Texas Tech University recognized faculty members from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources today (Oct. 27) during its Celebration of Faculty Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity at the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center.

More than 50 faculty members, including six from CASNR, were celebrated for receiving professional association awards, patents or national or international appointments or fellowships. They come from many fields and backgrounds. Honored CASNR faculty members are listed below:

Texas Tech Targeted External Faculty Awards
• National Academy of Inventors Fellow: Mindy Brashears, a professor of food microbiology and food safety in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences
• Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Award: Michael Farmer, an associate professor in both Tech's Department of Natural Resources Management and Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics

Issued Patents
• Artificial boar saliva (boar saliva analog – BSA) and boar grunts stimulate estrus behavior and reproduction in swine: John McGlone, a professor and institutional official with Texas Tech's Department of Animal and Food Sciences

National/International Recognition
• Appointments: Appointment to the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA): Brad Johnson, Texas Tech University's Gordon W. Davis Regent's Chair in Meat Science and Muscle Biology
• Fellows: Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) Fellow and Presidential Award: David Weindorf, CASNR's Associate Dean for Research and BL Allen Endowed Chair of Pedology in the Department of Plant and Soil Science
• Fellowships: National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine Jefferson Science Fellowship: Gad Perry, a professor of conservation science in Tech's Department of Natural Resources Management and director of the International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies

CONTACT: Steven Fraze, Interim Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Texas Tech University at (806) 742-2808 or steven.fraze@ttu.edu

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