Congratulations to Dr. Caroline Roper, Associate Professor in the department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology for receiving the 2020 Lee M. Hutchins Award from the American Phytopathological Society. The Hutchins Award recognizes significant research on basic or applied aspects of diseases of perennial fruit plants within the past 10 years.

Congratulations to Dr. Shou-Wei Ding, Professor in the department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology for receiving the 2020 Noel Keen Award from the APS (American Phytopathological Society). With this award Dr. Ding joins a long list of very distinguished plant molecular pathologist honored by the American Phytopathological Society.