(Press-News.org) The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2024 awards, which honor distinction in service, outreach, education, and research.
ASPB-Carnegie Winslow Briggs Mentorship Award
Judy Brusslan, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Joanne Chory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA
Charles Albert Shull Award
Robert Schmitz, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award
Julia Bailey-Serres, University of California, Riverside, CA
David Tuan-hua Ho Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei
Charles F. Kettering Award
Andrew Leakey, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Dennis R. Hoagland Award
Jing-Fen Ma, Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Japan
Early Career Award
Diane Wang, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award
Beronda L. Montgomery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
Excellence in Education Award
Tessa Burch-Smith, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO
Fellow of ASPB Award
Om Parkash Dhankher, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Rebecca Dickstein, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Robert Paull, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
Richard Sayre, New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM
Shin-Han Shiu, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Lawrence Bogorad Award for Excellence in Plant Biology Research
Arthur Grossman, Carnegie Institution, Stanford, CA
Robert Rabson Award
Lydia Lam, Akita University, Akita, Japan
Stephen Hales Prize
John Harada, University of California, Davis, CA
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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 over 2,500 plant scientists from throughout the United States and around the world, the Society publishes two of the most widely cited plant science journals, The Plant Cell and Plant Physiology, and co-publishes the Open Access journal Plant Direct. ASPB also hosts the annual Plant Biology conference; supports plant science outreach, engagement, and advocacy; and powers the Plantae digital ecosystem for plant scientists. For more information about ASPB, please visit https://aspb.org/. Also follow ASPB on Facebook at facebook.com/myASPB, on X/Twitter @ASPB, and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/98656.
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