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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

INNOVATOR HONOREES

FY 2026

Sept. 29, 2026

4-6 p.m. EDT

Ballroom 212A, Gatton Student Center

MILESTONE PATENT

Kunlei Liu (30th)

College of Engineering


(Milestone Patent Received from Technology Developed at Center for Applied Energy Research)

PATENTS

Akinbode A. Adedeji

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Samuel G. Awuah

College of Arts and Sciences

Kevin Baldridge

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Terrence A. Barrett

College of Medicine

Matthew D. Bernard

Stanley and Karen Pigman 

College of Engineering

Saloni Bhatnagar

Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering


(Technology Developed at Center for Applied Energy Research)

Dibakar Bhattacharyya

Stanley and Karen Pigman

College of Engineering

Luke H. Bradley

College of Medicine

Qiang Cheng

College of Medicine

Mark Crocker

Center for Applied Energy Research

Tristana Duvallet

Center for Applied Energy Research

Linda P. Dwoskin

College of Pharmacy

Thomas Dziubla

Stanley and Karen Pigman

College of Engineering

Justin Fraser

College of Medicine

Mark Fritz

College of Medicine

Greg A. Gerhardt

College of Medicine

Jeffrey Todd Hastings

Stanley and Karen Pigman

College of Engineering

Rick Q. Honaker

Stanley and Karen Pigman

College of Engineering

Jameson Hunter

College of Engineering

Robert B. Jewell

Center for Applied Energy Research

Barbara Knutson

Stanley and Karen Pigman

College of Engineering

Jasmina Kurepa

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Chunming Liu (2)

College of Medicine

Kunlei Liu (3)

Stanley and Karen Pigman

College of Engineering




(Technology Developed at Center for Applied Energy Research)

Yang Liu

College of Pharmacy

Khaled Attla Shaaban Mahmoud


College of Pharmacy

David Minion

College of Medicine

Sitakanta Pattanaik (2)

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Keith R. Pennypacker

College of Medicine

Stephen Rankin

Stanley and Karen Pigman

College of Engineering

Michael Renfro

Stanley and Karen Pigman

College of Engineering

Thomas L. Robl

Center for Applied Energy Research

TJurgen Rohr

College of Pharmacy

Ambrose Sungseok Seo

College of Arts and Sciences

Jian Shi

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Jan Smalle

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Jesse G. Thompson (2)

Center for Applied Energy Research

Jon S. Thorson (2)

College of Pharmacy

Matthew C. Weisenberger

Center for Applied Energy Research

Ling Yuan (2)

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Guigen Zhang

Stanley and Karen Pigman

College of Engineering

Wen Zhang

College of Medicine

Yuxuan Zhang

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment



COPYRIGHTS

Erin Abner
College of Public Health

Jill Abney
Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching

Kayla Anderson
College of Medicine

Samuel Armstrong
College of Medicine

Lauren Batey
Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Matthew D. Bernard
College of Medicine

Douglas A. Boyd
UK Libraries

Christy Brady
College of Health Sciences

Heather Layne Norman-Burgdolf
Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Justin Todd Burus
College of Medicine

Laura Carter-Stone
Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching

Anna M. Cason
Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Hunter Colson

College of Medicine

Carrie Derossett

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Alex Elswick

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Shannon Wade Farrell

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Shawna Felkins

Center for the Enhancement for Learning and Teaching

Jean Lorraine Fry

College of Health Sciences

Ashley Gann

Office for Student Success



Rachel Guidugli

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Laura Halligan (2)
UK Innovate

Ryan Hargrove
Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Eric Hartman
UK Innovate

Nichole Huff

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Melinda Ickes
College of Education

Kari Jones
College of Education

Aubrey Lawson

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Ian McClure
UK Innovate

Shelley Wade Meyer

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

William Michael Meyer

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Madeline Aulisio Miller
Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching

Matthew Moore
College of Social Work

Lindsey Catherine Mullis
Human Development Institute

Monica Mundy

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

John Nash
College of Education

Ashley Osborne

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Douglas Oyler

College of Pharmacy

Kimberly Parker
College of Communication and Information

Alaine Reschke-Hernandez (4)
College of Fine Arts

Marcia V. Rojas-Ramirez
College of Dentistry

Frederick A. Schmitt

College of Medicine


Erin Shea
UK Innovate

Zachary Stacy
UK Innovate

Allison L. Steele

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Kendra Hargis Stenzel
UK Innovate

Tama S. Thé
College of Medicine

Matthew Upton
UK Innovate

Jessalyn Vallade
UK Libraries

Serenity Wright
UK Innovate

LICENSES/OPTIONS

Eric Abbenhaus
College of Medicine

Emma Adam

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Janine Barnett
College of Nursing

Justin Todd Burus (10)

College of Medicine

Julie Cerel 
College of Social Work

Benjamin Jerald Coy
College of Pharmacy

Kristine Damron
College of Medicine

Audrey Darville
College of Nursing

Tori Rachelle Davis
College of Pharmacy

Seth DeBolt (4)

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Letitia Ducas
College of Nursing

Deborah L. Duckworth
UK HealthCare

Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova
College of Pharmacy

Roberto Gedaly
College of Medicine

Jared Tate Greene

College of Pharmacy

Angela Grubbs
College of Nursing

Laura Halligan
UK Innovate

Eric Hartman
UK Innovate

Kristen Hill
College of Medicine

Pamela Hull (10)

College of Medicine

Jennifer Hunter (6)

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Melinda Ickes (4)
College of Education

Theodore Kalbfleisch

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Jennifer Redmond Knight
College of Public Health

Kunlei Liu
College of Engineering

James N. MacLeod

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Francesc Marti
College of Medicine

Ian McClure
UK Innovate

Andrea McCubbin
College of Medicine

Laura Elizabeth McMahon
College of Pharmacy

Bruno Carvalho Menarim

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Craig S. Miller
College of Dentistry

J. Daniel Moore
College of Medicine

Matthew Moore
College of Social Work

Timothy Mullett
College of Medicine

Chin Ng
College of Engineering

Allen Edward Page

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Julie Plasencia

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Thomas Platt
College of Pharmacy

Elizabeth Rhodus
College of Medicine

Ashley Seifert (2)
College of Arts and Sciences

Lindsey Sheehan
College of Pharmacy

Morgan E. Stacey
College of Medicine

Zachary Stacy
UK Innovate

Kendra Hargis Stenzel
UK Innovate

Timothy Travis Tatchell
College of Pharmacy

Joel Thompson (3)
Center for Clinical and Translational Science

Shen Tong
Stanley and Karen Pigman
College of Engineering

Cari Twait
College of Pharmacy

Fred Ueland
College of Medicine

Matthew Upton
UK Innovate

Serenity Wright
UK Innovate

Xiaoyue Yang
Stanley and Karen Pigman
College of Engineering

Allyson Yates
College of Medicine

Chang-Guo Zhan
College of Pharmacy

Fang Zheng
College of Pharmacy


UACCEL ICORPS

Jill Abney
Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching

Carmen Agouridis
Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Kayla Anderson
College of Health Sciences

Gabriela Aparicio 
College of Medicine

Ryan Chapman
Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering

Gosia Chwatko
Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering

Denise Fabian
College of Medicine

Juan Feng
Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Jean Fry
College of Health Sciences

Sam Gerring
College of Medicine

Morgan Gilbert
College of Fine Arts

Theodore Kalbfleisch
Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Carlie Martindale
UK Sustainability

Paula Monje
College of Medicine

Rianna Mueller
Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Karin Pekarchik

Center for Applied Energy Research

Alaine Reschke-Hernandez

College of Fine Arts

Elizabeth Rhodus

College of Medicine

Jeremy Ross

College of Health Sciences

Bhamiti Sharma

Center for Applied Energy Research