Eight University of North Carolina Wilmington faculty researchers were named recipients of the 2025 Research Achievement Awards in recognition of their excellence in research, innovation and scholarship, according to a news release.

"The awards honor significant contributions to advancing knowledge, discoveries with broad societal impact and the meaningful engagement of students in the research process," the release stated.

The honorees include five individual recipients of the Rising Research Excellence Award:

• G. Edzordzi Agbozo, English
• Sarah Gaby, Sociology and Criminology
• E. Britt Moore, Environmental Sciences
• Menaka Raguparan, Sociology and Criminology
• Bradley Tolar, Biology and Marine Biology

A team of three also earned the Research Collaboration Award:

• Nathan Crowe, History  
• Nicole Fogarty, Biology and Marine Biology
• Jacob Warner, Biology and Marine Biology 

Collectively, the awardees represent five departments across the College of Humanities, Social Sciences and the Arts and the College of Science and Engineering, according to the release.

More information about their research is available online.