After a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin working on electrophilic carbenes, he came to Texas State in 2010. Dr. Hudnall has published nearly 50 peer-reviewed publications, one invited book chapter, and has had three manuscripts recognized by cover artwork in prominent international journals. In addition to training many students in research, his own research has been recognized with two concurrent National Science Foundation awards (including a CAREER award), and a Chemical Communications Emerging Investigator Award. Dr. Hudnall is Texas State’s first faculty member to receive the prestigious Cottrell Scholar designation from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement.