Ambika Chandra, Ph.D. (center) receiving the B.B. Singh Award for Outstanding Research in Crop Sciences. Standing with Chandra is B.B Singh, Ph.D. (left) and David Baltensperger, Ph.D., professor and department head.
Congratulations to all our faculty, staff and students who received awards during the Soil and Crop Sciences’ annual meeting held on January 14 in College Station.
The department recognized the retirement of Dr. Jaroy Moore, Director, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Lubbock. Moore has been with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service for 53 years. He served as the station leader in Pecos in 1977, then became resident director in El Paso in 1995 before he became the director in Lubbock in 1998.
Fifteen faculty, staff, and students were also recognized and presented with the following awards:
Special Award
B.B. Singh Award for Outstanding Research in Crop Sciences: Ambika Chandra, Ph.D.
Administrative
Administrative Support: Alisa Hairston
Extension Awards
Extension Faculty Award: Scott Nolte, Ph.D.
Collaborating County Extension Agent: Shane McLellan, Ph.D.
Technical/Extension Staff Support: – Field Support: Kyle Turner
Special Service/Recognition: Texas Wheat Producers Board and Association, Amarillo, TX
Rodney Mosier, Executive Vice President and Ms. Steelee Fischbacher, Director of Policy
Research Awards
Research Faculty: Paul DeLaune, Ph.D
Graduate Student Research – Agronomy: Chengsong Hu
Graduate Student Research – Plant Breeding: Zhen Wang
Graduate Student Research – Soil Science: Harrison Cocker
Research Support – Field Support: Dale Mott
Research Support – Lab Support: Chantel Scheuring
Technical Staff Support: Vicki Gergeni
Postdoctoral Research: Heng-An Lin, Ph.D.
Teaching Awards
Teaching – Faculty: William (Bill) Rooney, Ph.D.
Graduate Student Teaching: Andrew Osburn
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- Clayton Moore – Special Achievement Award – Undergraduate Student Support
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- Jaroy Moore, Ph.D., left, with David Baltensperger, Ph.D.
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- Alisa Hairston – Special Achievement Award for Administrative Support
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- Vicki Gergeni – Special Achievement Award for Technical Staff Support – Lab
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- Kyle Turner – Special Achievement Award – Technical Staff Support Field
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- Scott Nolte, Ph.D. – Extension – Faculty
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- Heng An Lin – Postdoctoral Research
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- Harrison Cocker – Graduate Student Research in Soil Science
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- Andrew Osburn – Graduate Student Teaching
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- Chantel Scheuring – Research Support
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- William (Bill) Rooney, Ph.D. – Teaching
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- Shane McLellan, Ph.D. – Collaborating County Extension Agent