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10TH 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

Best Master’s Thesis Entomology and Nematology

Akito Kawahara

Chair, Supervisory Committee Florida Museum of Natural History

Marc Branham

Co-Chair, Supervisory Committee 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

Best Doctoral Dissertation Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, SFRC

Rob Ahrens

Chair, Supervisory Committee School of Forest Resources 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

HIGH IMPACT RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

UF/IFAS

IMPACT ON:

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

Wheat Production

IMPACT ON:

TITLE: Emergence and Accumulation

• f Novel Pathogens Suppress an

Invasive Species UF Authors:

• S. Luke Flory

Philip Harmon Erica Goss Journal: Ecology Letters

Invasive Species

IMPACT ON:

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

Behavioral Nudges

IMPACT ON:

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)

Pharmaceuticals in Water

IMPACT ON:

TITLE: Efgect of Land-Use Conversion

• n 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

Land-Use Conversion

IMPACT ON:

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

Genomic Islands

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

Oliverne ‘Virni’ Mattson

Research Administrator II Entomology and Nematology Microbiology and Cell Science Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

UF/IFAS RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD

1,368

Refereed Journal Publications in 2016 =

3.8

Publications Per Budgeted Research FTE

2017

CLOSING REMARKS

10TH ANNUAL FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION

RESEARCH AWARDS CEREMONY