Awards and Honors
UNH Distinguished Professor Award
Paul Tsang, professor
COLSA Excellence in Teaching Award
Michael Simmons, senior lecturer
COLSA Outstanding Advisor Award
Leslie Curren, senior lecturer
UNH Outstanding Associate Professor Award
Jessica Ernakovich, associate professor
UNH Presidential Award of Staff Excellence
Jonathon Ebba, Extension field specialist
Dean’s Awards for Distinction
Melissa Aikens, associate professor
Kyle Riding, associate professor
Megan Enos-Fournier, senior lecturer
Tim Montminy, principal lecturer
Brett Gunn, lecturer
Paul Tsang, professor
Jen Surina, academic program manager
Mike Harris, 4-H program manager
Ana Knezevic, senior financial planning & analysis specialist
Leslie Brough ’23, Organic Dairy Research Farm staff
Isagani Kimball ’10, Organic Dairy Research Farm staff
Luke Pacchioli, Organic Dairy Research Farm staff
Jason Scruton ’00, Organic Dairy Research Farm staff
COLSA Community of Teaching and Research Scholars Award
Adam Wymore, associate professor
Robert Summers Professor of Biology
Nathan Furey, associate professor
Josephine A. Lamprey Professorship in Climate and Sustainability
Wilfred Wollheim, professor
Thomas W. Haas Professorship in Sustainable Food Systems
Analena Bruce, associate professor
UNH Partnership of the Year Award
Ben Fraser, visiting assistant professor
Peter Davis, manager, UNH Farm Services Operations
Carl Majewski, Extension field specialist
2025 Sustaining Fellow from the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography
Elizabeth Harvey, associate professor
Social Science & Ecoforecasting Award
Ranjit Bawa, assistant professor
National Award in Forest Science, Society of American Foresters
Mark Ducey, professor
UNH Faculty Scholars Award
Catherine Ashcraft, associate professor
Hamel Center Undergraduate Mentor Award
Sarah Walker, assistant professor
Dissertation Year Fellowship
Mairi Poisson ’30G
Josh Willems ’28G
Lawrence Gordon ’27G
Olivia Williams ’27G
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Maggie Krein ’27G
Torin Scalora-Riley ’32G
Emma Alstott ’29G
Kaila Frazer ’29G
Graduate School Three-Minute Thesis Awards
First Place
Chukwuebuka Nkwocha ’30G
Second Place
Rawan AlSarraf ’27G
People’s Choice Award
Ashif Abir ’29G
TEDx Portsmouth Award
Shayan Raad ’29G
TEDx Portsmouth Honorable Mention
Alexandra Gomez ’26G
Chukwuebuka Nkwocha ’30G
Summer NASA Fellowship
Kailey Paar ’29G
UNH Space Grant Fellowship
Peter Tansey ’26G
Vandy Vandewater ’30G
Graduate Student Teaching and Research Awards
Sierra Rose Walsh ’29G
Aliya Caldwell ’26G
Graduate Student Research/Scholarship/Creativity Award
Camryn Berry ’26G
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Nicole Wettstein ’27
Marley Shepherd ’27
Remick McIntyre ’27
Somer Loto ’28
Tyler Hamel ’27
Calista Kerls ’26
Joseph Faherty ’27
MaryKate Callaghan ’27
Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program
Lili Cook ’29
Tyler Durand ’29
Hayden Slaughter ’29
Undergraduate Research Award
Evan Christensen ’27
Award of Excellence and Phi Beta Kappa Prize for Undergraduate Research
Lyv Dubois ’26
COLSA Undergraduate Research Conference
Award of Excellence
Caitlin Valerian ’26
Most Outstanding Oral Presentation
Olivia Boyan ’26
Poster Awards of Excellence
Nicolas Caporale ’26
Sophie Clark ’28
Ava Prieto ’26
Most Outstanding Poster Presentation
Ben Begin ’27
Most Outstanding Poster Presentation Runners-Up
Grace Bemis ’26
Ella Mack ’26
Poster Presentation Honorable Mentions
Sarah Glennon ’26
Kaylee Shipps ’26
Lauren Barnes ’26
Daryna Serediuk ’26