Awards & Honors

Dr. Jugulam's Awards & Honors

Year Award
2022 Presidential Award of Merit- Western Society of Weed Science
2021 Outstanding Researcher Award, Weed Science Society of America
2020 Outstanding Scientist Award- Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, KSU
2019 Distinguished Achievement Award- Research (NCWSS)
2019 Fulbright Specialist Award
2019 Sigma-Xi Honorary Member
2019 Outstanding Research Award- Gamma Sigma Delta (KSU- Chapter)
2018 KSU-Innovation and Economic Engagement Award Finalist
2017 KSU-College of Agriculture Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award
2015 Faculty Development Award-K-State
2014 NSF ADVANCE-Distinguished lecture series award to host as a guest speaker
2013 Academic Excellence Award-Kansas State University
2013 NSF ADVANCE-Distinguished lecture series award to host as a guest speaker
2012 Academic Excellence Award-Kansas State University
2012 NSF ADVANCE-Distinguished lecture series award to host as a guest speaker
2012 Gamma Sigma Delta- Honor Society Member
2005 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA – Fellowship
2004-2006 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)-Canada– Postdoctoral Fellow
2004 Graduate Student Award for the IV International Weed Science Congress (IWSC)
2002 Syngenta Travel Award
1999-2001 NSERC- Post Graduate Scholarship-B (Canada)
1999 NSERC- Post Graduate Supplement Award (Canada)
1999 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Canada)
1998 Mrs. Fred Ball Scholarship (University of Guelph, Canada)

Awards Received by Jugulam Lab Members

Student's Name Degree Year Award
C. Shyam PhD 2021 1st place, oral competition (section 3), WSWS- Boise, ID
E. Borgato PhD 2021 1st place, oral competition (section 2), WSWS, Boise, ID
C. Shyam PhD 2021 2nd place, poster competition, WSSA- San Antonio, TX
E. Borgato PhD 2021 2nd place, 3 MT oral competition, WSSA- San Antonio, TX
E. Borgato PhD 2020 2nd place, NCWSS meetings oral competition
E. Borgato PhD 2020 2nd place, NCWSS meetings, poster competition
B. A. Pandian PhD 2020 2nd place, SICNA-graduate student oral competition
C. Shyam PhD 2020 WSSA-Travel Enrichment Award
B. A. Pandian PhD 2019 1st place- Poster at NCWSS- Annual Meetings
D. Came URE 2019 Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award- GSD
B. A. Pandian PhD 2018 USDA-NIFA travel award to attend “Sorghum-21st Century” conference in South Africa
A. Friesen URE 2018 1st place-poster- GSD Undergraduate poster
A. Friesen URE 2018 1st place-poster- WSWS Annual Meeting, CA
D. Came URE 2018 Undergraduate Research Award-WSSA
J. Ou PhD 2017 1st place-oral- GHRC, Denver, CO
A. Friesen URE 2017 Undergraduate Research Award- WSSA
J. Ou PhD 2016 2nd place-poster-NCWSS- Annual Meeting
J. Ou PhD 2016 2nd place-oral-NCWSS-Annual Meeting
J. Bramhall URE 2016 2nd place ASA Undergraduate poster
S. Menzer MS 2016 1st place-poster- SICNA Annual Meeting
J. Bramhall URE 2016 2nd place-poster, GSD Undergraduate poster
J. Bramhall URE 2016 1st place-poster, WSWS Annual Meeting
J. Bramhall URE 2016 Outstanding Undergraduate Award- GSD
J. Ou PhD 2016 1st place- poster, K-State Research Forum
J. Ou PhD 2016 1st place- oral, WSWS Annual Meeting
K. Putta MS 2016 2nd place- oral, K-State Research Forum
S. Nakka PhD 2016 Extraordinary Student Award
S. Nakka PhD 2016 Outstanding PhD Research Award-GSD
R. DeGreeff MS 2015 1st place in NCWSS Weed Contest (team member)
A. Dillon MS 2015 Outstanding MS Research Award- GSD
J. Bramhall URE 2015 Undergraduate Research Award-WSSA
S. Nakka PhD 2015 One of 6 to receive WSSA Travel Award
L. Leibhart PhD 2014 1st place- oral, NCWSS Meeting
A. Dillon MS 2014 1st place- oral, NCWSS Annual Meetings
A. Scherrer URE 2014 Outstanding Undergraduate Award- GSD
Z. Raudenbush PhD 2013 1st place- oral, NCWSS Meetings
K. Niehues MS 2013 1st place- oral, K-State Research Forum
T. Newell URE 2013 Undergraduate Research Award- WSSA