Awards & Honors 2019 Purdue Agricultural Research Award 2017 Major Scientific Equipment Award, Purdue Office of the Provost ($90,000) 2017 PRF (Purdue Research Foundation) International Travel Grant ($1,000) 2016 Visiting Professor Fellowship, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & Sciences (KNAW; 23,500 Euros) 2016 NWO Visitors Travel Grant, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO; 8,500 Euros) 2016 Visiting Scientist Grant, Wageningen University, Graduate School for Production Ecology & Resource Conservation (PERC; 5,200 Euros) 2015 Purdue University Faculty Scholar ($50,000) 2013 IOBC (International Organization for Biological Control) Early Career Outstanding Scientist Award 2012 PECASE (Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists & Engineers) recipient **Nominated by USDA and received from President Obama at a White House ceremony 2003 H.G. Good & F.S. Arant Memorial Award, Outstanding M.S. Graduate Student in the Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Auburn University