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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

INNOVATOR HONOREES

FY 2025

Sept. 23, 2025

4-6 p.m. EDT

Ballroom 212A, Gatton Student Center

PATENTS

Dennis Cheek
College of Medicine

Florin Despa
College of Medicine

Tristana Duvallet

Center for Applied Energy Research

Thomas Dziubla

The Pigman College of Engineering

Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova

College of Pharmacy

J. Zach Hilt

The Pigman College of Engineering

David W. Horohov

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Robert B. Jewell

Center for Applied Energy Research

Kunlei Liu

The Pigman College of Engineering


(Technology Developed at Center for Applied Energy Research)

David Minion (2)

College of Medicine

Anne E. Oberlink

Center for Applied Energy Research

Allen Edward Page

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Qiulin Qin

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Thomas L. Robl

Center for Applied Energy Research

Craig R. Rush

College of Medicine

Wang-Xia Wang

College of Medicine

Chang-Guo Zhan(2)

College of Pharmacy

Fang Zheng (2)

College of Pharmacy

LICENSES/OPTIONS

Kristin Ashford
College of Nursing

Michael T. Bardo
College of Arts and Sciences

Janine Barnett
College of Nursing

Evelyn Bates
College of Medicine

Justin Todd Burus (17)
Markey Cancer Center

Joseph Chappell
The Pigman College of Pharmacy
(Technology Developed at Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment)

Benjamin Jerald Coy

UK HealthCare

Tori Rachelle Davis
UK HealthCare

Seth DeBolt (15)
Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Letitia Ducas
College of Nursing

Tristana Duvallet

Center for Applied Energy Research

Linda P. Dwoskin
College of Pharmacy

Thomas Dziubla
The Pigman College of Engineering

Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova
College of Pharmacy

Jared Tate Greene

UK HealthCare

Angela Gutierrez
The Pigman College of Engineering

J. Zach Hilt
The Pigman College of Engineering

Terry Hinds Jr.
College of Medicine

Pamela Hull (17)
Markey Cancer Center

Jennifer Hunter (12)
Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Brooke Jenkins
Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Robert B. Jewell
Center for Applied Energy Research

Scott Kinson
UK Innovate

(Technology Developed at Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment)

John Lyons (16)
College of Public Health

John J. McCarthy
College of Medicine

Andrea McCubbin
College of Nursing

Laura Elizabeth McMahon
UK HealthCare

Stephanie Meredith
Human Development Institute

J. Daniel Moore
College of Medicine

Anne E. Oberlink
Center for Applied Energy Research

Charlotte A. Peterson

College of Medicine

Thomas Edward Prisinzano

College of Pharmacy

Robert Rathbone

Center for Applied Energy Research

Thomas L. Robl

Center for Applied Energy Research

Ashley Seifert (2)

College of Arts and Sciences

Lindsey Sheehan

UK HealthCare

Morgan E. Stacey

College of Medicine

Timothy Travis Tatchell

UK HealthCare

Jill Turner

College of Pharmacy

Cari Twait
UK HealthCare



COPYRIGHTS

Lakshay Anand

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment



SBIR/STTR AWARDS

Dennis Cheek

Wild Dog Physics LLC

SBIR Phase II

College of Medicine

Dongfang Wang

W-Z Biotech LLC

SBIR Phase II

College of Medicine

Bruce Webb

Lepidext, Inc

SBIR Phase II

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Guoqiang Yu
Bioptics Technology LLC

STTR Phase II

The Pigman College of Engineering




LAUNCH BLUE UACCEL

Nicholas Annichiarico
College of Medicine

Mohammad Dehghan Banadaki

The Pigman College of Engineering

Madison Bates

The Pigman College of Engineering

Christopher Bentley
College of Medicine

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

Hunter Colson

College of Medicine

Brian Delisle
College of Medicine

Dave Easton
Center for Applied Energy Research

Paula Farrell
College of Medicine

Houfu Guo
College of Medicine

Anastasia Hauser

The Pigman College of Engineering

Nick Heebner
College of Health Sciences

Jenalee Hinds
College of Education

Nik Hochstrasser
Center for Applied Energy Research

Noah Leibold
College of Medicine

Doug Long
College of Health Sciences

Carlos Rodriquez Lopez
Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Courtney Luecking
Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

Leah Noble
Center for Applied Energy Research

Hasan Poonawala
The Pigman College of Engineering

Ke'La Porter
College of Health Sciences

Hady Sabra
College of Medicine

Rupin Sharma
College of Medicine

Elizabeth Schroder Stumpf
College of Medicine

Mark Suckow
The Pigman College of Engineering

Tama The
College of Medicine

Noe Tirado-Muniz
The Pigman College of Engineering

Sheng Tong
The Pigman College of Engineering

Soroosh Torabi
The Pigman College of Engineering