The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2018 awards, which honors excellence in research, education, outreach and service.
Nathan Springer, University of Minnesota, St. Paul
Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award
Deborah Delmer, University of California, Davis
Jane Shen-Miller, University of California, Los Angeles
Manajit Hayer-Hartl, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany
Jonathan Lynch, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Gaurav Moghe, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Marian Quain, CSIR-Crops Research Institute, Ghana
Richard Dixon, BioDiscovery Institute and University of North Texas, Denton
Jean Greenberg, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Robert Fischer, University of California, Berkeley
Maureen McCann, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Neelima Sinha, University of California, Davis
Neil Olszewski, University of Minnesota, St. Paul
Lawrence Bogorad Award for Excellence in Plant Biology Research
Alice Barkan, University of Oregon, Eugene
Robert Rabson Award
Rebecca Smith, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Mary Lou Guerinot, Dartmouth University, Hanover, NH
Corresponding Membership Nominees
Corresponding Member status is conferred by election on the Society’s annual ballot. This honor, initially given in 1932, provides life membership to distinguished plant biologists outside the United States. The following individuals have been nominated this year:
Hiroo Fukuda, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Thomas J. Higgins, CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra ACT Australia
Barry Pogson, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT Australia
ASPB is a professional scientific society, headquartered in Rockville, MD, that is devoted to the advancement of the plant sciences worldwide. With a membership of some 3,000 plant scientists from throughout the United States and around the world, the Society self-publishes two of the most widely cited plant science journals The Plant Cell and Plant Physiology, and in partnership with SEB and Wiley has launched Plant Direct. ASPB also hosts the annual Plant Biology conference, and it powers the Plantae digital ecosystem for plant scientists. For more information about ASPB, please visit http://www.aspb.org/. Also follow ASPB on Facebook at facebook.com/myASPB and on Twitter @ASPB.
