ASPB Award Winners for 2009
It is my great pleasure to announce this year’s winners of ASPB’s awards. These awards will be presented during the Plant Biology 2009 Awards Ceremony, which will be held on Saturday, July 18, at 1 p.m. in Honolulu, Hawaii.
ASPB–Pioneer Hi-Bred International Graduate Student Prize
• Elliott Heffner, Cornell University
• Justin McGrath, University of Illinois
• Justin Walley, University of California
Early Career Award
• Siobhan Brady, University of California
Charles Albert Shull Award
• Steven E. Jacobsen, University of California
Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award
• Thomas J. Guilfoyle and Gretchen Hagen, University of Missouri
Dennis R. Hoagland Award
• Jorge Dubcovsky, University of California
Martin Gibbs Medal
• John B. Ohlrogge, Michigan State University
Stephen Hales Prize
• Jeffrey Dangl, University of North Carolina
Fellow of ASPB Award
• Peter Albersheim, University of Georgia
• Rick Amasino, University of Wisconsin
• Clanton Black, University of Georgia
• Hans Bohnert, University of Illinois
• Rebecca Boston, North Carolina State University
• Robert H. Burris, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin
• Nicholas Carpita, Purdue University
• Vicki Chandler, University of Arizona
• Eric Conn, University of California
• Roland Douce, DBMS/PCV
• Pamela Green, University of Delaware
• Mary Lou Guerinot, Dartmouth College
• Alan Jones, University of North Carolina
• Robert Last, Michigan State University
• Peggy Lemaux, University of California
• Carl Leopold, Cornell University
• Stephen Long, University of Illinois
• C. Robertson McClung, Dartmouth College
• John Ohlrogge, Michigan State University
• Mel Oliver, USDA–ARS, Plant Genetics Research Unit, University of Missouri
• Federico Sánchez, Instituto de Biotecnologia, UNAM
• Lawrence Schrader, Washington State University
• Edgar Spalding, University of Wisconsin
• Michael Thomashow, Michigan State University
• Mary Tierney, University of Vermont
• Carroll Vance, USDA–ARS Agronomy Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota
• Kathryn VandenBosch, University of Minnesota
• Larry Vanderhoef, University of California
Congratulations to all of the 2009 award winners!
My sincere thanks goes out to the chairs and members of each of the ASPB award committees for their insights and efforts in making this year’s selections. I also thank those individuals who took the time to make nominations. Your thoughtfulness and hard work are greatly appreciated.
I invite all ASPB members to send congratulations to these well-deserving friends and colleagues, and hope that all participants in Plant Biology 2009 will join us in Honolulu on July 18th for the awards ceremony. See more information on Plant Biology 2009.
Sally Assmann |
