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


Dr. Yu “Frank” Yang
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences

 

Five-Year Research & Creative Activity


Dr. William P. Banks
Professor, Department of English
Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences

 

 

Dr. Mamadi K. Corra
Professor, Department of Sociology
Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences

 

Scholarship of Engagement 

Dr. Rachel K. Gittman
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences

 

Inventors 

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


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