Early Career Achievement Awards: Recognizing achievement of young scholars working to foster the discovery, sharing, and application of knowledge concerning the responsible use of animals to enhance human life and well-being D. J. Garrick and S. M. Lonergan J Anim Sci 2009.87:E109-E110. doi: 10.2527/jas.2008-1746 originally published online Dec 19, 2008;
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Early Career Achievement Awards: Recognizing achievement of young scholars working to foster the discovery, sharing, and application of knowledge concerning the responsible use of animals to enhance human life and well-being1 D. J. Garrick2 and S. M. Lonergan Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames 50011 ©2009 American Society of Animal Science. All rights reserved. The American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) introduced Early Career Achievement Awards in 2007 to recognize the achievement of outstanding young scholars working toward the mission of ASAS, namely to “foster the discovery, sharing, and application of scientific knowledge concerning the responsible use of animals to enhance human life and well-being.” In this, its second year, 2 outstanding recipients were selected from a competitive field of 19 candidates nominated by current ASAS members. Candidates are not required to be ASAS members, and there are no restrictions on country of residence, but candidates must have completed their most recent degree within 10 yr of the time of nomination. Nominations are composed of a brief biography, summary of scholarly work, and letters of support from at least 2 ASAS members. Collectively, this material must demonstrate that the achievements of the nominee serve the mission of ASAS. Successful recipients are required to contribute a presentation at the joint annual meeting of ASAS and the American Dairy Science Association, submit an abstract for that presentation, and submit a manuscript highlighting the presented material. In return, they receive a travel allowance, complimentary registration at the meeting, and 2-yr membership in ASAS, sponsored by the ASAS Foundation. Finally, recipients become members of the award committee in the following year and participate in the challenging task of identifying their successors. The nominees represented the diversity enjoyed by the ASAS membership pool in terms of countries of origin; discipline or species interests; public or private sec1 Presented at the Early Career Achievement Awards during the joint annual meeting of the American Society of Animal Science and American Dairy Science Association in Indianapolis, IN, July 7 to 11, 2008. 2 Corresponding author:
[email protected] Received December 16, 2008. Accepted December 18, 2008.
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tor employment; job responsibilities in terms of teaching, research, and extension; and gender. There was much less diversity in the level of achievement of these nominees; all the candidates were worthy of recognition for performance beyond the level of their average peers, whether in terms of research grants and peer-reviewed publications, leadership in their disciplines, graduate and undergraduate teaching, or extension activities. Most candidates did many of these activities, regardless of the nature of their employment. Two candidates, Sung Woo Kim and Ermias Kebreab, were particularly outstanding and were selected to be recipients of ASAS Early Career Achievement Awards for this year. Ermias Kebreab received his undergraduate degree in Eritrea, followed by a MSc in integrated pest management and a PhD in mathematical modeling from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. Kebreab later joined the nutrition modeling group at the University of Guelph before his appointment to a distinguished Canada Research Chair in Modeling Sustainable Agricultural Systems at the University of Manitoba. His main research focus has been mathematical modeling of biological systems with special emphasis on reduction of environmental pollution arising from agriculture. He has an outstanding publication record with 64 scientific papers in peer-reviewed articles on modeling environmental issues such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and methane emissions from agriculture, issues covered in his invited presentation (Kebreab et al., 2009). Sung Woo Kim received BS and MS degrees in his native Korea before undertaking a PhD in animal nutrition at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. He worked at Texas Tech University before moving recently to North Carolina State University. His research has focused on AA metabolism of pregnant and lactating sows, their fetuses and neonates, which was the subject of his award presentation (Kim et al., 2009). Kim has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers. These 2 individuals are truly deserving recipients of ASAS Early Career Achievement Awards as read-
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ers will attest from their existing publications, their invited award presentations, and likely from their ongoing contributions to the mission of ASAS. Be sure to congratulate these 2 individuals for their success, and in the future, to nominate your outstanding colleagues that meet the criteria for this award.
LITERATURE CITED Kebreab, E., J. Dijkstra, A. Bannink, and J. France. 2009. Recent advances in modeling nutrient utilization in ruminants. J. Anim. Sci. 87 (E. Suppl.):E111–E122. Kim, S. W., W. L. Hurley, G. Wu, and F. Ji. 2009. Ideal amino acid balance for sows during gestation and lactation. J. Anim. Sci. 87 (E. Suppl.):E123–E132.
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