Gulf Coast Research and Education Center was outstanding in awards for this past month!  At the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station awards ceremony April 18, Natalia Peres received the "Richard L. Jones New Faculty Research Award" which is given to non-tenured faculty who have a distinguished record of research. Of course, no awards ceremony would be complete without "Mom's" greatest award, Mariana, who just happened to be there for the pictures.

(lt - At the awards ceremony with Renato, Natalia, Mariana and Jack Rechcigl)
(rt - Dean for Research, Mark McClellan, also gets his turn to hold Mariana!)

Of the more than 75 IFAS Researchers awarded at the April 18th ceremony, GCREC was the highlight of the evening with more than its share of awards represented for IFAS Research Innovation Awards --  Gurpal Singh, Geoff Denny, Amy Shober, Jay Scott, and Jeremy Edwards.  Craig Chandler won an award for his patent for the strawberry 'Carmine'. The Dean specifically acknowledged the Center for receiving more recognition than any department in IFAS.    Congratulations!
(right - Craig Chandler)

(Pictured below, left to right) Gurpal Singh Toor, Amy Shober, Jay Scott, Jeremy Edwards, and Geoff Denny.