Faculty and Staff Achievements

Kurt Anschel, agricultural economics, received the Lifetime
Achievement Award at the annual meeting of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association in Orlando.

Doug Archbold, horticulture, received a grant of $114,000 to study ripening and storage life of the native American pawpaw fruit.

Mary Arthur, forestry, has been selected to be a research investigator of the project concerning fire and oak regeneration in the central Appalachians.

José Bicudo, biosystems and agricultural engineering, is part of a research team involved in a European project investigating processing strategies for farm livestock manures to enable maximum nutrient use with minimum environmental problems.

Patricia Dyk, rural sociology, received the Southern Rural Sociological Association’s 2002 Excellence in Research award at the association’s recent meeting in Orlando. Dr. Dyk also was elected program-chair elect for the association.

Mark Farman, plant pathology, received grants totaling in excess of $1.3 million to support fungal genomics research. Those grants include U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Science Foundation ($792,999); National Science Foundation Plant Genome Program, ($456,096); and Syngenta Crop Protection ($53,000).

Richard Gates, has been named chair of the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, effective April 1, 2002.

Richard Gates, biosystems and agricultural engineering, received a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant of $874,000 to conduct research about reducing ammonia emissions from poultry houses by enhanced manure and diet management.

Richard Gates, biosystems and agricultural engineering, delivered the keynote address at the Agribuilding 2000 Conference held at University of Campinas in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Don Graves, forestry, received a grant of $985,000 to conduct post-mining reforestation demonstration projects.

David Harmon, animal sciences, received a grant of $115,000 from
Hills Pet Nutrition, Inc. to study the utilization of nutrients in dogs.

Daniel Howe, veterinary science, received a grant of $120,000 from Fort Dodge Laboratories to evaluate Sarcocystis neurona antigens in horses. Sarcocystis neurona is a parasite associated with EPM, a serious neurological disease in horses.

Mary Marchant, agricultural economics, was appointed as a member of the editorial council of the Journal of Agribusiness.

Ellen Marshall, regulatory services, was presented the Poundstone Award for her outstanding service to the feed and fertilizer
analytical laboratory.

Lee Meyer, agricultural economics, presented a Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society of Agriculture lecture on the Land-Grant Philosophy in Extension, Teaching, and Research, February 15 in Lexington.

Michael Montross, biosystems and agricultural engineering, received a grant of $76,000 from Oak Ridge National Laboratory to study the post-harvest physical properties of corn stover.

Michael Montross, biosystems and agricultural engineering, presented the paper “Corn Stover Handling Characterization” as part of the Systems Engineering program of the Bioenergy Feedstock Development Programs Subcontractor’s and Collaborator’s Meeting sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and Oak Ridge National Laboratories in Memphis in November.

Melissa Newman, animal sciences, received a grant of $75,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to research the effects of phenolic compounds on antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

The late Bobby Pass, entomology, received a grant of $88,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to conduct a cooperative agricultural pest survey.

Dan Potter, entomology, received a grant of $130,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study biological control of turf-infesting scarabaeid grubs by native and exotic tiphid wasps.

Brent Rowell, horticulture, and Ric Bessin, entomology, received a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant of $170,000 to study alternative production systems for mid-south fruit and vegetable growers.

Chris Shardl (plant pathology), Bruce Webb (entomology), Ernest Bailey (veterinary science), Joseph Chappell (agronomy), Susheng Gan (Tobacco and Health Institute and agronomy), and Mark L. Farman (plant pathology) received a U.S. Department of Agriculture special grant totaling $443,343 to establish the Advanced Genetic Technologies Center for high-throughput genetic analysis and DNA sequencing.

William Snell, agricultural economics, received the Extension Award at the annual meeting of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association in Orlando.

Tom Stombaugh, biosystems and agricultural engineering, received a grant of $130,000 from U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate sensors for delineation of spatial management zones.

Jeff Stringer, forestry, was the national award winner for the Forest Resources Association’s 2002 Technical Writing contest.

Tom Tobin, veterinary science, received a grant of $360,000 from the Kentucky Racing Commission to conduct research concerning new ways to test race horses for the presence of certain legal and illegal substances.

Bruce Webb, entomology, received a grant of $479,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate genome evolution of mutualistic viruses.