2023 Research & Scholarship Awards
The annual Research & Scholarship Awards recognize excellence among artists, scholars, researchers and inventors at East Carolina University. Our faculty’s research and creative activities impact their field, their students, the region and the world.
Event Details
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Harvey Banquet Hall at the Murphy Center
660 Ficklen Dr, Greenville, NC 27858
Event Program
Welcome
Philip Rogers, Chancellor
Remarks
Sharon Paynter, Acting Chief Research and Engagement Officer
Recognition and Presentation of Awards
- Trendsetter Award Winners
- EOSA Cohort
- Inventors
- Five-Year Research and Creative Activity
- Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity
Closing Remarks
Robin Coger, Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
View program slides (PDF)
Lifetime Research Achievement Award for Excellence in Research & Creative Activity
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
Five-Year Research & Creative Activity
Professor, Department of English
Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
Professor, Department of Sociology
Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
US Patent # 11,284,615
Patent Title Cryopreservation Using Sucralose
Anthony Kennedy
Department of Chemistry
Jean-Luc Scemama
Department of Biology
Jitka Virag
Department of Physiology
Edward Pennington
Department of Chemistry, Alumnus*
US Patent # 11,384,336
Compositions and Methods for In Vitro Cultivation and/or Expansion of Regulatory T-Cells
Mark Mannie
Department Microbiology and Immunology
Daniel Wilkinson
Department of Microbiology & Immunology*
US Patent # 11,553,844
Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products For Calculating MetaKG Signals for Regions Having Multiple Sets of Optical Characteristics
Sunghan Kim
Department of Engineering
US Patent # 11,571,401
Compounds, Compositions, Kits, and Methods for Activating Immune Cells and/or an Immune System Response
Rukiyah Van Dross
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Rene Escobedo
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Alumnus*
*Indicates a graduate student alumnus or alumna from that department. These individuals will be inducted into the ECU Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors.
Senior National Association of Inventors Inductees
Robert Todd Watkins
School of Dental Medicine
Sharon Rogers Moore
College of Business
2022 EOSA Cohort
Myshalae Jamerson-Euring
College of Allied Health Sciences
Christine M. Kowalczyk
College of Business
Travis Lewis
College of Education
Shirley Mai
College of Business
Carol Massarra
College of Engineering & Technology
Mitzi Pestaner
College of Nursing
Linda Quick
College of Business
Aimee Smith
Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
Trendsetter Award Nominees
William Leigh Atherton*
Addictions & Rehabilitation Studies
Shahnaz Aziz
Psychology
Margaret Bauer
English
Natasha Bell
Engineering
Kristin Black
Health Education & Promotion
Tiffany Blanchflower
Interior Design and Fashion Merchandising
Ashley Burch
Health Services and Information Management
John Carlson
School of Theatre and Dance
Ricky Castles
Engineering
Charity Cayton
Mathematics, Science, and Instructional Technology Education
Alessandro Didonna
Anatomy and Cell Biology
Helen Dixon
History
Helena Feder
English
Andres Flores
School of Dental Medicine
Brian Glover
English
Christine Habeeb
Kinesiology
Thomas Herron
English
John Hoppenthaler
English
Christy Howard
Literacy Studies, English Education, History Education
Greg Howard
Economics
Robert Hughes
Chemistry
Jae Jung
Radiation Oncology
Brett Keiper
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Jalayer Khalilzadeh
Hospitality Leadership
Andrea Kitta
English
Richard Lamb
Special Education, Foundations, and Research
Jonathan Lee
Economics
Laura Levi Altstaedter
Foreign Languages and Literatures
Travis Lewis
Educational Leadership
Karen Litwa
Anatomy and Cell Biology
Jacquelyn Mallette*
Human Development and Family Science
Cui Meadows
School of Communication
Matt Militello*
Educational Leadership
Sharon Moore
Management/Entreprenuership
Mark Moss
School of Dental Medicine
Michael Muglia
Coastal Studies
Mostafa Namian
Construction Management
Siddharth Narayan*
Coastal Studies
Jocelyn Nelson
School of Music
Mark Newton
Mathematics, Science, and Instructional Technology Education
Thanh Ngo
Finance and Insurance
Ashley Norris
Human Development and Family Science
Adam Offenbacher
Chemistry
Erin Parrish
Interior Design and Fashion Merchandising
Mitzi Pestaner
Baccalaureate Education
Lok Pokhrel
Public Health
(Robert) Martin Reardon
Educational Leadership
Lisa Beth Robinson*
School of Art and Design
Ryan Schacht*
Anthropology
Alexander Schoemann
Psychology
Daniel Shirley
School of Music
Jeffrey Skibins
Recreation Sciences
Chandra Speight
Advanced Nursing Practice and Education
Jessica Teague
School of Theatre and Dance
Trang Tran
Marketing and Supply Chain Management
Alex Vadati*
Engineering
Rukiyah Van Dross*
Pharmacology and Toxicology
Cynthia Wagoner
School of Music
Joi Walker
Chemistry
Stacy Warner*
Kinesiology
Wanda Wright
School of Dental Medicine
Emily Yeager
Recreation Sciences
Kwan Yi
School of Music
*Indicates an award winner. The 2023 Trendsetter Award recipients were announced during the awards ceremony.
2023 Award Ceremony News
