Congratulations to the 2025 SIMB Award Recipients

Published on: June 16, 2025

The Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB) is delighted to announce the awardees and honorees who will be recognized at the 75th SIMB Annual Meeting. These exceptional members of the SIMB community have made outstanding contributions to the industry and Society and demonstrated great promise in their work and careers.

Congratulations to this year’s winners!

Charles Porter Awardee: Ramaraj “Raj” Boopathy, Nicholls State University
Charles Thom Awardee and Lecturer: Wilfred Chen, University of Delaware
Early Career Awardee: Benjamin “Ben” Woolston, Northeastern University
SIMB Fellowship Status:
Tim Cooper, Brazen Snake Bio
Laura Jarboe, Iowa State University
Alexander “Alex” Beliaev, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Waksman Outstanding Teacher Awardee: Tochukwu Nwamaka Nwagu, University of Nigeria
Student Diversity Travel Awardee: Darcy Hunstiger, Colorado State University

You can help SIMB celebrate these awardees by joining them at the 75th SIMB Annual Meeting and Exhibition from July 27-30, 2025, in San Francisco, CA. Winners will be recognized throughout the meeting but presented with their awards at the Banquet and Awards ceremony on Tuesday evening, July 29.

For more information on each award, you can visit dev.simbhq.org/annual/awards.