The University of Toledo recognized faculty members who secured external support for their research programs over the 2018-20 period with the 2021 Awards for Grantsmanship.
“In many disciplines, particularly those based on laboratory research, financial demands for personnel support such as students, equipment, supplies and travel far exceed what the University can provide, so external grant support is necessary to support a faculty member’s research,” said Dr. Frank Calzonetti, vice president for research.
UToledo President Gregory Postel and Dr. Bina Joe, Distinguished University Professor and chair of the UToledo Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, talk during the May 11 2021 Awards for Grantsmanship ceremony.
“Many faculty members across campus are successful in securing external awards for their research and I am pleased to be able to recognize from this group those who have secured the most external funding for their research programs over the past three years.”
The 2021 Awards for Grantsmanship recipients recognized during a ceremony on May 11 are:
• Dr. Robert Collins, Distinguished University Professor and NEG Chair in Silicate and Materials Science Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Funding Sources: Air Force Research Laboratory.
• Dr. Kevin Czajkowski, professor in the Department of Geography and Planning in the College of Arts and Letters. Funding Sources: NASA, National Science Foundation (NSF), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) and Ohio Department of Higher Education.
• Dr. Charlene Czerniak, professor emerita in the College of Engineering. Funding Sources: NSF.
• Dr. Randall Ellingson, professor and PVIC Endowed Chair in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Funding Sources: Air Force Research Laboratory and U.S. Department of Energy.
• Dr. Lawrence Elmer, professor in the Department of Neurology in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences. Funding Sources: National Institutes of Health (NIH) and various pharmaceutical company clinical trials.
• Dr. Rujun Gong, professor in the Department of Medicine in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences. Funding Sources: NIH.
• Dr. Michael Heben, professor and Harold and Helen McMaster Chair in Photovoltaics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Funding Sources: Air Force Research Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Naval Research, Ohio Federal Research Network, Reel Solar and First Solar, LLC.
• Dr. Duane Hixon, professor in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering in the College of Engineering. Funding Sources: NSF and NASA.
• Dr. Marthe Howard, professor in the Department of Neurosciences in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences. Funding Sources: NIH.
• Dr. Bina Joe, Distinguished University Professor and Frederick-Hiss Endowed Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences. Funding Sources: NIH, American Heart Association and Biocodex.
• Dr. David Kennedy, associate professor in the Department of Medicine in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences. Funding Sources: NIH, U.S. Department of Commerce, Ohio Department of Higher Education and ASN Foundation.
• Dr. Lauren Koch, associate professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences. Funding Sources: NIH.
• Dr. Matam Vijay-Kumar, professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences. Funding Sources: NIH, Chron’s and Colitis Foundation of America and U.S. Department of Agriculture.
• Dr. G. Glenn Lipscomb, professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering. Funding Sources: NASA, U.S. Department of Energy and Nissan.
• Dr. Christine Mayer, professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Funding Sources: U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA, Great Lakes Fishery Commission and Nature Conservancy.
• Dr. Robert McCullumsmith, professor in the Department of Neurosciences in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences. Funding Sources: NIH.
• Dr. Nagalakshmi Nadiminty, assistant professor in the Departments of Urology and Cancer Biology in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences. Funding Sources: NIH and U.S. Department of Defense.
• Dr. Adam Phillips, associate research professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Funding Sources: Air Force Research Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Ohio Federal Research Network.
• Dr. Nikolas Podraza, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Funding Sources: U.S. Department of Energy, Air Force Research Laboratory, Office of Naval Research, Leonardo DRS.
• Dr. Isaac Schiefer, associate professor in the Department of Medicinal and Biological Chemistry in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Funding Sources: NIH.
• Dr. Steven Sucheck, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Funding Sources: NIH.
• Dr. Xin Wang, professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences. Funding Sources: NIH.
• Dr. Ronald Wooten, professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences. Funding Sources: NIH and Burroughs Welcome Fund.
• Dr. Yanfa Yan, professor and Ohio Research Scholar Chair in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Funding Sources: U.S. Department of Energy, NSF, Office of Naval Research, Air Force Research Laboratory and First Solar, LLC.
• Dr. Jian-Ting Zhang, professor in the Department of Cancer Biology in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences. Funding Sources: NIH, American Cancer Society and Indiana University.
• Dr. Jianglong Zhu, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Funding Sources: NIH.
