Faculty Resources
Research Recognitions and Awards for Faculty
Regents Distinguished Research Award
Award Philosophy
The Regents Distinguished Research Award recognizes research excellence at Oklahoma State University. The term research includes all scholarly, scientific, and creative activities. Recipients of the award will be selected based on the evidence of outstanding and meritorious achievements in research. The candidates must demonstrate a distinguished record of past and continuing excellence in research.
The program includes one award per college, except the College of Arts and Sciences, which has two (one in the sciences and one in the arts and humanities). Along with University recognition, awardees earn a $2,000 permanent increase in annual salary plus associated fringe benefits.
“Research excellence is the hallmark of a great land-grant university,” said Kenneth Sewell, OSU’s vice president for research.
“These honorees each year are great examples of the amazing impact our faculty have on their disciplines and society at large, not to mention the transformative effect they have on their students here on campus.”
Eligibility and Nomination Criteria
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Full-time faculty members (in any faculty appointment) who have been at OSU for four or more years as of the application deadline. Note that this includes tenure line as well as research faculty appointments.
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Evidence of excellence of the nominee’s research accomplishments.
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An individual can receive the award no more than twice.
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Each college must submit two nominations, except for the College of Arts and Sciences which must submit four (two nominations must be from the sciences and two from the arts/humanities disciplines).
More Information
- 2025 Award GuidelinesView the 2025 Regents Distinguished Research Award guidelines document.
- Past Recipients
2024 Recipients
Todd Arnold, Spears School of Business
Michael Davis, College of Veterinary Medicine
Brian Elbing, College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology
Sam Emerson, College of Education and Human Sciences
Michael Long, College of Arts and Sciences
Aimee Parkison, College of Arts and Sciences
Liuling Yan, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
2023 Recipients
Fernando Vicosa Bauermann, College of Veterinary Medicine
An Cheng, College of Arts and Sciences
Jennifer Cribbs, College of Education and Human Sciences
Lisa Schurer Lambert, Spears School of Business
Rolf Prade, College of Arts and Sciences
Jeffery White, College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology
Rodney Will, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
2022 Recipients
Tilanka Chandrasekera, College Education and Human Sciences
Mostafa Elshahed, College of Arts and Sciences
Guoliang Fan, College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology
Thomas Lanners, College of Arts and Sciences
Akhilesh Ramachandran, College of Veterinary Medicine
Betty Simkins, Spears School of Business
Ning Wang, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
2021 Recipients
Brant Adams, College of Arts and Sciences
Dursun Delen, Spears School of Business
Jamey Jacob, College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology
Clinton Jones, College of Veterinary Medicine
Dingbo Lin, College of Education and Human Sciences
Thad Leffingwell, College of Arts and Sciences
Gail W. T. Wilson, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
2020 Recipients
Ronald B. Cox Jr., College of Education and Human Sciences
Bryan Edwards, Spears School of Business
Haobo Jiang, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Igor Karača, College of Arts and Sciences
Susan Little, College of Veterinary Medicine
Yingmei Liu, College of Arts and Sciences
James Stine Jr., College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology2019 Recipients
Ramanjulu Sunkar, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Stacy Takacs, College of Arts and Sciences
William Jaco, College of Arts and Sciences
Lin Liu, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences
Karina Shreffler, College of Human Sciences
Ramesh Rao, Spears School of Business
Sunderesh Heragu, College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology2018 Recipients
Glenn Zhang, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Kristen Baum, College of Arts and Sciences
Elizabeth Grubgeld, College of Arts and Sciences
Federico Aime, Spears School of Business
Jason DeFreitas, College of Education, Health and Aviation
Amanda Sheffield Morris, College of Human Sciences
Ashish Ranjan, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences2017 Recipients
Robert Matts, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Flera Rizatdinova, College of Arts and Sciences
Mark Sisson, College of Arts and Sciences
Doug Smith, College of Education, Health and Aviation
Kelvin Wang, College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology
Jennifer Hays-Grudo, College of Human Sciences2016 Recipients
Francis Epplin, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Robert Burnap, College of Arts and Sciences
William Decker, College of Arts and Sciences
Ramesh Sharda, Spears School of Business
Bert Jacobson, College of Education
Balabhaskar Balasundaram, College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology
Hailin Qu, College of Human Sciences
Richard Eberle, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences2015 Recipients
Garey Fox, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Allen Apblett, College of Arts and Sciences
Edward Jones, College of Arts and Sciences
Rathindra Sarathy, Spears School of Business
Weili Zhang, College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology
Barbara Stoecker, College of Human Sciences
Carey Pope, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences2014 Recipients
Dr. Jeanmarie Verchot, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Dr. Larry Mullins, College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Jiahong Wu, College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Tyler Ley, College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology
Dr. Murat Hancer, College of Human Sciences2013 Recipients
Dr. Leon J. Spicer, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Dr. Loren M. Smith, College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Z. Randall Stroope, College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. J. Craig Wallace, William S. Spears School of Business
Dr. James K. Good, College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology
Dr. Amanda Sheffield Morris, College of Human Sciences
Dr. Dianne McFarlane, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences2012 Recipients
Dr. Samuel Fuhlendorf, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Dr. Richard Bunce, Arts and Sciences
Dr. Riley Dunlap, Arts and Sciences
Dr. Dursun Delen, Spears School of Business
Dr. Julie Thomas, Education
Dr. Prabhakar Pagilla, Engineering, Architecture and Technology
Dr. Edralin Lucas, Human Sciences
Dr. Pamela Lloyd, Veterinary Health Sciences2011 Recipients
Dr. Ulrich Melcher, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Dr. Estella Atekwana, Arts and Sciences
Dr. Thomas Shriver, Arts and Sciences
Dr. Charlotte Wright, Spears School of Business
Dr. Lucy Bailey, Education
Dr. Satish Bukkapatnam, Engineering, Architecture and Technology
Dr. Robert Larzelere, Human Sciences
Dr. Robert S. Conrad, Center for Health Sciences and College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Jeffrey S. Stroup, Center for Health Sciences and College of Osteopathic Medicine2010 Recipients
Dr. Jayson Lusk, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Dr. James Huston, Arts and Sciences
Dr. John Mintmire, Arts and Sciences
Dr. Lynna Ausburn, Education
Dr. Khaled Gasem, Engineering, Architecture and Technology
Dr. Carolyn Henry, Human Environmental Sciences
Dr. Betty Simkins, Spears School of Business
Dr. Robert Fulton, Veterinary Health Sciences2009 Recipients
Dr. Brett Carver, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Dr. John Chaney, College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Warren Ford, College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Rathindra Sarathy, William S. Spears School of Business Administration
Dr. Gary Yen, College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology
Dr. Brenda Smith, College of Human Environmental Sciences2008 Recipients
Dr. Hailin Zhang, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Dr. Charles Abramson, College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Martin Wallen, College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Tom Brown, William S. Spears School of Business Administration
Dr. Kathryn Castle, College of Education
Dr. Hongbing Lu, College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology
Dr. Byoungho Jin, College of Human Environmental Sciences
Dr. Michael Davis, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences2007 Recipients
Dr. B. Wade Brorsen, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Dr. Robert Mayer, College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Kaladi S. Babu, College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Ramesh P. Rao, William S. Spears School of Business Administration
Dr. Barbara J. Walker, College of Education
Dr. Jeffrey D. Spitler, College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology
Dr. Amanda W. Harrist, College of Human Environmental Sciences
Dr. William Barrow, College of Veterinary Health Sciences2006 Recipients
Dr. John B. Solie, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Dr. James F. Cooper, College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Lionel Raff, College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Dan S. Rickman, William S. Spears School of Business Administration
Dr. Hongyu Wang, College of Education
Dr. Don A. Lucca, College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology
Dr. Laura Hubbs-Tait, College of Human Environmental Sciences
Dr. Lin Liu, College of Veterinary Health Sciences2005 Past Recipients
Dr. Carol Bender, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Dr. Xincheng Xie, College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Ziad El Rassi, College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Debra L. Nelson, William S. Spears School of Business Administration
Dr. Bert Jacobson, College of Education
Dr. Jong-Moon Chung, College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology
Dr. Hailin Qu, College of Human Environmental Sciences
Dr. Carey N. Pope, College of Veterinary Health Sciences2004 Recipients
Dr. William R. Raun, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Dr. David Meinke, College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. John C. Mowen, William S. Spears School of Business
Dr. Diane Montgomery, College of Education
Dr. Daniel Grischkowsky, College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology
Dr. Donna Branson, College of Human Environmental Sciences
Dr. Jerry Malayer, College of Veterinary Health Sciences2003 Recipients
Dr. Marvin L. Stone, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Dr. K. Darrell Berlin, College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Satyanarayan Nandi, College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Ramesh Sharda, William S. Spears School of Business Administration
Dr. Lowell Caneday, College of Education
Dr. Ranga Komanduri, College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology
Dr. Bahram H. Arjmandi, College of Human Environmental Sciences
Dr. Katherine M. Kocan, College of Veterinary Health Sciences
Annual Researchers Reception
Held annually in mid-March, the Division of the Vice President for Research hosts this event to celebrate research by faculty and investigators from all disciplines.
This is an invitation-only event.