• Dr. Karen L. Wooley (seated center), University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Texas A&M University, won the 2021 SEC Professor of the Year.
  • Marlon Blackwell, Distinguished Professor and the E. Fay Jones Chair in Architecture at the University of Arkansas, won the 2020 SEC Professor of the Year award.
  • Dr. Gabriela González, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State University, won the 2019 SEC Professor of the Year award.
  • SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey presents Dr. Gabriela Gonzalez, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State University, with the 2019 SEC Professor of the Year award in Destin, FL.
  • Dr. Marcetta Darensbourg, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Texas A&M University, won the 2018 SEC Professor of the Year award.
  • SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey (right) poses with Dr. Marcetta Darensbourg and her husband at the 2018 SEC Award Dinner in Destin, FL.
  • Dr. James Birchler, the Curators' Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Missouri, is the 2017 SEC Professor of the Year.
  • Dr. James Birchler, 2017 SEC Professor of the Year, receives his award after a halftime presentation.
  • Dr. Isiah Warner, LSU Boyd Professor, Phillip W. West Professor of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor at Louisiana State University, is the 2016 SEC Professor of the Year.
  • 2016 SEC Professor of the Year Dr. Isiah Warner looks at his display at the SEC Awards Dinner in Destin, FL.
  • Dr. Isabel Gauthier, the David K. Wilson Chair of Psychology and Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences at Vanderbilt University, was the 2015 SEC Professor of the Year.
  • Dr. John Hall, the Arthur C. Guyton Professor and Chair of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Mississippi, was the 2014 SEC Professor of the Year.
  • Dr. Hap McSween, Chancellor’s Professor and Distinguished Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of Tennessee, was the 2013 SEC Professor of the Year.
  • Dr. Loch Johnson, Regents Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia, won the inaugural SEC Professor of the Year Award in 2012.
  • University of Georgia President Jere Morehead poses with Dr. Johnson and his wife at the 2012 SEC Awards Dinner in Destin, FL.

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