Dinsdale Family Faculty Award

IN RECOGNITION OF A MERITORIOUS FACULTY MEMBER FOR UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION IN TEACHING, RESEARCH, OR EXTENSION EDUCATION

About: The Dinsdale Family Faculty Award is in honor of the Dinsdale family.  The funds of this gift shall be used to provide awards to faculty for outstanding teaching, research, and outreach in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  

Nominations will be evaluated based on creativity and excellence of the nominee's work in fulfilling his or her position description across multiple areas of IANR's mission.  

Award: $2000

Eligibility: Faculty member who has not yet been awarded tenure or, if on a non-tenured track position, who is within the first seven years of their employment in an IANR unit and whose salary is funded solely or in part by IANR.

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Nomination Instructions

The full nomination packet should be submitted electronically via the "NOMINATION FORM" link below and include;

  • Letter of recommendation; the nomination packet must include a letter of recommendation from the nominator. The letter should include a detailed description of the qualities which make your nominee deserving of the award, including specific examples and quotes from colleagues when available. 
  • A current position description
  • An abbreviated CV; maximum of 5 pages.

Submit completed nomination packets electronically via the "Nomination Form". Once submitted, nomination packets are forwarded to the nominee's unit administrator for final approval.

All nominations are due August 1.

Nomination Form

Past Awardees

Dinsdale Award
YearRecipientDepartment 
2022Andrea BascheAgronomy & Horticulture
2021Matt KreifelsAgricultural Leadership, Education and Communication
2020 Ajai Ammachathram Nutrition and Health Sciences
2019 Rebecca Wachs Biological Systems Engineering
2018 Cory Walters Agricultural Economics 
2017 Dipti Dev Child, Youth and Family Studies 
2016 Tomas Helikar Biochemistry 
2015 Samodha Fernando Animal Science 
2014 David Lambe Agronomy & Horticulture 
2014 Deepak Keshwani Biological Systems Engineering 
2013 Harkamal Walia Agronomy & Horticulture 
2013 Tonia Durden Child, Youth, & Family 
2012 Daniel Ciobanu Animal Science 
2012 Angie Pannier Biological Systems Engineering 
2012 Tom Weissling Entomology 
2011 Aaron Berger Panhandle Research & Extension Center 
2011 Cheryl Bailey Biochemistry 
2011 Jennifer Wood Animal Science 
2010 Maria de Guzman Child, Youth, & Family 
2009 Tamra Jackson Plant Pathology 
2009 Jens Walter Food Science & Technology 
2008 Bill Booker Panhandle Research & Extension Center 
2008 Stephen Wegulo Plant Pathology 
2007 Amalia Yiannaka Agricultural Economics 
2007 Deana Namuth Agronomy & Horticulture 
2007 Kathy Hanford Animal Science 
2006 Tala Awada School of Natural Resources 
2006 Harshavardhan Thippareddi Food Science & Technology 
2005 Greg Bashford Biological Systems Engineering 
2005 Galen Erickson Animal Science 
2004 Loren Giesler Plant Pathology 
2004 Martha Mamo Agronomy & Horticulture 
2003 Geoffrey Henebry School of Natural Resources 
2003 Rosie Nold Animal Science 
2002 Viacheslav Adamchuk Biological Systems Engineering 
2002 Tom Clemente Agronomy & Horticulture 
2001 Konstantinos Giannakas Agricultural Economics 
2001 Scott Josiah School of Natural Resources 
2000 Brian Benham South Center Research & Extension Center 
2000 Jeffrey Cirillo Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences 
1999 Susan Hefle Food Science & Technology