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2025 Awards and Fellows

November 4, 2025
Awards and Fellows

ASA, CSSA, and SSSA congratulate the 2025 award recipients and Fellows. These individuals are being recognized at ceremonies held during CANVAS 2025 in Salt Lake City from Nov. 9-12, 2025.

ASA, CSSA, SSSA

Kelsey Genovese, University of Maryland
Cameron Doane, Grand Valley State University
Elea Corson, University of Tennessee at Martin
Erin Tschida, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Kaia Wright, Purdue University Agronomy Club
Maria Eduarda Tonial, University of Massachusetts
Hope Bagwandeen, College of Agriculture Science and Education
Arianna Reid, Michigan State University
Grace Beem, Michigan State University
Avery Hood, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Reagan Riggs, Virginia Tech
Bryan Mendoza Torres, California State University Fresno

Olanrewaju E. Adeyemi, Utah State University
Aviyan Pandey, Tennessee State University
Endy Lopes Kailer, Kansas State University
Ariana Lazo, Purdue University
Amy Hurst, The Ohio State University
Lucas Alexandre Batista, Kansas State University
Ava-Rose Beech, University of California – Davis
Rose Alcine Lovely Zamord, University of Nebraska – Lincoln

ACS Academic Undergraduate Scholarship
Ms. Sarah Flanagan, Cornell University
Ms. Elea Corson, University of Tennessee at Martin
ACS Emerging Leader for African Agricultural Transformation (ELAAT) Award, sponsored by OCP North America
Dr. Idowu Atoloye, Alcorn State University
ACS Visionary Scientist for African Agriculture Award, sponsored by OCP North America
Dr. Tilahun Amede, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
ACS Mentoring Award
Dr. Sindhu Jagadamma, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

American Society of Agronomy 

Prof. Asim Biswas, University of Guelph
Dr. Jeffrey Coulter, University of Minnesota
Dr. Suduan Gao, USDA-ARS
Dr. Patricio Grassini, University of Nebraska
Dr. Gerrit Hoogenboom, University of Florida
Dr. Sandeep Kumar, USDA-NIFA
Dr. Ramon Leon, North Carolina State University
Dr. Rao Mylavarapu, University of Florida
Dr. Nithya Rajan, Texas A&M University
Dr. Gurpal Toor, University of Maryland
Dr. Maria Villamil, University of Illinois
 

Mr. Abe Dieleman, Iowa State Agronomy Club
Mr. Derek Gehin, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ms. Ashlynn Hartman, Wheat State Agronomy Club
Ms. Hallie Cook, Texas A&M University Agronomy Society
Ms. Olivia Marti, Iowa State University
   

ASA Presidential Award
 
Soil Health Institute
ASA Agronomic Education and Extension Award
 
Dr. Corey Gerber, Purdue University
ASA Agronomic Industry Award
 
Dr. Daniel Poston, Pivot Bio
ASA Distinguished Service Award
 
Dr. Sylvie Brouder, Purdue University
ASA Early Career Award
 
Dr. Prakash Kumar Jha, Mississippi State University
ASA Carl Sprengel Agronomic Research Award
 
Dr. P.V. Vara Prasad, Kansas State University
ASA Environmental Quality Research Award
 
Dr. Scott Chang, University of Alberta
ASA Frank D. Keim Graduate Fellowship
Mr. Aidan Bobholz, University of Georgia-Athens


 

Ms. Rianne Wagner, University of Wisconsin-Madison
ASA International Agronomy Award
 
Dr. Ravi Singh, CIMMYT
ASA J. Fielding Reed Undergraduate Soil and Plant Sciences Scholarship
 
Ms. Elizabeth Eroshenko, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
ASA Kingenta Agricultural Science Award
 
Prof. Qixing Zhou, Tianjin, China
ASA Werner L. Nelson Award for Diagnosis of Yield-Limiting Factors
 
Dr. Harold van Es, Cornell University

Crop Science Society of America 

Dr. Sotirios Archontoulis, Iowa State University
Dr. Muthukumar Bagavathiannan, Texas A&M University
Dr. Ignacio Ciampitti, Purdue University
Dr. Jean Luc Jannink, USDA-ARS
Dr. Shuyu Liu, Texas A&M University
Dr. Nithya Rajan, Texas A&M University
Dr. Devinder Sandhu, USDA-ARS
Dr. Yanqi Wu, Oklahoma State University

CSSA Presidential Award
 
Dr. David Bubeck, Corteva Agriscience
CSSA Crop Science Distinguished Service Award
Dr. Ravi Singh, CIMMYT
CSSA Crop Science Extension Education Award
Dr. Shaun Casteel, Purdue University
CSSA Crop Science Graduate Student Scholarship
Mr. Christopher Cobos, Texas A&M University
CSSA Crop Science Research Award
Dr. James Holland, USDA-ARS
CSSA Crop Science Teaching Award
 
CSSA Early Career Award
Mr. Gurcharn Singh Brar, Edmonton, AB Canada
CSSA Frank N. Meyer Medal for Plant Genetic Resources
Dr. Ardeshir Damania, University of California-Davis
CSSA Fred V. Grau Turfgrass Science Award
Ms. Crystal Rose-Fricker, Pure Seed Testing Inc.
CSSA International Crop Science Award
Dr. Prasanna Boddupalli, CIMMYT
Seed Science Award
Dr. Jason Gillman, USDA-ARS
 

Soil Science Society of America

Prof. Asim Biswas, University of Guelph
Dr. Sylvie Brouder, Purdue University
Dr. Thomas Ducey, USDA-ARS
Dr. Fabian Fernandez, University of Minnesota
Dr. Daniel Gimenez, Rutgers University
Dr. Patrick Inglett, University of Florida
Dr. Markus Kleber, Oregon State University
Dr. Randall Kolka, USDA Forest Service
Dr. Sandeep Kumar, USDA-NIFA
Dr. Maysoon Mikha, USDA-ARS
Dr. Rao Mylavarapu, University of Florida
Dr. Ronald Turco, Purdue University
Dr. Wei Zhang, Michigan State University
   

2025 SSSA Presidential Award
John Ryan
Donald Sparks
Clark Soil Biology Graduate Student Scholarship
Ms. Dana Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Don and Betty Kirkham Soil Physics Award
Dr. Bing Cheng Si, University of Saskatchewan
Gary Pete Peterson Dryland Soil Management Scholarship
Ms. Alexis Correira, Kansas State University
International Soil Science Award
 
Dr. Jeffrey Herrick, USDA-ARS
Jackson Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy Award
Dr. Derek Peak, University of Saskatchewan
L.R. Ahuja Ag Systems Modeling Award
Dr. Qiang Yu, Northwest A&F University
Soil Science Applied Research Award
Dr. Harold van Es, Cornell University
Soil Science Distinguished Service Award
 
Dr. Michel Ransom, Kansas State University
Soil Science Education and Extension Award
 
Dr. Harold van Es, Cornell University
Soil Science Industry and Professional Leadership Award
Dr. Bharat Sharma Acharya, Rodale Institute
Soil Science Research Award
Dr. Bruno Basso, Michigan State University
SSSA Early Career Award
Dr. Ekrem Ozlu, North Carolina State University
Truog Soil Science Outstanding Dissertation Award
Miss J R Rashitha Jayarathne, Southern Methodist University
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