Winners of the Foundation Innovation Awards

The University of Nevada, Reno Foundation Innovation Awards are given annually to an early career faculty member and an established faculty member to recognize their contribution(s) to innovation, and/or for the commercialization of ideas that impact and benefit the public’s well-being.

Early Career Innovators
Year Name
2023 No award given
2022 Steven Frese
Nutrition
2021 Christopher Barile
Chemistry
2020 Yftah Tal-Gan
Chemistry
2019 Monika Gulia-Nuss
Biochemistry and molecular biology
2018 Amilton de Mello
Agriculture, nutrition and veterinary sciences
2017 Antonio Faciola
Agriculture, nutrition and veterinary sciences
2016 No award given
2015 No award given
Established Innovators
Year Name
2023 Jim La
Computer science and engineering
2022 Sesh Commuri
Electrical biomedical engineering
2021 Mano Misra
Chemicals and materials engineering
2020 No award given
2019 David AuCoin
Microbiology and immunology
2018 Thomas Bell
Chemistry
2017 Dean Burkin
Pharmacology
2016 Saiid Saiidi
Civil and environmental engineering
2015 Pat Arnott
Physics