Presidential Awards
2024
Awards presented by Dr. Kelly Damphousse, President, Texas State University
Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly / Creative Activities ($5,000)

Professor/Associate Professor
Stacey E. Kulesza, Associate Professor, Ingram School of Engineering
Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching ($2,000)

Professor/Associate Professor
Apan M. Qasem, Professor, Department of Computer Science

Karen A. Lewis, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Senior Lecturer/Lecturer
Manish Kumar, Professor of Instruction, Department of Biology
Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Scholarly / Creative Activities ($2,000)

Professor/Associate Professor
Alexander V. Kornienko, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Assistant Professor/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer
Andrea Banzatti, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics

Xijun Shi, Assistant Professor, Ingram School of Engineering
Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Service ($2,000)
Professor/Associate Professor
Sean M. Kerwin (not pictured), Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Anthony S. Torres, Professor, Department of Engineering Technology

Assistant Professor/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer
Andrea Aspbury, Professor of Instruction, Department of Biology
Brandon R. Lunk (not pictured), Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Physics
2023
Presidential Seminar Award

Tanzima Islam
Assistant Professor - Department of Computer Science
2022
Presidential Seminar Award
Hiro Lee Tanaka
Assistant Professor - Department of Mathematics
2021
Presidential Seminar Award

Sarah Fritts
Assistant Professor- Department of Biology
2020
Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities and Presidential Seminar Award

Kathleen Melhuish
Lecturer/Assistant Professor - Department of Mathematics
2019
Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities and Presidential Seminar Award

Oleg Komogortsev
Associate Professor - Department of Computer Science
2018
Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities

Christopher Rhodes
Assistant Professor/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
2017
Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities

Todd Hudnall
Professor/Associate Professor - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
2016
Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities

Alexander Kornienko
Professor/Associate Professor - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
2015
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities

Caitlin Gabor
Professor/Associate Professor Rank - Department of Biology

Ziliang Zong
Assistant Professor/Instructor/Lecturer Rank - Department of Computer Science
2013
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities

Jian Shen
Professor/Associate Professor Rank - Department of Mathematics

Oleg Komogortsev
Assistant Professor/Instructor/Lecturer Rank - Department of Computer Science