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10 TH ANNUAL FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION RESEARCH AWARDS CEREMONY

UF/IFAS AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE FOR GRADUATE RESEARCH

BEST MASTER’S THESIS Systematics and Phylogenomics of the Erebinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea, Erebidae) Nicholas Homziak Akito Kawahara Marc Branham Best Master’s Thesis Chair, Supervisory Committee Co-Chair, Supervisory Committee Entomology and Nematology Florida Museum of Natural History Entomology and Nematology

BEST DOCTORAL DISSERTATION The Efgects of Environmental Variation, Density, Reproduction and Size-Selective Fishing Mortality of Fish Life History Traits Bryan G. Matthias Rob Ahrens Best Doctoral Dissertation Chair, Supervisory Committee Fisheries and Aquatic School of Forest Resources Sciences, SFRC and Conservation

2017 UF/IFAS RICHARD L. JONES OUTSTANDING NEW FACULTY RESEARCH AWARD

UF/IFAS RICHARD L. JONES OUTSTANDING NEW FACULTY RESEARCH AWARD Patricio R. Muñoz Assistant Professor

2017 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION PROFESSORS

2017 UF RESEARCH FOUNDATION PROFESSOR Sabine Grunwald Soil and Water Sciences

2017 UF RESEARCH FOUNDATION PROFESSOR Nemat Keyhani Microbiology and Cell Science

2017 UF RESEARCH FOUNDATION PROFESSOR Svetlana Folimonova Plant Pathology

2017 UF RESEARCH FOUNDATION PROFESSOR Kai Lorenzen School of Forest Resources and Conservation

2017 UF RESEARCH FOUNDATION PROFESSOR Lisa House Food and Resource Economics

UF/IFAS HIGH IMPACT RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

IMPACT ON: Wheat Production TITLE: Rising Temperatures Reduce Global Wheat Production UF Authors: Senthold Asseng Gerrit Hoogenboom Journal: Nature Climate Change

IMPACT ON: Invasive Species TITLE: Emergence and Accumulation of Novel Pathogens Suppress an Invasive Species UF Authors: S. Luke Flory Philip Harmon Erica Goss Journal: Ecology Letters

IMPACT ON: Behavioral Nudges TITLE: The Efgects of Pre-Ordering and Behavioral Nudges on National School Lunch Program Participants’ Food Item Selection UF Authors: Jaclyn Kropp Kelly Grogan Anne Mathews Journal: Journal of Economic Psychology

IMPACT ON: Pharmaceuticals in Water TITLE: Hidden Drivers of Low-Dose Pharmaceutical Pollutant Mixtures Revealed by the Novel GSA-QHTS Screening Method UF Authors: Rafael Muñoz-Carpena Ismael Rodea-Palomares Journal: Science Advances (AAAS)

IMPACT ON: Land-Use Conversion TITLE: Efgect of Land-Use Conversion on Ecosystem C Stock and Distribution in Subtropical Grazing Lands UF Authors: Maria L. Silveira Kanika S. Inglett Lynn E. Sollenberger Stefan Gerber Sutie Xu Journal: Plant and Soil

IMPACT ON: Genomic Islands TITLE: Novel Genomic Island Modifjes DNA with 7-Deazaguanine Derivatives UF Authors: Yifeng Yuan Geofgrey Hutinet Valérie de Crécy-Lagard Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

UF/IFAS PLANT PATENTS

PLANT PATENT University of Florida UNITED STATES PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION No. 201500298 Ronald D. Barnett Ann R. Blount May 12, 2016 In recognition of your outstanding contribution in the development of the ‘FL0567’ Oat

PLANT PATENT University of Florida UNITED STATES PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION No. 201400486 Robert L. Beiriger May 12, 2016 In recognition of your outstanding contribution in the development of the ‘UFi 9EC’ Sweet Corn

PLANT PATENT University of Florida UNITED STATES PLANT PATENT No. PP26,057 Jose X. Chaparro Wayne B. Sherman November 10, 2015 In recognition of your outstanding contribution in the development of the Peach Tree Named ‘UFGem’

PLANT PATENT University of Florida UNITED STATES PLANT PATENT Nos. PP26,591, PP26,592 and PP26,833 Zhanao Deng Brent K. Harbaugh In recognition of your outstanding contribution in the development of the Caladium Plants Named ‘Sizzle’, ‘Passionista’, and ‘Fiesta’

PLANT PATENT University of Florida UNITED STATES PLANT PATENT No. PP26,177 Frederick G. Gmitter, Jr. December 1, 2015 In recognition of your outstanding contribution in the development of the Pummelo grapefruit hybrid tree named ‘914’

PLANT PATENT University of Florida UNITED STATES PLANT PATENT Nos. PP26,086 and PP26,087 Jude W. Grosser November 17, 2015 In recognition of your outstanding contribution in the development of the Mandarin Tree Named ‘C4-15-19’ and the Sweet Orange Tree Named ‘OLL-8’

PLANT PATENT University of Florida UNITED STATES PLANT PATENT Nos. PP26,288, PP26,312, PP26,313, PP26,523, PP26,679, PP26,764 and PP26,765 Paul M. Lyrene In recognition of your outstanding contribution in the development of the Blueberry Plants Named ‘C04-051’, Avanti™ ‘FL06-203’, Arcadia™ ‘FL07-399’, Indigocrisp™ ‘FL98-325’, Endura™ ‘FL06- 377’, ‘C05-178’, and ‘C03-038’

UF/IFAS UTILITY PATENTS

UTILITY PATENT UNITED STATES PATENT NUMBER 9,247,749 Antimicrobial Compounds and Their Use in Treating Plant Disease Nian Wang Nagaraju Akula February 2, 2016

UTILITY PATENT UNITED STATES PATENT NUMBER 9,258,988 Methods and Devices for Sustained Release of Substances Bradley J. Willenberg Philip G. Koehler Christopher D. Batich George Georgiades February 16, 2016

UTILITY PATENT UNITED STATES PATENT NUMBER 9,295,246 Mosquito Control Device Using Durable Coating-Embedded Pesticides Philip G. Koehler Roberto M. Pereira Enrico Paola Levi March 29, 2016

UTILITY PATENT UNITED STATES PATENT NUMBER 9,192,151 Dual Action Lethal Containers, Systems, Methods and Compositions for Killing Adult Mosquitos and Larvae Philip G. Koehler Ephraim V. Ragasa Roberto M. Pereira November 24, 2015

UTILITY PATENT UNITED STATES PATENT NUMBER 9,101,125 Heat Chamber for Termination of Bed Bugs and Other Arthropods Elizabeth Knote Philip G. Koehler Roberto M. Pereira Wayne Walker August 11, 2015

UTILITY PATENT UNITED STATES PATENT NUMBER 9,089,121 Fly Attractant System with Toxicant-Treated Cords Joseph W. Diclaro II Roberto M. Pereira Jefgrey C. Hertz Philip G. Koehler July 28, 2015

UTILITY PATENT UNITED STATES PATENT NUMBER 9,133,470 Material and Methods to Increase Plant Growth and Yield Matias Kirst September 15, 2015

UTILITY PATENT UNITED STATES PATENT NUMBER 9,347,077 Over-Expression of a Putative Oxidoreductase ( UcpA ) for Increasing Furfural or 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Tolerance Xuan Wang Elliot N. Miller Lorraine P. Yomano Keelnatham T. Shanmugam Lonnie O’Neal Ingram May 24, 2016

UTILITY PATENT UNITED STATES PATENT NUMBER 9,157,102 Over-expression of NADH-dependent Oxidoreductase ( fucO ) for Increasing Furfural or 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Tolerance Elliot N. Miller Xueli Zhang Lorraine P. Yomano Xuan Wang Keelnatham T. Shanmugam Lonnie O’Neal Ingram October 13, 2015

UTILITY PATENT UNITED STATES PATENT NUMBER 9,150,887 Ethanologenic Bacteria with Increased Resistance to Furfural Elliot N. Miller Laura R. Jarboe Lorraine P. Yomano Sean W. York Keelnatham T. Shanmugam Lonnie O’Neal Ingram October 6, 2015

UTILITY PATENT UNITED STATES PATENT NUMBER 9,187,772 L-malate Production by Metabolically Engineered Escherichia coli Xueli Zhang Xuan Wang Keelnatham T. Shanmugam Lonnie O’Neal Ingram November 17, 2015

UTILITY PATENT UNITED STATES PATENT NUMBER 9,322,043 Methods of Using Cellulase for Reducing the Viscosity of Feedstock Lonnie O’Neal Ingram Claudia C. Geddes James J. Peterson Michael T. Mullinnix Keelnatham T. Shanmugam April 26, 2016

UTILITY PATENT UNITED STATES PATENT NUMBER 9,185,896 Semiochemical Reservoir to Attract Subterranean Termites Tunneling in Soil Nan-Yao Su November 17, 2015

UF/IFAS RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD

UF/IFAS RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD Oliverne ‘Virni’ Mattson Research Administrator II Entomology and Nematology Microbiology and Cell Science Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

1,368 3.8 Publications in 2016 = Refereed Journal Publications Per Budgeted Research FTE

2017 CLOSING REMARKS

10 TH ANNUAL FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION RESEARCH AWARDS CEREMONY