Gurbir Singh, assistant professor and state Extension specialist in soil science, agroecology and landscape management, was recently named as the recipient of the 2025 Early Career Award for Extension, Outreach and Engagement by the Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR).
The UCOWR Early Career Award for Extension, Outreach, Engagement recognizes outstanding early contributions through extension, outreach and engagement activities related to water. Awardees have a significant record of accomplishment in these areas and show promise of continued professional growth and recognition.
CAFNR faculty members have received the following recent grants (listed by Principal Investigator):
Jacqueline Limberg, Sympathetic Vascular Transduction Across the Menopause Transition: Contributing Mechanisms, American Heart Association, 1/1/25-12/31/26, $153,712
Feng Lin, Developing a Resilient Soybean IPM Program for Stink Bugs, LA State University (USB), 10/1/24-9/30/25, $30,000
Morgan Davis, Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Agricultural Lands in Missouri, Agricultural Research Service, 10/15/24-3/1/29, $317,995
Craig Paukert, NASPS Student Travel Award – Levi Umland, North American Sturgeon and Paddlefish Society, 7/31/24-11/30/24, $500
Feng Lin, SoyRenSeq: a Novel Approach for Disease Resistance Gene Discovery and Application for Soybean Improvement (year 3), Purdue Univ (N Central Soybean Research Program), 10/1/24-9/30/25, $50,000
Jay Johnson, Elucidating the Biology of Sow Tolerance to Heat Stress at The Intersection of the Genome, Microbiome and Metabolome, North Carolina State University (NIFA), 7/1/24-6/30/25, $33,301.04
Deborah Finke, Harvesting Innovation: Transforming Horticulture Education through Controlled Environment Agriculture Certification, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 10/1/24-9/30/28, $150,000
Kyle Paddock, Determining the role of soil microbiomes in root lignification as a defense against belowground pests, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 5/1/25-4/30/27, $225,000
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