Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence Award

The highest honor for research at Mississippi State University, the Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence Award is reserved for outstanding, nationally recognized and competitive researchers. The recipient of the Ralph E. Powe Award is a mentor who is an influence on students towards scholarly work, graduate study, and professional activities; a scholar who has made a significant contribution in research to the economic welfare or cultural growth of the University, the State, or the Nation, and a leader in local, sectional, and national professional societies.

2023 Ralph E. Powe Award Winner

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Dr. Nicholas Fitzkee

Department of Chemistry

College of Arts and Sciences

Past Winners

2022 Robert Moorhead
2021 Todd Mlsna - Department of Chemistry - CAS
2020 David May - Department of Sociology - CAS
2019 Steve Demarais - Forest and Wildlife Research Center - CFR
2018 Wes Schilling - Department of Food Science Nutrition Health Promotion - CALS
2017 Henry Wan - Department of Basic Sciences - CVM
2016 Wes Burger - Department of Forestry - CFR
2015 Brent Funderburk - Department of Art - CAAD
2014 Nicholas Herrmann - Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Culture - CAS
2013 Daniel G. Peterson - Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing & Biotechnology 
2012 Kambham “Raja” Reddy - Department of Plant and Soil Sciences - CALS
2011 James C. Newman Jr. - Department of Aerospace Engineering - COE
2010 Stanislaw Grzybowski - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - COE
2009 Shane Burgess - Department of Basic Sciences - CVM
2008 Mark Horstemeyer - Department of Mechanical Engineering - COE
2007 Louis D’Abramo - Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture - CFR
2006 Jung P. Shim - Department of Management and Information Systems - COB
2005 H. Michael Barnes - Department of Forestry - CFR
2005 Janice Chambers - Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences - CVM
2004 Domenico Parisi - Department of Sociology - CAS
2003 Thomas E. Nebeker - Department of Forestry - CFR
2002 Douglas L. Marshall - Department of Food Science and Technology - CALS
2001 Roger L. King - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - COE
2000 David R. Shaw - Department of Plant and Soil Sciences - CALS
1999 Robert W. Rogers - Department of Food Science and Health Promotion - CALS
1998 Charles U. Pittman Jr. - Department of Chemistry - CAS
1997 Lewis R. Brown - Department of Biological Sciences - CAS