Awards, Offices in Professional Societies:
- American Society for Microbiology
- American Water Works Association
- American Institute for Biological Sciences
- Allegheny Branch of the American Society for Microbiology
- Society of Industrial Microbiology
- Sigma Xi Society
- American Academy of Microbiology
- West Virginia Academy of Science
- Gamma Sigma Delta Junior Faculty Award of Merit, WVU (1985)
- Outstanding Teacher, WVU Division of Plant and Soil Sciences (1988)
- Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology (1988)
- Outstanding Teacher, WVU Division of Plant and Soil Sciences (1990)
- Gamma Sigma Delta Senior Faculty Award of Merit, WVU (1993)
- Outstanding Teacher, WVU Division of Plant and Soil Sciences (2000-2001)
- Outstanding Teacher, WVU College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences (2000-2001)
- Outstanding Advisor, Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Consumer Sciences(2003)