Division Accomplishments/Recognition

• The Outstanding Volunteer award honors a current Division member who provided exemplary volunteer work to the Division in the current year. The 2024-2025 recipient is Areeba Ali.
• The Outstanding Service award honors current Division members who have demonstrated a history of service to the Division or field. The 2024-2025 recipient is Ziynet Boz.

Division Oral Competition Finalists

• First: Prerana Balasubramanian, University of Massachusetts Amherst: Optimizing Downstream Processing to Produce a Sustainable Protein Ingredient From Gas-Fermented Cupriavidus Necator
• Second: Purlen Sezer Okur, University of Nebraska-Lincoln: A Green Biorefinery Approach for the Manufacture of Novel Food Ingredients From High-Value Camelina Seeds
• Third: Ruyang He, Korea University, South Korea: A Sustainable Pathway to Produce Functional Protein From Okara: A Life Cycle Assessment Perspective