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Of UNT's 463 Service Award recipients this year, 32 were from the College of Science! Here is a list of the COS honorees who reached milestones of 5 to 35 years of service in the 2025 calendar year: 
5 Years  Molly B. Atkinson, Chemistry Andrew Gregory, Biological Sciences Jessica Henard, Biological Sciences Emily Herrell, Biological Sciences Elinor M. Lichtenberg, Biological Sciences Shengqian Ma, Chemistry Roberto Gonzalez Rodriguez, Physics Elizabeth Julia Skellam, Chemistry Lisa Welch, Biological Sciences Rong Zhang, Chemistry 
10 years 
Matthew Ryan Abbott, Physics Zaiba Ahmed-Young, Data Analytics and Statistics Seare Ahferom Berhe, Chemistry Schenita Floyd, Data Analytics and Statistics Denice Lynne Gallagher, Biological Sciences Crystal Garrett-McEwen, BioDiscovery Institute (BDI) Marcia Jacobs, Teach North Texas Allen L. Mann, Mathematics Denise R. Philpot, Data Analytics and Statistics 
15 years 
Carol B. Gagnon, Biological Sciences Krista Hines, Mathematics Yuankun Lin, Physics Elena Shulaev, Biological Sciences Vladimir Shulaev, Biological Sciences Luhua Song, Biological Sciences 
20 years 
Amy-Marie Ashmore, College of Science Pudur Jagadeeswaran, Biological Sciences Bunyamin Sari, Mathematics 
35 years 
Paolo Grigolini, Physics Jeffry Kelber, Chemistry Michael Monticino, Data Analytics and Statistics Jose Perez, Physics </main-content></item>