Image: Please join us in congratulating the LACSI core and affiliated faculty below for receiving this year's University of Georgia Research Foundation's awards due to their excellence in research and scholarly creativity. Dr. Krista Capps Creative Research Medal Dr. Krista Capps, Associate Professor in the Odum School of Ecology and the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, and LACSI Core Faculty, obtained the Creative Research Medal research on global carbon cycling in rivers. The Medal recognizes mid-career faculty who deliver "a distinct and exceptional research or creative project, with extraordinary impact to the field of study." Dr. Rielle Navitski Albert Christ-Janer Creative Research Award This year's Albert Christ-Janer Creative Research Award went to Dr. Rielle Navitski, Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film Studies and LACSI Core Faculty for her position as a leading scholar whose body of work has had a major impact on her field nationally and internationally. Dr. Luis Correa-Diaz Distinguished Research Professor Dr. Luis Correa-Díaz, professor of Spanish in the Franklin College Department of Romance Languages and LACSI Core Faculty and Executive Committee Member was awarded the title of Distinguished Research Professor. The award is granted to UGA senior faculty who are internationally recognized for their innovative body of work and its transformational impact on their fields. Dr. Thomas Mote 2024 AAAS Fellow Many congratulations as well to Dr. Thomas Mote, Distinguished Research Professor in the department of geography and LACSI Faculty Affiliate for being named as a 2024 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow along with four other UGA faculty. The AAAS has, so far, named 471 fellows across the country to honor "members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications in service to society have distinguished them among their peers and colleagues."
