emeritus and Dr. Gebisa Ejeta (2009), Agro

Awards Received by Food Science Faculty

Current and former members from the Department of Food Science are recognized internationally as experts in their fields. They are invited to travel around the globe to speak and present. Further proof of their excellence is in the awards and leadership positions they receive. Below is a list to name a few of those recognitions.

*Organization*	Name of Award	Name of Recipient(s)
*World Food Prize*	Laureate	Philip Nelson
*Institute of Food Technologists*	President	Philip Nelson
	Bor S. Luh International Award	Bruce Hamaker
	Carl Fellers Award	Philip Nelson S. Suzanne Nielson
	Fellows	James BeMiller James Chambers Philip Nelson S. Suzanne Nielsen Bruce Hamaker Brian Farkas
	Industrial Achievement Award	Philp Nelson
	International Award	Arun Bhunia
	Nicholas Appert Award	Philp Nelson Jozef Kokini
	Research and Development Award	Arun Bhunia Kevin Keener
	Samuel Cate Prescott Award	Mario Ferruzzi
	William Cruess Award	S. Suzanne Nielsen
	W.K. Kellogg International Food Security Award	Bruce Hamaker
	Minnesota Section Harold Macy Award	James BeMiller Kevin Keener Philip Nelson
*American Association of Cereal Chemists*	President	James BeMiller
	Alsberg-French-Schoch Award	James BeMiller Bruce Hamaker
	William F. Goeddes Award	Bruce Hamaker
*American Chemical Society*	Melville Wolfrom Award	James BeMiller
*American Egg Board*	Research Award	Kevin Keener
*American Society of Nutrition*	Mary Swartz Rose Junior Investigator Award	Mario Ferruzzi
	McCormick Science Institue Research Award	Kee-Hong Kim
	ASN – Korean Society of Nutrition Award	Kee-Hong Kim
*American Society of Ag & Bio Engineers*	Nolan Mitchell Young Extension Award	Kevin Keener
*International Association for Food Protection*	Larry Beuchat Young Researcher Award	Haley Oliver
	Maurice Weber Laboratorian Award	Arun Bhunia
	GMA Food Safety Award	Purdue’s Center for Food Safety Engineering
*Japanese Society of Applied Glycoscience*	Medal	James BeMiller
*U.S. Department of Agriculture*	National Excellence in College and University Teaching	S. Suzanne Nielsen
*Purdue University*	Agriculture Research Award	Arun Bhunia Mario Ferruzzi Bruce Hamaker Lisa Mauer S. Suzanne Nielsen
	Agriculture Richard L. Kohls Early Career Award	Haley Oliver
	Agriculture Team Award	International Sorghum & Millet Team Wine Grape Team
	Agriculture Graduate Educator Award	Arun Bhunia Bruce Hamaker S. Suzanne Nielsen
	Agriculture Team Award	International Sorghum & Millet Team Wine Grape Team
	Mortar Board Helen B. Schleman Award	S. Suzanne Nielsen
	Purdue Extension Sharvelle Award	Kevin Keener
	Teaching Academy	Lisa Mauer S. Suzanne Nielsen Haley Oliver
	University Faculty Scholars	James BeMiller Arun Bhunia Lisa Mauer Kee-Hong Kim
	Murphy Undergraduate Teaching Award	S. Suzanne Nielsen Haley Oliver

Through the years, many of our faculty have been recruited to become administrators at other universities, or have received administrative appointments at Purdue. Those, so honored, include:

John Floros, Dean, College of Agriculture, Kansas State University
Richard Linton, Dean, College of Agriculture, North Carolina State University
Mark Morgan, Head, Department of Food Science & Technology, University of Tennessee
S. Suzanne Nielsen, Former Head, Department of Food Science, Purdue University
Rakesh Singh, Head, Department of Food Science & Technology, University of Georgia