Botanical Society of America Awards Recipients 2022
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 awards provided by the Botanical Society of America. Here we provide recognition for outstanding efforts and contributions to the science of botany. We thank you for your support of these programs. |
Awards for Established Scientists
Distinguished Fellow of the Botanical Society of America The "Distinguished Fellow of the Botanical Society of America" is the highest honor our Society bestows. Each year, the award committee solicits nominations, evaluates candidates, and selects those to receive an award. Awardees are chosen based on their outstanding contributions to the mission of our scientific Society. The committee identifies recipients who have demonstrated excellence in basic research, education, public policy, or who have provided exceptional service to the professional botanical community, or who may have made contributions to a combination of these categories.
Dr. Pamela Diggle, University of Connecticut
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Charles Edwin Bessey Teaching Award (BSA in association with the Teaching Section and Education Committee)
To be announced
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BSA Corresponding Members Award
Corresponding members are distinguished senior scientists who have made outstanding contributions to plant science and who live and work outside of the United States of America. Corresponding members are nominated by the Council, which reviews recommendations and credentials submitted by members, and elected by the membership at the annual BSA business meeting. Corresponding members have all the privileges of life-time members.
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Darbaker Prize
The Darbaker Prize in Phycology is given each year in memory of Dr. Leasure K. Darbaker. It is presented to a resident of North America for meritorious work in the study of microscopic algae based on papers published in English by the nominee during the last two full calendar years. This year The Darbaker Award for meritorious work on microscopic algae is presented to:
To be announced
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Donald R. Kaplan Memorial Lecture
To be announced
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The Grady L. and Barbara D. Webster Structural Botany Publication Award This award was established in 2006 by Dr. Barbara D. Webster, Grady’s wife, and Dr. Susan V. Webster, his daughter, to honor the life and work of Dr. Grady L. Webster. After Barbara's passing in 2018, the award was renamed to recognize her contributions to this field of study. The American Society of Plant Taxonomists and the Botanical Society of America are pleased to join together in honoring both Grady and Barbara Webster. In odd years, the BSA gives out this award and in even years, the award is provided by the ASPT.
No award given in 2022
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Jeanette Siron Pelton Award The Jeanette Siron Pelton Award is given for sustained and imaginative productivity in the field of experimental plant morphology.
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The BSA Developing Nations Travel Grants
Maribel Arenas-Navarro, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
João Iganci, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil
Sebastián Martínez-Salazar, Universidad De Antioquia, Colombia
Funmilola Mabel OJO, Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Nigeria
Yesenia Madrigal Bedoya, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
Malka Saba, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Olubunmi Sharaibi, Lagos State University, Ojo Campus, Nigeria
Hugo Valdebenito, Universidad San Francisco de Quito / Herbarium QUSF, Ecuador
Aleena Xavier, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, India
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The BSA Professional Member Travel Grants
Irene Cobo-Simon, University Of Connecticut
Kyra N. Krakos, Maryville University
Benjamin Lee, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Ellie Mendelson, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Maria Cristina Rengifo Faiffer, Michigan Technological University
Mathew Sharples, Independent/Contractor
Carolina Siniscalchi, Mississippi State University
Qiang Sun, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Brittany Verrico, University of Vermont
Cheng-Chiang Wu, National Taiwan University
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Awards for Established Scientists - Given by the Sections |
Edgar T. Wherry Award (Pteridological Section and the American Fern Society) The Edgar T. Wherry Award is given for the best paper presented during the contributed papers session of the Pteridological Section. This award is in honor of Dr. Wherry’s many contributions to the floristics and patterns of evolution in ferns.
To be announced
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Margaret Menzel Award (Genetics Section) The Margaret Menzel Award is presented by the Genetics Section for the outstanding paper presented in the contributed papers sessions of the annual meetings.
To be announced
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Samuel Noel Postlethwait Award (Teaching Section) The Samuel Noel Postlethwait Award is given for outstanding service to the BSA Teaching Section.
To be announced
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Awards for Early Career Scientists |
AJB Synthesis Papers and Prize
To be announced
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Botany Advocacy Leadership Grant
This award organized by the Environmental and Public Policy Committees of BSA and ASPT aims to support local efforts that contribute to shaping public policy on issues relevant to plant sciences. To learn more about the winning projects click here.
Sara E. Hansen, PhD Student, Earth and Ecosystem Science, Central Michigan University Rhea Ewing, Visual artist, rheaewing.com Anna K. Monfils, Professor and Director of CMU Herbarium, Department of Biology, Central Michigan University
For the proposal: Creating Inclusive Resources for Botanical Science Education
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BSA Emerging Leaders Award
Dr. Karolina Heyduk, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
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BSA Public Policy Award
The Public Policy Award was established in 2012 to support the development of of tomorrow's leaders and a better understanding of this critical area.
Brendan Kosnik, Arkansas State University
Zack Quirk, University of Washington
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SPECIAL AWARDS
Outgoing BSA President
Michael Donoghue
Outgoing BSA Treasurer
Linda McDade
Outgoing BSA Director-at-Large for Publications
Emily Sessa
Outgoing BSA Student Representative to the Board
Imeña Valdes
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Donald R. Kaplan Award in Comparative Morphology This award was created to promote research in plant comparative morphology, the Kaplan family has established an endowed fund, administered through the Botanical Society of America, to support the Ph.D. research of graduate students in this area.
Yesenia Madrigal Bedoya, University of Antioquia (Colombia), For the Proposal: A Morpho-anatomical characterization of the vegetative-to-reproductive meristematic transition in terrestrial and epiphytic neotropical orchids
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The BSA Graduate Student Research Award including the J. S. Karling Award The BSA Graduate Student Research Awards support graduate student research and are made on the basis of research proposals and letters of recommendations. Withing the award group is the Karling Graduate Student Research Award. This award was instituted by the Society in 1997 with funds derived through a generous gift from the estate of the eminent mycologist, John Sidney Karling (1897-1994), and supports and promotes graduate student research in the botanical sciences.
To be announced
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The BSA Undergraduate Student Research Awards The BSA Undergraduate Student Research Awards support undergraduate student research and are made on the basis of research proposals and letters of recommendation.
Caroline Bendickson, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, For the Proposal: Building a Molecular-based Phylogeny for the Genus Trillium Using Angiosperms353 Bait Capture Sequencing
Cesar Galan, Cornell University, For the Proposal: Travel to Harvard University Herbaria Collections; Access to Additional Sample Specimens
Jack Hatajik, University of Pittsburgh, For the Proposal: Mapping the population dynamics of the invasive Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) in response to climate
Isabeau Lewis, Queen's University, For the Proposal: Kin discrimination and plastic responses in growth and flowering in a clonal plant
Nicholas Rocha, Cornell University, For the Proposal: The Attractiveness of visual traits of calochortus venustus to insect pollinators
Erika Sipos, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, For the Proposal: A Phylogenetic and Biogeographical Study of Parsonsia (Apocyanceae)
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The BSA Young Botanist Awards The purpose of these awards is to offer individual recognition to outstanding graduating seniors in the plant sciences and to encourage their participation in the Botanical Society of America.
Christina Andreski, Plymouth State University, Advisor: Diana Jolles
Anais Barnes, Bucknell University, Advisor: Christopher Martine
Charles Boissavy, Oberlin College, Advisor: Michael Moore
Caroline Brose, Colorado College, Advisor: Rachel Jabaily
Emma Cooley, Fort Lewis College, Advisor: Ross McCauley
Carmen David, University of California, Davis, Advisor: Jennifer Gremer
Adalie Duran, Connecticut College, Advisor: Rachel Spicer
Josh Felton, Colorado College, Advisor: Rachel Jabaily
Tori Ford, University of Florida, Advisor: Makenzie Mabry
Sharon Haley Spiess, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Advisor: Benjamin Gahagen
Norbaya Jameela Durr, Elmhurst University, Advisor: Kasey Pham
Stephanie Kate, San Francisco State University, Advisor: Jason Cantley
Kaitlin Schieuer, South Dakota State University, Advisor: Maribeth Latvis
Caroline Shaw, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Advisor: Benjamin Gahagen
Edward Spagnuolo, Pennsylvania State University, Advisor: Peter Wilf
Kayla Warner, Barnard College, Columbia University, Advisor: Hillary Callahan
Adam Wilson, Creighton University, Advisor: Mackenzie Taylor
Talia Zeidner, Connecticut College, Advisor: Rachel Spicer
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The BSA PLANTS Grant Recipients The PLANTS (Preparing Leaders and Nurturing Tomorrow’s Scientists: Increasing the diversity of plant scientists) program recognizes outstanding undergraduates from diverse backgrounds and provides travel grant.
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The BSA Student and PostDoc Travel Awards Winners were selected by lottery
Juan Angulo
Antigone Burke
Robert Comito
Skyler Fox
Diana Gamba
Elyssa Garza
Michelle Gaynor
Vinciane Mossion
Jess Shamik
Caroline Siegert
Meredith Zettlemoyer
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Triarch "Botanical Images" Student Travel Awards This award provides acknowledgement and travel support to BSA meetings for outstanding student work coupling digital images (botanical) with scientific explanations/descriptions designed for the general public.
To be announced
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Vernon I. Cheadle Student Travel Awards (BSA in association with the Developmental and Structural Section)
This award was named in honor of the memory and work of Dr. Vernon I. Cheadle.
Kelly Pfeiler, University of Kansas, Advisors: Kelly Matsunaga & Brian Atkinson, For the Presentation: Anatomically preserved cheirolepidiaceous pollen cones from the Cretaceous of western North America. Co-authors: Brian Atkinson, Kelly Matsunaga
Keana Tang, University of Kansas, Advisor: Brian Atkinson, For the Presentation: Crown group Lauraceae in the Late Cretaceous: new evidence from fossil flowers. Co-authors: Kelly Matsunaga, Brian Atkinson
Elizabeth Wilson, William Jewell College, Advisor: Nathan Jud, For the Presentation: Revising the description and diagnosis of the Late Pennsylvanian medullosan Neuropteris lindahli White based on new fossil material. Co-author: Nathan Jud
Brandi Zenchyzen, University of Alberta, Advisor: Jocelyn Hall, For the Presentation: Exploring nectary diversity in Cleomaceae. Co-authors: Jaymie Martin, Stacie Weissner, Ainsley Lopushinsky, Ida John, Ishnoor Nahal, Jocelyn Hall
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Awards for Students - Given by the Sections
Student Presentation and Poster Awards
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A. J. Sharp Award (ABLS/Bryological and Lichenological Section)
This award is given for the best student paper presented in the Bryological and Lichenological sessions.
To be announced
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Ecological Section Student Presentation Award
To be announced
Ecological Section Poster Awards
To be announced
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Genetics Section Student Presentation Award
To be announced
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Isabel Cookson Award (Paleobotanical Section) Established in 1976, the Isabel Cookson Award recognizes the best student paper presented in the Paleobotanical Section
To be announced
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Katherine Esau Award (Developmental and Structural Section) This award was established in 1985 with a gift from Dr. Esau and is augmented by ongoing contributions from Section members. It is given to the graduate student who presents the outstanding paper in developmental and structural botany at the annual meeting.
To be announced
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Li-COR Prize (Physiological Section)
Each year, the Physiological Section presents the Li-COR prize to acknowledge the best presentation made by any student, regardless of subdiscipline, at the annual meeting. The Li-COR prize is presented annually at the BSA Banquet.
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Maynard Moseley Award (Developmental & Structural and Paleobotanical Sections) The Maynard F. Moseley Award was established in 1995 to honor a career of dedicated teaching, scholarship, and service to the furtherance of the botanical sciences. Dr. Moseley, known to his students as “Dr. Mo”, died Jan. 16, 2003 in Santa Barbara, CA, where he had been a professor since 1949. He was widely recognized for his enthusiasm for and dedication to teaching and his students, as well as for his research using floral and wood anatomy to understand the systematics and evolution of angiosperm taxa, especially waterlilies. (PSB, Spring, 2003). The award is given to the best student paper, presented in either the Paleobotanical or Developmental and Structural sessions, that advances our understanding of plant structure in an evolutionary context.
To be announced
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Physiological Section Student Presentation and Poster Awards
To be announced
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Phytochemical Section Presentation Awards
To be announced
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Southeastern Section Student Presentation Awards The following winners were selected from the Association of Southeastern Biologists meeting that took place at the end of March, 2022.
Southeastern Section Paper Presentation Award Rachel Jessup, North Carolina State University
Southeastern Section Poster Presentation Award Ryan Long, Jacksonville State University
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Bryological and Lichenological Section Student Travel Awards
Hansika Herath, University of Kentucky, Advisor: Nicholas McLetchie, For the Proposal: Testing for long-term acquired thermotolerance in the tropical plant Marchantia inflexa. Co-author: Nicholas McLetchie
Evita Oļehnoviča, Daugavpils University, Advisor: Anna Mežaka, For the Proposal: Bryophyte functional traits in black alder swamp forests along forest age chronosequence in Latvia. Co-authors: Anna Pastare-Skutele, Anna Mežaka, Ligita Liepiņa
Meaghan Petix, Washington State University, Advisor: R. Dave Evans, For the Proposal: Assessing nitrogen deposition in mountainous regions using epiphytic lichen communities.
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Developmental & Structural Section Student Travel Awards
Cesar Galan, SIPS Plant Biology, Advisor: Alejandra Gandolfo, For the Presentation: Epidermal morphology of the subfamily Athrotaxoideae (Cupressaceae). Co-authors: Ana Andruchow Colombo, Maria Gandolfo
Vandana Gurung, University of Connecticut, Advisor: Pamela Diggle, For the Presentation: The curious case of CUC in corolla tube formation in Mimulus. Co-authors: Pamela Diggle, Yaowu Yuan
Sarita Munoz-Gomez, University of Connecticut, Advisor: Yaowu Yuan, For the Presentation: Creation of novel pigmentation patterns in monkeyflowers (Mimulus). Co-author: Yaowu Yuan
Deannah Neupert, Miami University, Advisor: Richard Moore, For the Presentation: The evolution of structural novelty: A morphological analysis of development in Mimulus and its implications for plant architecture and reproduction. Co-authors: Robert (Rob) Baker, Rich Moore, Jonathan Bauer
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Ecological Section Student Travel Awards
Haley Branch, University of British Columbia, Advisor: Amy Angert, For the Presentation: Transgenerational plasticity and maternal effects alter drought responses in scarlet monkeyflower. Co-authors: Dylan Moxley, Amy Angert
Veronica Gibson, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Advisor: Celia Smith, For the Presentation: Integrated physiological response by four red algae species and analysis of benthic community structure across an environmental gradient of tidally-driven submarine groundwater discharge conditions. Co-author: Celia Smith
Jill Wilson, University of Georgia, Advisor: Megan DeMarche, For the Presentation: Herbarium specimens underestimate phenological shifts in wild populations. Co-authors: Megan DeMarche, Meredith Zettlemoyer
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Genetics Section Student Travel Awards
Gracy Buckholtz, University of British Columbia, Advisor: Jeannette Whitton, For the Presentation: Tracking a Cryptic Invader: The Morphology and Genetics of Fraser River Estuary Cattails.
Montana Knight, North Carolina State University, Advisor: Colleen Doherty, For the Presentation: Assessing the Nucleotide-Level Impact of Spaceflight Stress using RNA-Sequencing Data. Co-authors: Colleen Doherty, Dahlia Nielsen
Talieh Ostovar, San Diego State University, Advisor: Amy Litt, For the Presentation: Impacts of allopolyploidy on gene expression in Nicotiana section Repandae. Co-authors: Jacob Landis, Elizabeth McCarthy, Jason Stajich, Elizabeth Waters, Amy Litt
Connor Purvis, Francis Marion University, Advisor: Jeremy Rentsch, For the Presentation: Regulation of the Dhurrin Biosynthetic Pathway in Sorghum halepense seedlings. Co-authors: Jeremy Rentsch, Elizabeth Jones
Alyson Van Natto, Queen's University, Advisor: Jannice Friedman, For the Presentation: Mating system and hybridization combine to effect range-wide genetic structure in a coastal endemic plant. Co-author: Chris Eckert
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Physiological Section Student Travel Awards
Veronica L. Gibson, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Advisor: Celia Smith, For the Proposal: Integrated physiological response by four red algae species and analysis of benthic community structure across an environmental gradient of tidally-driven submarine groundwater discharge conditions. Co-author: Celia Smith
Thomas Hennessey, Western Carolina University, Advisor: Beverly Collins, For the Proposal: Restoring the Roan: Red Spruce Forest Understory Response to Canopy Gaps at Roan Mountain, NC.
Marissa Ochoa, University of California, Los Angeles, Advisor: Lawren Sack, For the Proposal: How does stomatal anatomy influence leaf conductance from minimum to maximum? Causal relationships and meta-analysis. Co-authors: Lawren Sack, Thomas N. Buckley, Christian Henry, Camila Medeiros, Ruihua Pan, Grace Patricia John
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Phytochemical Section Student Travel Awards
Tomi Lois Adetunji, North-West University, South Africa, Advisor: Frances Siebert, For the Proposal: Sceletium tortuosum: A review on its phytochemistry, pharmacokinetics, biological, pre-clinical and clinical activities. Co-authors: Frances Siebert, Ademola Adetunji, Brian Harvey, J. Gericke, JH Hamman, Frank Van der Kooy
David Henderson, Washington University in St. Louis, Advisor: Jonathan Myers, For the Proposal: Testing the Role that Biotic Interactions Play in Shaping Elevational-Diversity Gradients: An Ecological Metabolomics Approach. Co-authors: Sebastian J. Tello, Brian Sedio, Jonathan Myers
Gordon Younkin, Cornell University, Advisor: Georg Jander, For the Proposal: Comparative transcriptomics of 48 Erysimum species guides discovery of cardiac glycoside biosynthetic genes. Co-authors: Martin Alani, Mahdieh Mirzaei, Georg Jander
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Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUI) Section Student Travel Awards
To be announced
Sarah Allen, Penn State Altoona
Jennifer Blake-Mahmud, Hope College
Cecilia Ezeanya, University of Ibadan
Elizabeth McCarthy, SUNY Cortland
Gregory Pec, University of Nebraska at Kearney
Qiang Sun, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Susana Wadgymar, Davidson College
Yingying Xie, Purdue University
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Pteridological Section & American Fern Society Student Travel Awards
Lacey Benson, San José State University, Advisor: Susan Lambrecht, For the Presentation: A morphometric analysis of western sword fern (Polystichum munitum) pinnae and pinnae scales across the coast redwood forest ecological gradient. Co-Author: Susan Lambrecht
Bertrand Black, University of Vermont, Advisor: Michael Sundue, For the Presentation: A phylogenetic revision of the Athyrium filix-femina clade (Athyriaceae) in the Americas. Co-Author: Michael Sundue
Alexandria Quinlan, National Taiwan University, Advisor: Li-Yaung Kuo, For the Presentation: Ferns on ferns: an exploration of low-trunk epiphytic fern gametophytes growing on tree ferns in Taiwan. Co-Authors: Li-Yaung Kuo, Jer-Ming Hu
Jacob Suissa, Harvard University, Advisor: William E. Friedman, For the Presentation: The hydraulic implications of rhizomatous growth and the homorhizic habit. Co-Authors: William Friedman, Andrews Agbleke
Zane Walker, Oregon State University, Advisor: Gar Rothwell, For the Presentation: A permineralized osmundaceous fern sporeling from the Lower Cretaceous of western Canada. Co-Authors: Gar Rothwell, Ruth Stockey
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