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​​Awards

Cereals & Grains Association has a long history of honoring the members and supporters who support the efforts of our association and the cereal grain science industry, helping drive the science behind 77% of the world's diet forward. The following individuals have won awards since the establishment of our organization nearly 100 years ago. We welcome you to explore and celebrate their achievements with us.



Carl Wilhelem Brabender Award​

This award recognizes members who made distinguished contributions to the application of rheology in milling and baking.


  • Carl Wilhelm Brabender Award Winners
    1967Isydore Hlynka1968Arnoldus Crommetuyn
    1970William Shuey1972Egon Drews
    1974Walter Bushuk1978Keith Tipples & R. Henry Kilborn
    1985Seiichi Nagao1988Dorian Weipert
    1990Vladimir Rasper1993Rolf Kieffer
    1996Ber D'Appolonia2002Jozef Kokini
    2008Ton van Vliet2014Juan de Dios Figueroa Cárdenas


Excellence in Teaching Award

This award recognizes members and teachers who have made significant contributions through teaching in the broad field of cereal science and technology.


  • Excellence in Teaching Award Winners
    1996R. Carl Hoseney1997Lloyd Rooney
    1998Raul Seib1999Steven Eckhoff
    2000Do Sup Chung2001Pamela J. White
    2002Don Thompson2003Randy Wehling
    2004Sergio O. Serna-Saldivar2005John R. N. Taylor
    2006Jan Delcour2007Ralph Waniska
    2008Deborah Rogers2009Steve Mulvaney
    2010Curtis Weller2011Jon Faubion
    2012Andrew Ross2013Vijay Singh
    2014Les Copeland2015Koushik Seetharaman
    2016Joseph Awika2017M. Ambrogina Pagani
    2018Weining Huang2019Senay Simsek
    2020Luis A. Bello-Perez


Fellows Award

The Fellow program recognizes and honors association members who have made distinguished contributions to the field of grain science and technology in research, industrial achievement, leadership, education, administration, communication, or regulatory affairs.


  • Fellows Award Winners

    1986
    Karel Kulp
    Karl Norris
    William Yamazaki

    1987
    Robert Matsuo
    J.G. Ponte, Jr.
    Gerald Reed

    1988
    Maura Bean
    Bienvenido Juliano
    Paul Mattern
    Hiroshi Matsumoto

    1989
    James Conn
    Darrell Medcalf
    Joseph Wall

    1990
    Elwood Caldwell
    Edith Christensen

    1991
    R. Carl Hoseney
    Roland Morck
    Bill Webb

    1992
    Rattan Bhatty
    Gordon Rubenthaler
    Colin Wrigley

    1993
    Simon Jackel
    Donald Kasarda
    Lloyd Rooney

    1994
    Klaus Lorenz
    William Morrison

    1995
    Antoinette Betschart
    Bert D'Appolonia
    Peter Ranum
    Keith Tipples

    1996
    Flloyd Huebner
    Peter Payne
    Gur Ranhotra
    Peter Wood

    1997
    Jerold Bietz
    Seeichi Nagao

    1998
    Finlay MacRitchie
    Finlay MacRitchie
    Vladimir Rasper
    Paul Seib
    Henry Zobel

    1999
    Jean-Claude Autran
    Sandy MacGregor
    Warren Schwecke

    2000
    George Lookhart
    Peter Shewry
    Frank Sosulski
    Philip C. Williams

    2001
    Okkyung K. Chung
    Pierre Feillet
    Robert Hamer

    2002
    M. Rella Dwyer
    Helmut Glattes
    Charles E. Walker

    2003
    Olin Anderson
    Robert Cracknell
    Barry McCleary
    Mark Stearns

    2004
    Charles Gaines
    Ken Preston
    Bruce Stone

    2005
    George Inglett
    Craig Morris*

    2006
    Ravindra Chibbar
    Domenico Lafiandra

    2007
    Tony Blakeney
    James Dexter
    Herbert Wieser*
    Phil Williams*

    2008
    Harry Levine
    David Lineback
    Louise Slade*
    John R.N. Taylor

    2009
    Jan Delcour*
    Larry Johnson
    Barry McCleary*

    2010
    Perry Ng
    David Wetzel
    Larry Johnson*

    2011
    Hamed Faridi
    Gary Fulcher
    Matthew Morell*

    2012
    Barbara Heidolph
    Jay-lin Jane

    2013
    Geoff Fincher*
    Julie Jones
    Pamela White

    2014
    Clodualdo "Ody" Maningat
    Terry Nelsen
    Terry Siebenmorgen*

    2015
    Jonathan W. DeVries
    Peter Koehler
    Per B.J. Åman*

    2016
    Charles Hurburgh
    Yong-Cheng Shi*

    2017
    Elsayed Abdelaal

    2018
    Kristof Brijs
    Marta Izydorczyk

    2019
    Mike Gidley
    Narpinder Singh

    2020
    Jae-Bom Ohm

    2021
    Michael Tilley

    2022
    Weining Huang


    *Thomas Burr Osborne or Phil Williams Applied Research Award Recipient



Edith A. Christensen Award for Outstanding Contributions in Analytical Methodology

This award recognizes association members who have made scientific contributions in analytical methodology, and service to the society through approved methods leadership.


  • Edith A. Christensen Award for Outstanding Contributions in Analytical Methodology Winners
    2005Edith A. Christensen2006Philip C. Williams
    2007Charles Gaines2008Barry McCleary
    2009Jon DeVries2010John MacDonald
    2011Janette Gelroth2012Terry Nelsen
    2013Stephen Delwiche2014Elaine Sopiwnyk
    2015Nancy Ames2016Wayne Moore
    2017Paul Wehling2018Ray Shilito
    2019Kathryn Philips2020Padmanaban Krishnan
    2021Sheryl Tittlemier2022Andreia Bianchini


Phil Williams Applied Research Award

This award is presented to association members who made distinguished contributions to the application of science in the cereals area.


  • Phil Williams Applied Research Award Winners
    2007Phil Williams2008Harry Levine & Louise Slade
    2009Barry McCleary2010Larry Johnson
    2011Matthew Morell2014Terry Siebenmorgen
    2016Yong-Cheng Shi2018Vijay Singh


Thomas Burr Osborne Medal

This award recognizes association members who made distinguished contributions in the field of cereal chemistry. The award was named after the outstanding protein chemist Thomas Burr Osborne, who received the first award in 1928.


  • Thomas Burr Osborne Medal Winners
    1928Thomas Burr Osborne1932Clyde Bailey1936Morris Blish
    1938Charels Swanson1942Ross Gortner1945John Baker
    1948Betty Sullivan1950William Geddes1954Rudolph Sandstedt
    1957J. Ansel Anderson1961Majel MacMasters1964Thomas Schoch
    1967Paul Pelshenke1969Nicolaas Badenhuizen1971Dale Mecham
    1974Roy Whistler1976Isydore Hlynka1978James Pence
    1980Yeshajahu Romeranz1983Walter Bushuk1985Karl Finney
    1986Karl Norris1988Bienvenido Juliano1989Joseph Wall
    1991R. Carl Hoseney1992Colin Wrigley1993Donald Kasarda
    1994William Morrison1996Peter Payne1998Finlay MacRitchie
    1999Jerold Bietz2000Peter Shewry2002Paul Seib
    2003Olin Anderson2004Bruce Stone2007Herbert Wieser
    2008Domenico Lafiandra2009Jan Delcour2013Geoff Fincher
    2015Per B.J. Aman2017Kaisa Poutanen2019Craig Morris
    2021John R.N. Taylor

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Young Scientist Research Award

This award recognizes members who made an outstanding contributions in basic and applied research to grain science with the expectation that contributions will continue.


  • Young Scientist Research Award Winners
    2007Vinjay Singh2008Christophe Courtin
    2009Mirko Bunzel2010Sajid Alavi
    2011Jinsong Bao2012Girish Ganjyal
    2014Devin Rose2015Laura Nyström
    2016Mario Jekle2017Andreia Bianchini
    2018Katharina Scherf2019Filiz Koksel
    2020Mario M. Martinez2022Stephen Lindemann

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