New Mexico State University President Garrey Carruthers and Vice President for Research Vimal Chaitanya recognized university faculty members and staff earlier this month who have generated $500,000 or more in research funding during the past fiscal year, 2013.
"These top staff and faculty researchers are leading the university's efforts to attract vital funding for critical research projects," Chaitanya said. "I appreciate their excellent work and am pleased that we are able to recognize their efforts."
Those honored at a December dinner include:
$1,000,000+
Katherine Bachman, Extension Home Economics Program Unit, ACES
Shelly Bucher, Family and Consumer Sciences, ACES
Alexander Fernald, Animal and Range Sciences, ACES
R. Edmund Gomez, Extension Economics, ACES
David Thompson, Agricultural Experiment Station, ACES
Jeffrey Arterburn, Chemistry and Biochemistry, A & S
Gary Eiceman, Chemistry and Biochemistry, A & S
Jon Holtzman, Astronomy, A & S
Susan Brown, Institute For Excellence In Math & Science Education, ED
Amanda Gibson-Smith, Doña Ana Headstart Program, ED
Abbas Ghassemi, Waste Management Education and Resources Consortium, ENG
Russell Hardy, CA Environmental Monitoring and Resources Center, ENG
David Jauregui, Civil and Geological Engineering, ENG
Cornell Menking, International & Border Programs, OTHER
Jerry Anderson, PSL Information Science, PSL
Danny Ball, PSL Space Aerospace, PSL
Ray Bernstein, PSL Information Science, PSL
Joanne Esparza, PSL Information Science, PSL
John Fountain, PSL Space Aerospace, PSL
Mike Garcia, PSL Information Science, PSL
Stephen Hottman, PSL Space Aerospace, PSL
Marcos Quiñones, PSL Space Aerospace, PSL
Kris Havstad, Jornada Experimental Range Headquarters, USDA
Debra Peters, Jornada Experimental Range Headquarters, USDA
Kathy Hansen, Arrowhead Center, VPED
Patricia Hynes, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, VPR
$500,000+
Jon Boren, Cooperative Extension Service, ACES
James Cain, Fishery and Wildlife Sciences, ACES
Martha Desmond, Fishery and Wildlife Sciences, ACES
Esther Devall, Family and Consumer Sciences, ACES
Mary O'Connell, Plant and Environmental Sciences, ACES
Jennifer Randall, Entomology Plant Pathology and Weed Science, ACES
Carol Turner, Extension Home Economics Program Unit, ACES
Jeffrey Bacon, ALBCC Alamogordo Branch Community College, ALCC
Jarrold Rupe, ALBCC Regular Academic Instruction, ALCC
Donovan Bailey, Biology, A & S
Reta Beebe, Astronomy, A & S
Cynthia Bejarano, Criminal Justice, A & S
Michael Johnson, Chemistry and Biochemistry, A & S
Satyajayant Misra, Computer Science, A & S
Michelle Montaño, Criminal Justice, A & S
Stephen Pate, Physics, A & S
Enrico Pontelli, Computer Science, A & S
Ralph Preszler, Biology, A & S
Elba Serrano, Biology, A & S
Sergei Smirnov, Chemistry and Biochemistry, A & S
Valerie Davis, CABCC Grant Funded Programs, CACC
Bertha Jasso, CABCC Grant Funded Programs, CACC
Elizabeth Cahill, Curriculum and Instruction, ED
Anita Hernandez, Curriculum and Instruction, ED
Luis Huerta, Curriculum and Instruction, ED
Jonathan Schwartz, Counseling and Educational Psychology, ED
Karin Wiburg, Education College, ED
Charles Creusere, Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ENG
Ruinian Jiang, Engineering Technology, ENG
Andrew Rosenthal, Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ENG
Gayle Lundgren-Whitson, GRBCC Contract Programs, GRCC
Mark Kittleson, Public Health Sciences, HSS
Felicia Frost, NMDA Marketing and Development Division, NMDA
Julie Maitland, NMDA Agricultural Programs and Resources Division, NMDA
Bonnie Rabe, NMDA Agricultural and Environmental Services Division, NMDA
K. Doug Davis, PSL Space Aerospace, PSL
Kenneth Saunders, PSL Space Aerospace, PSL
David Valencia, PSL Information Science, PSL
Albert Rango, Jornada Experimental Range Headquarters, USDA
Anthony Marin, The Center for Academic Success, VPSA