Fellowships
2023 E. Kika De La Garza Fellowship from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
2014 Department of Energy (DOE) Visiting Faculty Fellowship for Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN.
2013 Department of Energy (DOE) Visiting Faculty Fellowship for Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN.
Awards
2025 Fulbright Specialist Award. Award to conduct “Integrating knowledge and skills for water management” with the Environmental Research Centre, Khazar University in Azerbaijan.
2024 CASE Faculty Research Award. Recognition for Research Excellence by the Office of College of Arts, Sciences & Education, Florida International University (FIU), Miami, FL.
2023 Top Scholar Award. Recognition for Research and Creative Activities in the Category of Established Faculty with Significant Grant (STEM) by the Office of Provost, Florida International University (FIU), Miami, FL.
2018 Fulbright Scholar Award. Awarded Fulbright Core US scholar award to conduct research and teaching in Kampala, Uganda.
2018 Award of Honor. Awarded first place in faculty oral presentation by the Office of Research, Texas Southern University in Research Week, 2018.
2016 Award of Honor. Awarded second place in faculty oral presentation by the Office of Research, Texas Southern University in Research Week, 2016.
2015 Distinguished Research and Scholarly Activity Award. Awarded for Outstanding Research and Scholarly Accomplishments in College of Science, Engineering and Technology (COSET) at Texas Southern University (TSU), Houston, TX.
2015 Award of Appreciation. Awarded for being the Keynote Speaker at the TSU Research Week- 2015, March 31- April 2, Houston, TX.
2014 Award of Special Recognition. Awarded for the poster presentation in 14th Annual Houston Area GIS Day Conference, November 19-21, Houston, TX.
2012 Award of Honor. Awarded third place in faculty oral presentation by the Office of Research, Texas Southern University in Research Week, 2012.
2004 American Association of Scientists of Indian Origin Graduate student recognition Award. Awarded for outstanding academic and research performance in Environmental and Soil Science.
2004 Mississippi State University Office of Research’s Graduate Student Research Award. Awarded for Research Excellence.
2004 Mississippi State University Office of Graduate Studies Graduate Student Recognition Award. Awarded for Outstanding academic and research performance.
2003 Society of Wood Science and Technology Best Student Poster Award. Awarded First place in 46th annual meeting of Society of Wood Science and Technology at Bellevue, WA.
2003 Battelle Best Graduate Student Research Paper Award. Awarded First Place in The 7th International Symposium of In Situ and On-site Bioremediation, Orlando, FL.
2003 Mississippi State University Graduate Student Travel Support Grant. Awarded to attend Soil Society of America Annual Meetings, Denver, CO. November 2-6, 2003. $ 500
2003 Battelle Research Institute Graduate Student Travel Support Grant. Awarded to attend The 7th International Symposium of In Situ and On-site Bioremediation, Orlando, FL. June 2-5, 2003. $ 2000