CALS Values Award: By the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, NC State University. April 22, 2026

 The CALS Values Awards honor individuals who demonstrate core CALS values — excellence, inclusion, integrity, sustainability, community, freedom and collaboration — in their daily work

Building Future Faculty Program:  Offered by the NC State Office of Faculty Excellence,  March 11-12, 2026. Raleigh, NC

Selected participant in a competitive national program (18 participants) focused on faculty career development, mentoring, and academic leadership.

John Henry Comstock Student Award- by ESA Southeastern Branch. 

Presented by: Dr. Lina Bernola, (ESA President), Portland, OR (Nov 12, 2025)

Dr. JC Chong (ESA SEB President), Baton Rouge, LA (March 11, 2025)

Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award- by Clemson University

Presented by: Dr. Jim Clements (President, Clemson University) and Dr. Robert Jones (EVP, Clemson University)

Clemson, SC (May 5, 2024)

Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant- by the College of Agriculture. Forestry & Life Sci.  Clemson University, 

Presented by: Dr. Greg Yarrow, Interim Dean 

Clemson, SC (April 10, 2024)

J.H. Cochran Memorial Scholarship- by South Carolina Entomological Society (SCES)

Presented by: Dr. Paula Mitchell (President, SCES) 

Georgetown, SC (Oct 5, 2022)

Excellence in Leadership- by Graduate Student Government, Clemson University

Presented by: Dr. John Lopez (Dean, Clemson Graduate School) 

Clemson, SC (Apr 28, 2022)

1st place in P-IE, Vectors of Plant Disease 2 Grad 10-min paper competition- ESA National Meeting

Phoenix, AZ (Nov 12, 2024)

1st place in PhD Poster Competition: ESA Southeastern Branch Meeting

Augusta, GA (March 18, 2024)

1st place in PhD Poster Competition: South Carolina Entomological Society Annual Meeting

Columbia, SC (Oct 5, 2023)

2nd place in non-PhD Candidate Category: Clemson University Three-minute Thesis (3MT) competition

Clemson, SC (Nov 11, 2022)

2nd place in Graduate Student Competition- Southeastern Professional Fruit Workers Conference 

Virtual (Oct 25, 2021)