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Plant and Microbial Biology
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Faculty Teaching and Scholarly Awards

Faculty Scholarly Awards

AwardFaculty Recipient(s)
NC State University Distinguished Professor– William Thompson, 1986
Goodnight Distinguished Professor in Agricultural Analytics– Cranos Williams, 2022
William Neal Reynolds Professors– Jose Alonso, 2019
– Amy Grunden, 2019
– JoAnn Burkholder, 2008
– Margaret Daub, 2007
– Rebecca Boston, 2005
– Linda Hanley-Bowdoin, 2005
University Faculty Scholars– Terri Long, 2022
– Manuel Kleiner, 2022
– Cranos Williams, 2022
– Anna Stepanova, 2021
– Ross Sozzani, 2020
– William Hoffmann, 2014
– Jose Alonso, 2013
– Amy Grunden, 2013
– Heike Sederoff, 2013
Outstanding Research Award– Heike Sederoff, 2021
– Cranos Williams, 2021
NC State Alumni Distinguished Research Award– William Thompson, 2001
NCSU Alumni Association Research Award/Research Leadership Academy– Heike Sederoff, 2021
– Cranos Williams, 2021
Goodnight Early Career Innovators Award– Seema Sheth, 2022
– Manuel Kleiner, 2021
Jackson Rigney International Service Award– Linda Hanley-Bowdoin, 2021
NC State Faculty Research and Professional Development Award– Cranos Williams, 2009
AAAS Fellows– Deyu Xie, 2022
– Candace Haigler, 2021
– JoAnn Burkholder, 2004
– Margaret Daub, 2002
– William Thompson, 1993
NSF CAREER Awards– Anna Stepanova, 2019
– Ross Sozzani, 2016
Society Fellows– Jenny Xiang 
(Botanical Society of America)
– JoAnn Burkholder
(Ecological Society of America)
– Margaret Daub
(American Phytopathological Society)
Alcoa Foundation Engineering Research Achievement Award– Cranos Williams, 2019
Women in Agriculture Biotechnology and Genetics Award (from Cotton Incorporated)– Candace Haigler, 2020

Award-winning Advisor Chad Jordan

Award-winning PMB faculty member Chad Jordan was the 2020 recipient of NC State’s Faculty Advisor Award. This award honors a faculty member whose primary responsibilities are teaching and research. Dr. Jordan believes in the power of plants, plans and mentors, and former students describe him having an immeasurable impact on shaping their career.

Learn more about Dr. Jordan

Faculty Teaching Awards

AwardFaculty Recipient(s)
NC State University Provost Departmental Award for Teaching and Learning ExcellenceDepartmental Award, 2000
University of North Carolina Board of Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching– Gerald Van Dyke, 2006
– Robert Beckmann, 1998
NC State Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor– Chad Jordan, 2011
– Thomas Wentworth, 2003
– James Mickle, 2001
– Gerald Van Dyke, 1996
– Robert Beckmann, 1990
NC State Academy of Outstanding Teachers– Chad Jordan, 2011
– Sue Carson, 2010
– Jon Stucky, 2002
– James Mickle, 1999
– Gerald Van Dyke, 1995
– Thomas Wentworth, 1994
– Robert Beckmann, 1982, 1994 & 2002
CALS Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award– Chad Jordan, 2007
– Thomas Wentworth, 2000
– James Mickle, 1998
– Robert Beckmann, 1997
– Gerald Van Dyke, 1996
NC State Faculty Advisor Award– Chad Jordan, 2020
CALS Outstanding Graduate Instructor Award– Paul Hamilton, 2020
– Amy Grunden, 2012
– Thomas Wentworth, 2005
ECE William F. Lane Outstanding Teaching Award– Cranos Williams, 2013
NC State Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher Award– Chad Jordan, 2011
NACTA (North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture) Teaching Fellow– Gerald Van Dyke, 1996
– Robert Beckmann, 1996
NACADA (National Academic Advising Association) Outstanding Advising Award, Certificate of Merit– Chad Jordan, 2020