KU community invited to University Research Awards event April 9
LAWRENCE — As one of the nation’s leading research universities, KU strives to foster a culture of research to address society's grand challenges.
With this in mind, the university will host its annual University Research Awards event at 7 p.m. April 9 at the Jayhawk Welcome Center. The event is an opportunity to highlight the great research happening across the Lawrence and KU Medical Center campuses and to celebrate this year’s research awards winners, listed below.
All members of the KU community are invited to attend. Members are asked to RSVP in advance to assist in planning. Appetizers and drinks will be served.
2025 Honorees
Chancellors Club Research Award
Darren P. Wallace
Adjunct Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology
University of Kansas
Research Postdoctoral Achievement Award
James Saulsbury
Postdoctoral Researcher, Biodiversity Institute/Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
University of Kansas
Research Staff Achievement Award
Scott Lovell
Director, Protein Structure & X-Ray Crystallography Laboratory
University of Kansas
Steven F. Warren Research Achievement Award
Kathryn Bigelow
Associate Research Professor, Juniper Gardens Children’s Project/KU Life Span Institute
University of Kansas
Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards
(These awards recognize faculty from both KU and Kansas State University and are presented in four categories.)
Irvin E. Youngberg Award in the Applied Sciences
Johann (Hans) Coetzee
University Distinguished Professor
Interim Vice President for Research
Kansas State University
Olin K. Petefish Award in the Basic Sciences
Walter Dodds
University Distinguished Professor
Edwin G. and Lillian J. Brychta Chair in the Division of Biology
Kansas State University
Balfour S. Jeffrey Award in the Humanities and Social Sciences
David Tell
Professor, Communication Studies
Co-Director, Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities
University of Kansas
Dolph C. Simons Sr. Award in the Biomedical Sciences
Hartmut Jaeschke
University Distinguished Professor
Pharmacology, Toxicology & Therapeutics
University of Kansas
University Scholarly Achievement Awards
Four more award winners will be announced by the middle of March.