Ernst Mayr Award
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The Ernst Mayr Award is given to the presenter of the outstanding student talk in the field of systematics at the annual meetings of the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB). This is SSB's premier award, and is judged by the quality and creativity of the research completed over the course of the student's Ph.D. program. The award consists of $1000, a certificate of distinction, and a two-year subscription to the journal Systematic Biology.
Members of the Society who are students or have completed their Ph.D. within the last 15 months are eligible. Applicants may be from any country, but MUST be members of SSB, and are advised to join the Society as soon as possible to be considered. Previous Mayr Award winners are not eligible. |
2024 Ernst Mayr Award Winners
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How to be considered for the Ernst Mayr Award2025 Competition
In 2025, the Evolution Meetings will be held online May 29-30 and in-person June 20-24. To submit your abstract for consideration, you must:
Symposium. Based on the submitted abstracts, the Mayr Awards Committee (appointed by the Awards Chair) will select applicants for inclusion in the Mayr Symposium. Our Mayr Award symposium will be held during the virtual meeting. Abstract and Talk Evaluation. For details about how the Mayr submissions are evaluated, please see the Reviewer Guidelines for this award. Additionally, go to the video links in the list of winners for some examples of excellent Mayr talks. Co-Authors. The talk may be co-authored. It is understood that the ideas, data and conclusions presented are primarily and substantially the work of the student presenter, and the intention is that the student presenter will be senior author on the published version of the paper. If a submission includes multiple authors, include a brief section below the abstract that outlines the contribution of each author to the research. Notification of Participation. By the first week of May, 2025, the Awards Committee will notify individuals about their participation in the online Mayr Award symposium. Notification of Winner. The winner of the award will be announced at the SSB presidential address during the Evolution Meetings, whereupon the winner will be given an award certificate (the check will be mailed). An announcement of the winner will also be published in Systematic Biology and placed on the SSB website. |
Past Winners of Outstanding Presentation Awards
2023 Jessie L. Williamson, University of New Mexico
2022 Mark Hibbins, Indiana University 2022 Dylan DeBaun, AMNH 2021 Seira Ashley Adams, University of California, Berkeley (Mayr Award) 2021 Andrew Magee, University of Washington (Mayr Award) 2021 Kaiya Provost, AMNH (Excellence Award) 2020 No Award 2019 Sandra Álvarez-Carretero, Queen Mary University of London 2018 Ian Brennan, Australian National University (video) 2017 Eli Levy Karin, Tel Aviv University 2017 Rosana Zenil-Ferguson, University of Idaho (video) 2016 Michael Landis, Yale University (video) 2016 Laura Lagomarsino, University of Missouri, St. Louis (video) 2015 Kayce Bell, University of New Mexico 2015 Noor White, Smithsonian Institution 2014 Rayna Bell, Cornell University 2014 Benjamin Winger, University of Chicago 2013 Christopher Martin, University of California, Davis 2012 Chris Nasrallah, University of California, Berkeley 2011 Matthew Ogburn, Brown University 2010 David Winter, University of Otago, and 2010 Jeremy M. Brown, University of Texas, Austin 2009 Clemens Lakner, Florida State University, and 2009 Dan Rabosky, Cornell University 2008 John Paul, University of Pittsburgh 2007 Matt Brandley, University of California, Berkeley, and 2007 James Haile, Oxford University 2006 Catherine R. Linnen, Harvard University 2005 Jonathon Q. Richmond, University of Connecticut, Storrs, & 2005 Heather Maughan University of Arizona 2004 Christopher C. Witt, Louisiana State University 2003 Nicolas Salamin, University of Washington 2002 Lena Hileman, Yale University, and 2002 Todd Oakley, University of Chicago 2001 Geoff Morse, Harvard University, and 2001 Alexei Drummond, University of Auckland, and 2001 Adam Leaché, Louisiana State University 2000 R. Craig Albertson, University of New Hampshire 1999 Frank 'Andy' Anderson, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, and 1999 George Weiblen, Harvard University 1998 Hopi E. Hoekstra, University of Washington, Seattle, and 1998 Jim McGuire, University of Texas, Austin 1997 Steven Poe, University of Texas, Austin 1996 Sharon Messenger, University of Texas, Austin 1995 Allan Cooper, Victoria University, NZ, and 1995 Scott Steppan, University of Chicago 1994 Anna Graybeal, University of California, Berkeley 1993 Michael Whiting, AMNH, New York 1992 Scott Edwards, University of California, Berkeley 1991 John Huelsenbeck,University of Texas, Austin 1990 No Award 1989 Richard Cloutier, University of Kansas 1988 Linda Ford, University of Kansas 1987 Darrel Frost, University of Kansas 1986 Linda Dryden, University of Kansas 1985 David Cannatella, University of Kansas 1984 Eldredge Bermingham, University of Georgia, Athens 1983 Janine Caira, University of Nebraska, and 1983 Richard O'Grady, University of British Columbia 1982 Jonathan Coddington, Harvard University 1981 Kevin de Queiroz, San Diego State University 1980 No Award 1979 Sadie Coats, University of California, Berkeley 1978 No Award 1977 Sharon Simpson, University of Illinois, Chicago 1976 Diane Calabrese, University of Connecticut |