Awards & Honors

Lifetime IPM Achievement Award - 9^th International IPM Symposium (presented 2018)

B.Y. Morrison Memorial Lecture and Medal - USDA-ARS and American Society for Horticultural Science (presented 2017)

Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award, UC Davis Academic Senate (presented 2017)

Perry Lee Adkisson Distinguished Speaker Award, Texas A&M University (presented 2017)

Outstanding Team Distinguished Service Award (European Grapevine Moth Team), UC Cooperative Extension (presented, 2016)

Fellow, Royal Entomological Society of London (admitted, 2015)

President, Entomological Foundation (appointed, 2015)

President (elected, 2014), Past President (2015),  & Vice President (2013), Entomological Society of America

Outstanding Mentor Award, UC Davis Consortium for Women and Research (presented, 2013)

Frank is presented with the CW Woodworth Award by Brian Holden, great-grandson of CW Woodworth, at the ESA Pacific Branch Mtg. 2011.

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (elected, 2011)

Excellence in Integrated Pest Management Award, Entomological Society of America (presented, 2010)

International IPM Excellence Award, 6th International IPM Symposium, for work on the USAID IPM Cooperative Research Support Program (presented, 2009)

Fellow, Entomological Society of America (elected, 2008)

IPM Team Award, Entomological Society of America (presented, 2008)

IPM Innovator Award, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (presented, 2008)

Leader, Scientific Exchange Team: ‘IPM Opportunities for the U.S. and China’ - USDA-Foreign Agricultural Service/Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China (appointed, 2007)

James H. Meyer Award for Teaching, Research and Service, UC Davis (presented, 2004)

Recognition Award in Entomology, Entomological Society of America (presented, 2002)

President, Entomological Society of America, Pacific Branch (elected, 2001)

Outstanding Cooperative Extension Specialist Award - Friends of Agricultural Extension (presented, 2001)

Joint Resolution, California State Legislature ‘Recognizing Contributions to California Agriculture.’ (presented, 2001)

Outstanding Administration Award, UC ANR, Cooperative Extension Assembly Council (presented, 1999)

Outstanding Research Award, Almond Board of California (presented, 1997)

Governor's Exotic Pest Task Force, appointed by Gov. Pete Wilson (appointed, 1995)

Visiting Fellow, Victoria (Australia) Dept. of Agriculture, Institute for Horticultural Research (appointed, 1995)

Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship, U.S. State Department (Spain) (awarded, 1992-93)

Outstanding Achievement Award in Extension Entomology, Entomological Society of America (presented, 1992)

Creative Teamwork Award, UC ANR, Cooperative Extension Assembly Council (presented, 1991)

Fellow, California Academy of Sciences (elected, 1990)

National Academy of Sciences/Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Joint Conference on Pesticides in Agriculture (1 of 9 US invitees), Prague, Czechoslovakia (invited, 1990)

Excellence in Entomology Award, American Registry of Professional Entomologists/Association of Applied Insect Ecologists (presented, 1989)

National Academy of Sciences Interacademy Research Exchange Award, Institute of Experimental Phytopathology & Entomology, Bratislava, Slovakia (awarded, 1989)

National Academy of Sciences/Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Joint Conference on Agriculture and the Environment (1 of 10 US invitees), Cesky Budejovice, CSSR (invited, 1987)

Outstanding Specialist Research Award, UC ANR, Cooperative Extension Assembly Council (presented, 1986)