UW Faculty Members Receive Presidential Scholarly Achievement Awards

University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel has recognized faculty members who demonstrate high achievement in scholarship through the 2026 Presidential Scholarly Achievement Awards.

Started by Seidel in 2022, the awards include two tracks: one for tenured faculty members and one for early-career faculty members. Each track includes a monetary award and recognition at the President’s Commencement Dinner Thursday, May 14.

“Inspiring scholarship drives UW forward,” Seidel says. “This year’s Scholarly Achievement Awardees are leaders in their fields, and I am grateful they have chosen UW as a place to grow, discover and make an impact.”

The Presidential Scholarly Achievement Awards for tenured faculty at associate or full professor ranks -- who have demonstrated significant achievement -- focus on different colleges or disciplines each year. This year, the focus is on the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources and the School of Energy Resources. The winners of the honors, which include a cash award of $2,500 each, are:

-- Dario Grana, SER professor of geology and geophysics and Wyoming Excellence Chair, Department of Geology and Geophysics.

-- John Kaszuba, SER professor of geology and geophysics and the John and Jane Wold Distinguished Centennial Chair in Energy, Department of Geology and Geophysics.

-- Temple Stoellinger, associate dean and Wyoming Excellence Chair, Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources.

Recipients of Presidential Scholarly Achievement Awards for early-career faculty, which include an award of $5,000 toward scholarship activities, are:

-- Ta Tung “Stephanie” Cheng, assistant professor, Department of Accounting and Finance.

-- Kipp Coddington, professor of practice, director of the Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Clinic, and director of externships, College of Law.

-- Grete Gansauer, assistant professor, Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources.

-- Jaepil Han, assistant professor, School of Teacher Education.

-- Jason Hawes, assistant professor, School of Computing and Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources.

-- Lori Howe, assistant instructional professor, Honors College.

-- Jason Katzmann, assistant lecturer, School of Teacher Education, UW-Casper.

-- Bryan Leonard, associate professor and SER chair, Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources and School of Energy Resources.

-- Li Li, assistant professor, Department of Zoology and Physiology.

-- Allison Mann, assistant professor, Department of Anthropology.

-- Liane Moreau, assistant professor, Department of Chemistry.

-- Shannon Smith, chair of collections and collections analysis librarian, UW Libraries.