{"id":107,"date":"2020-08-29T19:14:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T19:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/mbalajib\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2025-08-23T23:04:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T23:04:26","slug":"more","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/mbalajib\/more\/","title":{"rendered":"Honors\/Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fellowships<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 E. Kika De La Garza Fellowship from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Energy (DOE) Visiting Faculty Fellowship for Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013                Department\nof Energy (DOE) Visiting Faculty Fellowship for Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fulbright Specialist Award<\/em>. Award to conduct \u201cIntegrating knowledge and skills for water management\u201d with the Environmental Research Centre, Khazar University in Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024                CASE Faculty Research Award.<\/em> Recognition for Research Excellence by the Office of College of Arts, Sciences & Education, Florida International University (FIU), Miami, FL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Top Scholar Award.<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fulbright Scholar Award<\/em>. Awarded Fulbright Core US scholar award to conduct research and teaching in Kampala, Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018                Award of Honor<\/em>.\nAwarded first place in faculty oral presentation by the Office of Research,\nTexas Southern University in Research Week, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016                Award of Honor<\/em>.\nAwarded second place in faculty oral presentation by the Office of Research,\nTexas Southern University in Research Week, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015                Distinguished\nResearch and Scholarly Activity Award<\/em>. Awarded for Outstanding Research and\nScholarly Accomplishments in College\n of Science, Engineering\nand Technology (COSET) at Texas\nSouthern University (TSU), Houston, TX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015                Award of\nAppreciation<\/em>. Awarded for being the Keynote Speaker at the TSU Research Week- 2015, March 31- April 2, Houston, TX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014                Award of\nSpecial Recognition<\/em>. Awarded for the poster presentation in 14th<\/sup>\nAnnual Houston Area GIS Day\nConference, November 19-21, Houston,\n TX.      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012                Award of Honor<\/em>.\nAwarded third place in faculty oral presentation by the Office of Research,\nTexas Southern University in Research Week, 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2004                American\nAssociation of Scientists of Indian Origin Graduate student recognition Award<\/em>.\nAwarded for outstanding academic and research performance in Environmental and\nSoil Science. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2004                Mississippi\nState University Office of Research\u2019s Graduate Student Research Award<\/em>.\nAwarded for Research Excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2004                Mississippi<\/em> State\n University<\/em> Office of Graduate Studies Graduate Student\nRecognition Award<\/em>. Awarded for Outstanding academic and research\nperformance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003                Society of Wood\nScience and Technology Best Student Poster Award<\/em>. Awarded First place in\n46th annual meeting of Society of Wood Science and Technology at Bellevue, WA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003                Battelle Best\nGraduate Student Research Paper Award<\/em>. Awarded First Place in The 7th<\/sup>\nInternational Symposium of In Situ and On-site Bioremediation, Orlando, FL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003                Mississippi<\/em> State\n University<\/em> Graduate Student Travel Support Grant<\/em>.\nAwarded to attend Soil Society of America Annual Meetings, Denver, CO. November 2-6, 2003. $ 500<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003                Battelle\nResearch Institute Graduate Student Travel Support Grant<\/em>. Awarded to attend\nThe 7th<\/sup> International Symposium of In Situ and On-site\nBioremediation, Orlando,\nFL. June 2-5, 2003.\n$ 2000 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fellowships 2023\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 E. Kika De La Garza Fellowship from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). 2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3257,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-107","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/mbalajib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/mbalajib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/mbalajib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/mbalajib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/mbalajib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/mbalajib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/mbalajib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}