Awards
The Foundation celebrates these innovative individuals working in field biology, craft and food.

2024 Awards in Food
Ankita Raturi
Assistant Professor, Agricultural Informatics Lab; Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana

2024 Awards in Food
Crystal Manuel
Whole Food Educator and Founder / Co-Owner, Cream of the West and Gruff Grains
Havre, Montana

2024 Awards in Food
Femeika Elliott
Founder, The Lotus Program Experience and Rooted East Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee

2024 Awards in Food
Kristyn Leach
Farmer and Seed Saver, Second Generation Seeds
Sebastopol, California

2024 Awards in Food
Noel Dakar Dickinson
Breadfruit Institute Coordinator and Small Farmer, Breadfruit Institute at the National Tropical Botanical Garden; Waikahe Farms, LLC
Waimea, Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i

2024 Awards in Field Biology
Adriana Corrales
Forest Ecologist
Expeditions Strategy & Planning Lead, Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN)

2024 Awards in Field Biology
Charley Eiseman
Independent Researcher

2024 Awards in Field Biology
Flavia Montaño-Centellas
Community Ecologist
Assistant Professor | Louisiana State University

2024 Awards in Field Biology
Timothy J. Colston
Evolutionary Biologist
Associate Professor in Biology Department & Director of Genomic Resources Collection, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez

2024 Awards in Field Biology
Zhengyang Wang
Conservation Biologist
Assistant Professor | Sichuan University

2024 Awards in Craft
Cristina Córdova
Ceramic Sculptor
Penland, NC

2024 Awards in Craft
Ibrahim Said
Ceramicist
Greensboro, NC

2024 Awards in Craft
Nisha Bansil
Glass Sculptor
New York, NY

2024 Awards in Craft
Raul De Lara
Sculptor
New York, NY

2024 Awards in Craft
Thea Alvin
Stone Sculptor & Stained Glass
Morrisville, VT

2023 Awards in Field Biology
Agnes Dellinger
Evolutionary Ecologist
Assistant Professor, University of Vienna

2023 Awards in Field Biology
Astrid Leitner
Oceanographer
Assistant Professor, Oregon State University

2023 Awards in Field Biology
Norine Yeung
Malacologist
Malacology Curator, Bishop Museum

2023 Awards in Field Biology
Paulina L. González-Gómez
Functional and Integrative Ecologist
Lecturer, University of California Davis

2023 Awards in Field Biology
Sahas Barve
Evolutionary Ecologist
John W. Fitzpatrick Director of Avian Ecology, Archbold Biological Station

2023 Awards in Craft
Adebunmi Gbadebo
Multi-media Artist
Philadelphia, PA

2023 Awards in Craft
Aspen Golann
Woodworker
Berwick, ME

2023 Awards in Craft
Blain Snipstal
Timber Framer + Designer
Brandywine, MD

2023 Awards in Craft
Leo Tecosky
Glassblower
Brooklyn, NY