{"id":9803,"date":"2026-07-16T22:02:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/annual\/?page_id=9803"},"modified":"2026-08-04T21:48:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:48:53","slug":"2026-award-recipients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/annual\/awards\/2026-award-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Award Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charles Porter Award<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Ramon Gonzalez<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/div>

MojiaBio<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

Dr. Ramon Gonzalez is the Chief Scientific Officer of\u00a0MojiaBio\u00a0(a global biomanufacturing company) and the President of the Society for Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology (SIMB, founded in 1949). He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200b<\/span>Dr. Gonzalez's career has spanned the academic, private, and public sectors. Most of his academic work was conducted at Rice University, where he led the laboratory for Metabolic Engineering and Biomanufacturing and rose through the ranks from Assistant Professor to Full Professor. While at Rice, he was the founding director of the Advanced Biomanufacturing Initiative and served as Director of the Energy and Environment Initiative. More recently, Dr. Gonzalez was a Professor and Florida World Class Scholar in the Department of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering at the University of South Florida. In addition to his role as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology (JIMB) from 2015 to 2023, he has served on the Editorial Boards of Science, Biotechnology Journal, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Food Biotechnology. Dr. Gonzalez also served as Program Director with the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) of the U.S. Department of Energy and with the U.S. National Science Foundation, as well as on the Board of Directors of SIMB.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200b<\/span> D<\/span>r. Gonzalez has published over 100 papers in prestigious scientific journals, including Nature and its\u00a0portfolio\u00a0Journals (<\/span>Nature Biotechnology<\/span><\/i>,\u202f<\/span>Nature Catalysis<\/span><\/i>,\u202f<\/span>Nature Metabolism<\/span><\/i>,\u202f<\/span>Nature Chemical Biology<\/span><\/i>,\u202f<\/span>Nature Communications<\/span><\/i>),\u202f<\/span>PNAS<\/span><\/i>, and\u202f<\/span>Science<\/span><\/i>. He is the lead inventor in 25 patents\/patent applications and founded\/co-founded\u00a0Glycos\u00a0Biotechnologies, Creo Ingredients, RBN Bio, and C1Plus Bio. He has advised major industrial bio and Fortune 500 companies and is currently a member of the scientific advisory boards of several companies and research institutions. Dr. Gonzalez has received numerous recognitions, including, Discovery Series Lecture (BioDesign\u00a0Institute, Arizona State University), Tiangong Forum Lecture (TIB-CAS, China), 'Inspiring Wisdom' Distinguished Lecture (SKMML, SJTU, China), AIChE Division 15c Plenary Lecture, ASM Distinguished Lecturer, SDA\/NBB\u00a0Glycerine\u00a0Innovation Research Award, and NSF CAREER Award. Dr. Gonzalez obtained a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Chile, an M.S. in Biochemical Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Valpara\u00edso (Chile), and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Central University \"Marta Abreu\" of Las Villas (Cuba)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Charles Thom Award<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Wenjun Zhang<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/div>

University of California, Berkeley<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

Wenjun<\/span>\u00a0Zhang, Ph.D., is the Charles R. Wilke Endowed Chair and Professor in the Departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. She earned her Ph.D. at UCLA under Yi Tang and completed postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School with Christopher T. Walsh before joining UC Berkeley in 2011. The Zhang Lab\u00a0<\/span>operates<\/span>\u00a0at the interface of chemical biology and industrial microbiology, focusing on natural product discovery, biosynthesis, engineering, and functional study. Dr. Zhang has been recognized with many honors, including the Presidential Early Career\u202fAward\u202ffor Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the NIH Director\u2019s New Innovator\u202fAward, the Sloan Research Fellowship, and the Pew Scholarship.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Early Career Award<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Nandita Kohli<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/div>

Cargill<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

Dr. Nandita Kohli is a Senior Professional Biotechnologist in Core R&D at Cargill, where she leads\u00a0strategic,\u00a0innovation-driven programs\u00a0at the intersection of industrial microbiology, synthetic biology, and biochemical engineering. She earned her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2017 and has since\u00a0built a strong record of translating scientific innovation\u00a0into scalable, commercially impactful technologies.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Kohli's research focuses on microbial fermentation, metabolic engineering, and enzyme-enabled processing to enable sustainable production of food ingredients and bio-based chemicals. She has led the development and commercialization of technologies across edible oil refining, lactic acid fermentation, and microbial manufacturing platforms, delivering\u00a0measurable industrial impact, including multi-million-dollar improvements in process efficiency and product yields.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A key area of her impact is the development of automation and high-throughput (HTP) experimentation platforms, where she established advanced screening and strain characterization capabilities that dramatically increased throughput and accelerated discovery and scale-up. She has also driven cross-capability collaboration and serves as a technical leader\u00a0shaping R&D strategy\u00a0aligned with customer and consumer needs, ensuring innovation pipelines deliver relevant, market-driven solutions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Kohli is a prolific innovator, with 27 patent applications globally, including technologies for sustainable production of molecules such as malonic acid and polyols, as well as novel solutions for plant-based foods, including bio-based pigment systems that address key sensory challenges.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to her research excellence,\u00a0Dr. Kohli is deeply committed to scientific leadership and community impact. She is an active contributor to SIMB as a session organizer, reviewer, and mentor. She also leads the STEM Day at the Minnesota State Fair initiative, engaging over 17,000 participants annually, and serves on the board of a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding access to STEM education for underserved communities.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Kohli's interdisciplinary expertise, strong record of innovation, and\u00a0dedication\u00a0to mentorship and\u00a0outreach\u00a0exemplify the spirit of the SIMB Early Career Award and\u00a0highlight\u00a0her outstanding contributions to industrial microbiology and biotechnology.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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SIMB Fellowship Status<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Michael Resch<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/div>

National Laboratory of the Rockies<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

Michael Resch has been a proud member of SIMB since 2008. At his very first annual meeting \u2014 held at the height of the cellulosic ethanol era \u2014 he co-chaired the Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals poster session. That early experience set the tone for a long record of service to the society, including roles as session convener, invited speaker, and member of both the Annual Meeting Biocatalysis Program Committee and the Membership Committee.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From 2017 to 2020, Michael served as a Director on the SIMB Board of Directors, where he worked to improve\u00a0the conference\u00a0experience for sponsors, organizers, and attendees. His contributions included modernizing the online registration system, launching a more user-friendly mobile program viewer, and standardizing meeting structures across annual and specialty meetings to improve consistency and accessibility.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Michael was elected SIMB President in 2022. His tenure has been defined by a commitment to keeping SIMB's meeting programs dynamic and inclusive \u2014 ensuring that session organizers have the flexibility to integrate emerging scientific topics and that young investigators have meaningful opportunities to lead sessions alongside\u00a0established\u00a0scientific pioneers. Financial stewardship of the society has\u00a0remained\u00a0a central priority, particularly in the face of declining post-pandemic attendance and shifting government research priorities that have created uncertainty across the industrial biotechnology field. Michael has championed SIMB's role as an enduring scientific home where international, academic, industrial, and government stakeholders can connect around\u00a0cutting-edge\u00a0industrial biotechnology.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Michael began his career at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, where he focused on converting lignocellulosic feedstocks into biofuels. This year, NREL became the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), where Michael leads the CO\u2082 Reduction and Upgrading for e-Fuels Consortium (CO2RUe), a U.S. Department of Energy-funded initiative that converts CO\u2082 into fuels and chemicals through electrochemistry and fermentation. His work aims to improve industrial carbon efficiency, create domestic energy products, and reduce U.S. dependency on imports. Michael also contributes to Business Development at NLR, driving industrial collaborations across technologies from bench to pilot scale.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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SIMB Fellowship Status<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Stephen Van Dien<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/div>

Persephone Biosciences, Inc.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

Stephen\u00a0is\u00a0the co-founder and\u00a0Chief Technology Officer\u00a0of Persephone Biosciences, a company\u00a0developing novel therapeutics and consumer products based on the gut microbiome.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>After receiving his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, he spent most of his career in industrial biotechnology;\u00a0notably\u00a013 years at\u00a0Genomatica\u00a0leading the engineering of microbes to produce industrial chemicals, a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based production.\u00a0He\u00a0co-founded Persephone\u00a0in 2017\u00a0along with\u00a0CEO\u00a0Stephanie Culler, to apply the same rigorous\u00a0science to understanding metabolism in the gut and\u00a0its implications toward human health.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Persephone's\u00a0interests include\u00a0colorectal cancer interception,\u00a0the relationship between the microbiome\u00a0and nutrition, and the infant microbiome. The Company\u00a0recently developed\u00a0and commercialized\u00a0an infant probiotic.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Waksman Outstanding Teaching Award<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Mark Blenner<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/div>

University of Delaware<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

Dr. Blenner is\u00a0<\/span>the Thomas & Kipp Gutshall Career Development\u00a0<\/span>Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware<\/span>\u00a0and the Director of the NSF Center for Robust, Equitable, and Accessible Technology and Education (CREATE) for Next Generation\u00a0<\/span>BioFoundries<\/span>. He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University in 2009 and completed three years of postdoctoral training as an American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellow and an NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston.\u00a0<\/span>He has won numerous awards including the\u00a0<\/span>2026 Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2025 Langer Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Excellence,\u00a0<\/span>2022 AIChE Food, Pharmaceutical, and Bioengineering Division Early Career Award, the 2022 Biochemical Engineering Journal Young Investigator Award, the\u00a0<\/span>2021 ACS BIOT Young Investigator Award<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a02019<\/span>\u00a0Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0His research is broadly focused on engineering biomolecular and cellular systems\u00a0<\/span>for the production of<\/span>\u00a0fuels, chemicals, enzymes,\u00a0<\/span>biopharmaceuticals<\/span>\u00a0and biosensors.\u00a0<\/span>He is interested in\u00a0<\/span>accelerating the translation<\/span>\u00a0of synthetic biology\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0environments outside of the lab.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Diversity Student Travel Award<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Kevaughn Prout<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/div>

South Dakota State University<\/p>\n<\/div>

Kevaughn Prout is a 3rd-year graduate student in the Sustainable Bioproducts Lab at South Dakota State University (SDSU), where he is pursuing a PhD in Biological Sciences with a specialization in Microbiology. His research applies a range of techniques to optimize processes for producing high-value pigments from yeasts. A notable feature of Kevaughn's work is his use of regional feedstocks, such as Midwest beet molasses, as the carbon source for generating these bioproducts. Kevaughn earned an MSc in Biotechnology from Alcorn State University<\/span>\u00a0in MS and a BSc in Biotechnology from the University of the West Indies, Mona<\/span>, in Kingston, Jamaica.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Diversity Student Travel Award<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Emily Reagle<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/div>

Yale University<\/p>\n<\/div>

Emily Reagle began research on natural product protein therapeutics in Barry O’Keefe’s lab at the National Cancer Institute. She later earned B.S. degrees in biochemistry and microbiology (honors) from the University of Maryland, College Park. At UMD, she studied Group A\u00a0Streptococcus<\/i>\u00a0virulence in Dr. Kevin McIver’s lab and continued that work after graduation as a laboratory technician. She is currently a microbiology graduate student in Dr. Jason Crawford’s lab at Yale University, where she studies natural products produced by host-associated bacteria and how those molecules affect host-bacterial interactions.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Past Awardees<\/h3><\/div>

<\/i><\/i><\/span>Past Charles Porter Awardees<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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2026 <\/strong>– Ramon Gonzalez
\n2025\u00a0<\/strong>– Ramaraj Boopathy
\n2024<\/strong> – Neal Connors
\n2023<\/strong> – George Garrity
\n2022<\/strong> – Jan Westpheling
\n2021<\/strong> – Nigel Mouncy
\n2020<\/strong> – Debbie Yaver
\n2019<\/strong> – Tim Davies
\n2018<\/strong> – Leonard Katz
\n2017<\/strong> – Paul Cino
\n2016<\/strong> – Badal Saha
\n2015<\/strong> – Tom Jeffries
\n2014<\/strong> – Susan Bagley
\n2013<\/strong> – Elisabeth Elder
\n2012<\/strong> – Carol D. Litchfield
\n2011<\/strong> – Vincent P. Gullo
\n2010<\/strong> – Douglas Jaeger
\n2009<\/strong> – Jeffrey L. Schwartz
\n2008<\/strong> – Richard Baltz
\n2007<\/strong> – Ann Horan
\n2006<\/strong> – Arnold Demain
\n2005<\/strong> – Joan W. Bennett
\n2004<\/strong> – LaVerne Boeck
\n2003<\/strong> – Linda L. Lasure
\n2002<\/strong> – Kristien Mortelmans
\n2001<\/strong> – Robert Acker
\n2000<\/strong> – Joseph J. Cooney
\n1999<\/strong> – Donald G. Ahearn
\n1998<\/strong> – Steve A. Orndorff
\n1997<\/strong> – Jim Karwowski
\n1996<\/strong> – Jennie C. Hunter-Cevera
\n1995<\/strong> – Richard Traxler
\n1994<\/strong> – Claude Nash III
\n1993<\/strong> – George E. Pierce
\n1992<\/strong> – Paula Myers-Keith
\n1991<\/strong> – C. George Hollis
\n1990<\/strong> – Robert G. Berger
\n1990<\/strong> – Lewis R. Brown
\n1989<\/strong> – Robert D. Schwartz
\n1988<\/strong> – George A. Somkuti
\n1987<\/strong> – Forrest S. Moy
\n1986<\/strong> – C. Herb Ward
\n1985<\/strong> – Robert L. Huddleston
\n1984<\/strong> – Allen I. Laskin
\n1983<\/strong> – S. Gaylen Bradley
\n1982<\/strong> – Paul Lemke
\n1981<\/strong> – Leland A. Underkofler
\n1980<\/strong> – William W. Leathen
\n1979<\/strong> – W. Max Star
\n1977<\/strong> – John L. Litchfield
\n1976<\/strong> – Richard L. Raymond
\n1975<\/strong> – Virginia W. Jamison
\n1975<\/strong> – Morris R. Rogers
\n1974<\/strong> – E. Donald Murray
\n1970<\/strong> – Perry Brett
\n1970<\/strong> – Virgil G. Lilly
\n1970<\/strong> – Brinton M. Miller
\n1967<\/strong> – Chester Koda
\n1967<\/strong> – Arthur M. Kaplan
\n1966<\/strong> – Robert W. Squires
\n1960<\/strong> – Earnest A. Walker
\n1960<\/strong> – Charles C. Yeager<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/i><\/i><\/span>Past Charles Thom Awardees<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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2026 <\/strong>– Wenjun Zhang
\n<\/strong>2025<\/strong> – Wilfred Chen
\n2024<\/strong> – Matthew DeLisa
\n2023<\/strong> – Rolf M\u00fcller
\n2022<\/strong> – Eleftherios (Terry) Papoutsakis
\n2021<\/strong> – Lee Lynd
\n2020<\/strong> – Nancy Heller
\n2019<\/strong> – Yi Tang
\n2018<\/strong> – Ben Shen
\n2017<\/strong> – Kristala Prather
\n2016<\/strong> – Huimin Zhao
\n2015<\/strong> – Richard Baltz
\n2014<\/strong> – Gregg Whited
\n2013<\/strong> – William Bentley
\n2012<\/strong> – Sang Yup Lee
\n2011<\/strong> – C. Herb Ward
\n2010<\/strong> – Michael Adams
\n2009<\/strong> – David H. Sherman
\n2008<\/strong> – James Liao
\n2007<\/strong> – Gregory Stephanopoulos
\n2006<\/strong> – Richard Monaghan
\n2005<\/strong> – Claire M. Fraser
\n2004<\/strong> – Geoffrey Michael Gadd
\n2003<\/strong> – J. Gregory Zeikus
\n2002<\/strong> – Michael H. Gold
\n2001<\/strong> – Mervyn Bibb
\n2000<\/strong> – Leonard Katz
\n1999<\/strong> – Akira Kimura
\n1998<\/strong> – C. Richard Hutchinson
\n1997<\/strong> – Rita T. Colwell
\n1996<\/strong> – Simon Silver
\n1995<\/strong> – Teruhiko Beppu
\n1994<\/strong> – Paul A. Lemke
\n1993<\/strong> – Julian Davies
\n1992<\/strong> – Allen I. Laskin
\n1991<\/strong> – Satoshi \u014cmura
\n1990<\/strong> – Charles L. Hershberger
\n1989<\/strong> – Edward Katz
\n1988<\/strong> – William E. Sandine
\n1987<\/strong> – Graham G. Stewart
\n1986<\/strong> – Shukuo Kinoshita
\n1985<\/strong> – Leo C. Vining
\n1984<\/strong> – Richard P. Elander
\n1983<\/strong> – Arthur E. Humphrey
\n1982<\/strong> – Hubert & Mary Lechevalier
\n1980<\/strong> – Clifford W. Hesseltine
\n1979<\/strong> – David Perlman
\n1978<\/strong> – Arnold L. Demain
\n1977<\/strong> – Robert H. Burris
\n1976<\/strong> – Robert L. Starkey
\n1974<\/strong> – Warren P. Iverson
\n1973<\/strong> – H. Boyd Woodruff
\n1971<\/strong> – Leland A. Underkofler
\n1970<\/strong> – Arthur M. Kaplan
\n1967<\/strong> – Kenneth B. Raper<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/i><\/i><\/span>Past Early Career Awardees<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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2026<\/strong> – Nandita Kohli
\n2025<\/strong> – Benjamin Woolston
\n2024<\/strong> – Elizabeth Parkinson
\n2023<\/strong> – Aditya M. Kunjapur
\n2022<\/strong> – Kevin Solomon
\n2021<\/strong> \u2013 Marc Chevrette
\n2020<\/strong> \u2013 Kang Zhou
\n2019<\/strong> \u2013 Davinia Salvach\u00faa
\n2018<\/strong> – No recipient selected
\n2017<\/strong> \u2013 Fuzhong Zhang
\n2016<\/strong> \u2013 Gregg Beckham
\n2015<\/strong> \u2013 Hal Alper
\n2014<\/strong> \u2013 Brian Pfleger
\n2013<\/strong> \u2013 Yasuo Yoshikuni
\n2012<\/strong> \u2013 Radhakrishnan Mahadevan
\n2011<\/strong> \u2013 Goutham Vemuri
\n2010<\/strong> \u2013 Yi Tang
\n2009<\/strong> \u2013 Lianglai Gu
\n2002<\/strong> \u2013 Jacques Ravel
\n2000<\/strong> \u2013 Yongquan (Alex) Xue
\n1998<\/strong> \u2013 Doris M. Kupfer
\n1996<\/strong> \u2013 William E. Bentley
\n1993<\/strong> \u2013 Stephen J. Garger<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/i><\/i><\/span>SIMB Fellows<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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2026<\/strong> – Michael Resch
\n2026<\/strong> – Stephen Van Dien
\n2025<\/strong> – Tim Cooper
\n2025<\/strong> – Laura Jarboe
\n2025<\/strong> – Alexander Beliaev
\n2024<\/strong> – Jay Keasling
\n2024<\/strong> – Nigel Mouncey
\n2024<\/strong> – Kristien Mortelmans
\n2023<\/strong> – Gregory Stephanopoulos
\n2023<\/strong> – Noel Fong
\n2023<\/strong> – Elisabeth Elder
\n2022<\/strong> – Debra Chadick
\n2022<\/strong> – Mahendra Jain
\n2021<\/strong> – Thomas Klasson
\n2020<\/strong> – Krishna Madduri
\n2020<\/strong> – Jonathan Mielenz
\n2019<\/strong> – Scott E. Baker
\n2019<\/strong> – Leonard Katz
\n2019<\/strong> – Tom Kelleher
\n2018<\/strong> – Douglas Eveleigh
\n2017<\/strong> – Nasib Qureshi
\n2017<\/strong> – Brian H. Davison
\n2016<\/strong> – Ramaraj Boopathy
\n2016<\/strong> – Mervyn Bibb
\n2016<\/strong> – Kevin Reynolds
\n2015<\/strong>– atoshi \u014cmura
\n2015<\/strong> – Zhiqiang An
\n2014<\/strong> – Julian Davies
\n2013<\/strong> – Sir David Hopwood
\n2012<\/strong> – Badal C. Saha
\n2011<\/strong> – Stephen Picataggio
\n2011<\/strong> – Hideaki Yukawa
\n2010<\/strong> – Sang Yup Lee
\n2009<\/strong> – Xiaoming (Jerry) Yang
\n2009<\/strong> – J. W. David Wu
\n2009<\/strong> – Deepak Bhatnagar
\n2009<\/strong> – Attila Szentirmai
\n2008<\/strong> – Prakash Masurekar
\n2006<\/strong> – Spiros N. Agathos
\n2005<\/strong> – George M. Garrity
\n2005<\/strong> – Erick Vandamme
\n2004<\/strong> – Gerhard J. Haas
\n2003<\/strong> – Russell Hill
\n2003<\/strong> – Douglas C. Cameron
\n2002<\/strong> – Thomas \u201cEd\u201d Cleveland
\n2002<\/strong> – Carol Litchfield
\n2001<\/strong> – Rodney Bothast
\n2001<\/strong> – Lonnie Ingram
\n2000<\/strong> – Paul L. Skatrud
\n1999<\/strong> – Richard H. Baltz
\n1999<\/strong> – Paul Actor
\n1998<\/strong> – Thomas Jeffries
\n1998<\/strong> – Jean Brenchley
\n1997<\/strong> – Richard Traxler
\n1997<\/strong> – Lewis Brown
\n1997<\/strong> – Jennie C. Hunter-Cevera
\n1996<\/strong> – Joan W. Bennett
\n1996<\/strong> – Ching T. Hou
\n1995<\/strong> – Marvin Weinstein
\n1995<\/strong> – Inge Russell
\n1994<\/strong> – Robert D. Schwartz
\n1994<\/strong> – Louis Kaplan
\n1992<\/strong> – Seymour S. Block –
\n1992<\/strong> – Edward Katz
\n1991<\/strong> – Morris R. Rogers
\n1991<\/strong> – Michael A. Pisano
\n1991<\/strong> – C. George Hollis
\n1990<\/strong> – Robert F. Acker
\n1990<\/strong> – Karl Esser
\n1990<\/strong> – Harold Rossmoore
\n1990<\/strong> – Charles C. Yeager
\n1990<\/strong> – C. Herb Ward
\n1989<\/strong> – Saul L. Neidleman
\n1989<\/strong> – George A. Somkuti
\n1988<\/strong> – Rita R. Colwell
\n1988<\/strong> – Joseph J. Cooney
\n1987<\/strong> – Warren Litsky
\n1987<\/strong> – Robert W. Squires
\n1987<\/strong> – Robert L. Huddleston
\n1987<\/strong> – Richard L. Raymond
\n1987<\/strong> – John Litchfield
\n1987<\/strong> – Donald G. Ahearn
\n1986<\/strong> -Allen I. Laskin
\n1985<\/strong> – Warren P. Iverson
\n1985<\/strong> – Richard P. Elander
\n1985<\/strong> – Leland A. Underkofler
\n1985<\/strong> – Kenneth B. Raper
\n1985<\/strong> – H. Boyd Woodruff
\n1985<\/strong> – Clifford W. Hesseltine
\n1985<\/strong> – Arthur M. Kaplan
\n1985<\/strong> – Arthur E. Humphrey
\n1985<\/strong> – Arnold L. Demain<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/i><\/i><\/span>Past Waksman Outstanding Teaching Awardees<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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2026<\/strong> – Mark Blenner
\n2025<\/strong> – Tochukwu Nwamaka Nwagu
\n2024<\/strong> – Melanie Mormile
\n2023<\/strong> – George Pierce
\n2022<\/strong> – No recipient selected
\n2021<\/strong> – Sidney Crow
\n2020<\/strong> – Rajesh Sani
\n2019<\/strong> – Spiros N. Agathos
\n2018<\/strong> – Reeta Rao
\n2017<\/strong> – Raj Boopathy
\n2016<\/strong> – Lee Lynd
\n2015<\/strong> – Joan Bennett
\n2014<\/strong> – Max H\u00e4ggblom
\n2013<\/strong> – Susan Bagley
\n2012<\/strong> – Susan Jensen
\n2011<\/strong> – Donald Ahearn
\n2010<\/strong> – George Bennett
\n2009<\/strong> – Roy H. Doi
\n2008<\/strong> – Eric Johnson
\n2007<\/strong> – Erick Vandamme
\n2006<\/strong> – Elisabeth Elder
\n2005<\/strong> – J.H. David Wu
\n2004<\/strong> – Kenneth Nealson
\n2003<\/strong> – Thomas D. Brock
\n2002<\/strong> – Ronald Bentley
\n2001<\/strong> – Y.C. Fung
\n2000<\/strong> – Jerald Ensign
\n1999<\/strong> – Maurice Gaucher
\n1998<\/strong> – Joseph J. Cooney
\n1997<\/strong> – James Jay
\n1995<\/strong> – Arnold Demain
\n1993<\/strong> – Lewis R. Brown
\n1991<\/strong> – William R. Chesbro
\n1989<\/strong> – Douglas E. Eveleigh<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/i><\/i><\/span>Past Diversity Travel Awardees<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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2026<\/strong>\u00a0 – Emily Reagle
\n2026<\/strong>\u00a0 – Kevaughn Prout
\n2025<\/strong> – Darcy Hunstiger
\n2024<\/strong> – Bridgie Cawthon Jr.
\n2024<\/strong> – Allison Tang
\n2023<\/strong> – Jos\u00e9 Cediel-Becerra
\n2023<\/strong> – Maya Venkataraman
\n2022<\/strong> – Taylor Andrzejak
\n2022<\/strong> – Amanda Godar
\n2021<\/strong> – Antonio Del Rio Flores
\n2021<\/strong> – Efra\u00edn Rodr\u00edguez-Ocasio
\n2020<\/strong> – Meeting Cancelled<\/em>
\n2019<\/strong> – Andrew Flores
\n2019<\/strong> – Floricel Gonzalez
\n2018<\/strong> – Vanessa Nepomuceno
\n2018<\/strong> – Michelle Olson
\n2017<\/strong> – Allison Werner
\n2017<\/strong> – Amanda Williams-Rhaesa
\n2016<\/strong> – Travis Korash
\n2016<\/strong> – Elena Vinay-Lara<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":7858,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9803","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/annual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/annual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/annual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/annual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/annual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9803"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/annual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9948,"href":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/annual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9803\/revisions\/9948"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/annual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simbhq.org\/annual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}