2020 Section Award Honorees
Section Awards will be presented during Section Business Meetings, also on Wednesday, February 19. The Section Award recipients will be acknowledged again before the entire membership during the AAFS Annual Business Meeting.
Anthropology Section’s
T. Dale Stewart Award: H. Gill-King, PhD
J. Lawrence Angel Award: Saskia Ammer, MSc
Ellis R. Kerley Research Award: Gregory E. Berg, PhD
Outstanding Mentorship Award: Dennis C. Dirkmaat, PhD
Diversity & Inclusion Award: Mariah E. Moe, MA
Criminalistics Section’s
Paul L. Kirk Award: Jose R. Almirall, PhD
Mary E. Cowan Outstanding Service Award: Matthew R. Wood, PhD
Meritorious Service Award: Jennifer S. Mihalovich, MPH
Digital & Multimedia Sciences Section’s
Outstanding Case Study Award: Brandon Epstein, BS; Marla E. Carroll, BS
Outstanding Research Award: Nicole R. Odom, MSFS; Jesse M. Lindmar; Josh Brunty, MS; Catherine G. Rushton, EdD
Engineering & Applied Sciences Section’s
Founders Award: Michelle R. Hoffman, MS
General Section’s
John R. Hunt Award: Paul E. Kish, MS
Paul W. Kehres Meritorious Service Award: Joanna L. Collins, MFS
Odontology Section’s
Lester Luntz Award: Richard A. Weems, DMD
Reidar F. Sognnaes Award: Patrick W. Thevissen, PhD
Pathology/Biology Section’s
Milton Helpern Award: Duarte Nuno Vieira, PhD, MD
Award for Achievement in the Forensic Life Sciences: John R. Wallace, PhD
Forensic Biologist Trainee Paper Award: Mitchell Messner, BA
Psychiatry & Behavioral Science Section’s
Rosner Best Paper Award: Cristina Secarea, MD
Questioned Documents Section’s
Maureen Casey-Owens Award for Best Paper or Poster: Nina Harnarine, BSc
Ordway Hilton Award: Linda L. Mitchell, BS
Toxicology Section’s
Irving Sunshine Award: Nathalie A. Desrosiers, PhD
Ray Abernethy Award: Eric S. Lavins, BS
Rolla N. Harger Award: Christine Moore, PhD, DSc
June K. Jones Scholarship: Haley Mulder, BS