Dr. Nick Christians
Iowa State University
Dr. Nick Christians
Iowa State University
University professor of turfgrass management, Iowa State University, Department of Horticulture, Ames, IA, and adjunct faculty, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Dr. Christians received his B.S. from the Colorado State University school of Forestry in Ft. Collins, Colo., and both his MS and Ph.D. in Agronomy from Ohio State University, in Columbus, Ohio. His research centers on fertility management of turfgrasses and the development of natural herbicides for use in the turf industry. He is the author of more than 1100 published articles, extension publications, research reports and journal articles on the subject. He has received a number of awards for teaching, research, and advising and holds the rank of University Professor at Iowa State University. Dr. Christians is very active with the turf industry locally, nationally and internationally and presents information each year on his research at a variety of industry related events, including an annual field day at Iowa State and a winter turf conference held in Des. Moines, IA. He is currently co-chair for the North Central Extension and Research Activity for turfgrass association (NCERA-221) and is helping to plan the annual meeting at Iowa State University. Dr. Christians teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in turfgrass management at Iowa State.
| Year | Award Winner |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Bradley Jakubowski, Instructor of Plant Sciences, Penn Statet |
| 2019 | Victoria Wallace, University of Connecticut |
| 2018 | Pam Sherratt, Ohio State University (OH) |
| 2017 | James Brosnan, Ph.D., University of Tennessee (TN) |
| 2016 | Jason Kruse, Ph.D., University of Florida (KY) |
| 2015 | Mary Owens, University of Massachusetts (MA) |
| 2014 | Brian Scott, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut (CA) |
| 2013 | Dr. Brad Fresenburg, University of Missouri-Columbia (MO) |
| 2012 | Dr. Beth Guertal, Auburn University (AL) |
| 2011 | Dr. Leah Brilman, Seed Research of Oregon (OR) |
| 2010 | John Sorochan, Ph.D., University of Tennessee (TN) |
| 2009 | Tony Koski, Ph.D., Colorado State University (CO) |
| 2008 | Grady Miller, Ph.D., North Carolina State University (NC) |
| 2007 | Michael Goatley, Jr., Ph.D., Turfgrass Specialist, Virginia Tech University (VA) |
| 2006 | James McAfee, Ph.D., Extension Turfgrass Specialist, Texas A&M (TX) |
| 2005 | Jeff Fowler, Penn State Cooperative Extension (PA) |
| 2004 | A.J. Powell, Jr., Ph.D., University of Kentucky (KY) |
| 2003 | Pam Sherratt, Ohio State University (OH) |
| 2002 | Eric Adkins, CSFM, Michigan State University (MI) |
| 2001 | Coleman Ward, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Auburn University (AL) |
| 2000 | Andrew McNitt, Ph.D., Penn State University (PA) |
| 1999 | Donald Waddington, Ph.D., Penn State University (PA) |
| 1998 | Steve Cockerham, University of California/Riverside (CA) |
| 1997 | James Beard, Ph.D., International Sports Turf Institute (TX) |
| 1996 | Kent Kurtz, Ph.D., (deceased) Cal Poly Pomona (CA) |
| 1994 | Dave Minner, Ph.D., Iowa State University (IA) |
| 1993 | John N. “Trey” Rogers, III, Ph.D., Michigan State University (MI) |
| 1992 | Henry Wilkinson, Ph.D., University of Illinois (IL) |
| 1991 | Steve Cockerham, University of California/Riverside (CA) |
(Note: The William H. Daniel Award was known as the Excellence in Research Award prior to 1997.)
* Facility listed is where employed at time of award. Check Roster for current listing
