Section Awards – Physiological Section

Award Sponsors

Two separate awards recognize significant advancements by students in physiological ecology; entrants are judged on the rigor, creativity, importance, and presentation of the research. See below for eligibility requirements and some tips on effective paper and poster presentation.

The winners of all awards will receive a cash prize, and the winners and honorable mentions will also receive a complimentary book of their choice from CRC Press. In addition, we have a travel award for students presenting papers or posters in the field of physiological ecology at the ESA Annual Meeting. Thanks so much to the Billings family who created the Billings Fund in 1998, an annual contribution from an anonymous donor funding numerous travel grants, annual contributions from New Phytologist and LiCor, and book contributions from CRC Press. These contributions go a long way to supporting our Section’s awards competition and efforts to promote and support student excellence in physiological ecology.

To learn more about these awards and their history, see:

Physiological Ecology Section 2018 Presentation Awards

As many of us are starting to think about the 2019 Annual meeting, we want to take a moment to congratulate our presentation award winners from 2018.

We are thrilled to have an opportunity to recognize these outstanding young scientists and to highlight their contributions to the discipline.

Congratulations!

Mallory Barnes (U. Arizona) W. D. and S. M. Billings Award
Best oral presentation by a graduate student
“Upscaling semi-arid ecosystem carbon fluxes using spaceborne imagery: A machine learning approach”

Aaron Baumgardner

Aaron Baumgardner (California State U., Bakersfield) New Phytologist Award
Best poster presentation by a graduate student
“Ecological effects of drought with a focus on intra-annual environmental factors: A case study focused on woody shrubs of Southern California chaparral”

Fiona Soper

Fiona Soper (Cornell U.) Plant, Cell & Environment Award
Best oral presentation by a postdoctoral scholar
“Nitrogen status does not predict phosphorus acquisition strategies in tropical trees”

Billings Award

The W.D. and S.M. Billings award is made to the graduate student whose oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America represents a significant advancement in physiological ecology. The award will be given to a student whose paper is judged to offer the rigor, creativity, importance, and presentation that sets a new standard in the discipline. The winner receives a $500 check from the Physiological Ecology section. The award recognizes the life-time contributions by its namesakes, Dwight and Shirley Billings, to physiological ecology. Dwight built the foundation for physiological ecology in North America and provided leadership for the field throughout his illustrious career. Together, Dwight and Shirley have shown a deep regard for the interests and training of graduate students in this dynamic component of ecology.

Eligibility requirements for the Billings and New Phytologist Poster awards:

The student entrant must be first author and presenter for the paper or poster.
“Student” is defined as undergraduate or graduate student who is currently enrolled in a degree program or who finished his/her degree within the last 12 months.
The student must be a Physiological Ecology section member at the time of the presentation. Not a member of the Physiological Ecology section? No problem — it’s easy to join. Just go to the ESA membership site, and on the application form select “Physiological Ecology Section”. Annual membership dues are $5. You can join us at any time, but you must be a member of ESA. If you’re not already a member of ESA, you can use the link above to join ESA at the same time. ESA memberships run January-December, regardless of when you join.
Past winners may not enter the same competition again. Students who received an honorable mention can compete again in the same competition.

To apply:

Please send Jia Hu (jiahu@nullemail.arizona.edu) the following information by June 15, 2019:

Information on the student entrant: name, mailing address, email address, phone number, College/University association, and student status.
Presentation title and complete list of authors.
Presentation time, location, and session title.

Past winners:

2017: Gerard Sapes (University of Montana) for his talk “Plant water content is the best predictor of drought-induced mortality”; Honorable mentions: Natalie Aguirre (Pepperdine U., Hydraulic mechanisms of fungal-induced dieback in a keystone chaparral species during unprecedented drought in California), Leander Anderegg (U. Washington, A spectrum of spectrums: Leaf economics across taxonomic scales), Jessica Guo (Northern Arizona U., Seasonal trends in leaf non-structural carbohydrates driven by depletion of starch in Larrea tridentata)
2016: Kathryn V. Baker, Forest, Range, and Fire Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, for her talk entitled “Hydraulic strategies of six co-occurring conifer species in northern Idaho during a severe drought,” coauthored with Daniel M. Johnson, Dept. of Forest, Range, and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho.
2015: two recipients: (1) Helen Holmlund, undergraduate at Oklahoma Christian University (graduated in April 2015, now working with Steve Davis at Pepperdine University), for her talk entitled “Ferns living on the edge: Differential traits for survival during California’s historic drought” with co-authors Breahna M. Gillespie, Nicole A. Nakamatsu, Amanda M. Burns, Jarmila Pittermann, and; Stephen D. Davis. (2) Stephen Klosterman, PhD candidate, Harvard University, for his talk entitled “Bridging the organism and landscape scales of deciduous forest phenology using an unmanned aerial vehicle, PhenoCam, and remote sensing” with co-authors Sidni Frederick, Arturo Martinez, and Andrew D. Richardson.
2014: Jennifer Johnson, University of Arizona, “The resource-use efficiency of C3-C4 intermediate photosynthesis” with co-authors Joseph A. Berry and Christopher B. Field.
2013: Fiona Soper, Cornell University, “Seasonal and individual variation in leguminous tree nitrogen fixation in a natural ecosystem” with co-authors Tom Boutton and Jed Sparks. Honorable mentions: (1) Aaron Ramirez, University of California, Berkeley, “Wimpy leaves and sturdy stems: Decoupling of drought tolerance at the stem and leaf levels in island chaparral” with co-author David Ackerly; (2) Rory Telemco, Iowa State University, “Here be dragons: Proximate mechanisms mediating temperature and biogeography in alligator lizards” with co-authors Elizabeth A Addis, Anne M Bronikowski, Gerardo A Cordero, Rebecca L Polich
2012: In a close finish, we have co-winners of the Billings Award this year. The award is shared by Greg Goldsmith, from the University of California at Berkeley, for his talk entitled “The prevalence and significance of foliar water uptake in tropical montane cloud forest plants” and Paul Nabity, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (now at the University of Arizona), for his talk entitled “Testing the extended phenotype hypothesis as phylloxera induce stomata and reorganize metabolism in grapes”.
2011: John Whiteman, University of Wyoming, “Polar bears may adjust physiology and behavior to cope with climate change” with co-authors Henry Harlow, Merav Ben-David and George Durner. Honorable mention: Sean Michaletz, University of Calgary, “A new mechanism of tree stem mortality in forest fires: Heat-induced xylem cavitation” with co-author Edward Johnson
2010: John Drake, University of Illinois, for an oral presentation on “Physiological causes of the age-related decline in pine forest productivity” with co-author Evan H. DeLucia. Honorable mention: Danica Lombardozzi, Cornell University, for an oral presentation on “Ozone-induced decreases in photosynthesis and transpiration: modifying Farquhar and Ball-Berry models” with co-authors Gordon Bonan, Samuel Levis, and Jed P. Sparks.
2009: Doug Aubrey, University of Georgia, for an oral presentation on “Root-derived CO₂ efflux via xylem stream rivals soil CO₂ efflux” with co-author R.O. Teskey. The two equivalent honorable mentions for the Billings award were: (1) Greg Barron-Gafford, University of Arizona, for a presentation on “Integrating estimates of ecosystem respiration from eddy covariance towers with automated measures of soil respiration: Examining the development and influence of hysteresis in soil respiratory fluxes along a woody plant encroachment gradient” with co-authors R. Scott, G.D. Jennerette, and T.E. Huxman and (2) Dena Vallano, Cornell University, for a presentation on “Effects of direct foliar uptake of gaseous nitrogen dioxide on plant-herbivore interactions” with co-author S. Campbell.
2008: Marnie Rout, University of Montana, for her oral presentation on “Sorghum halepense and endophytic N-fixing bacteria: Ecosystem engineers altering soil biogeochemistry” Honorable mention: Rob Salguero-Gomez, University of Pennsylvania, for his presentation on “First evidence for hydraulic fragmentation in an herbaceous aridland perennial: Cryptantha flava“
2007: Anna Jacobsen from Michigan State University for her talk “Support for a fiber inclusive model of xylem cavitation resistance” co-authored by Brandon Pratt. The two equivalent honorable mentions for the Billings award were: Ms. Allyson Elller from Cornell for her talk “Responses of tree seedlings to atmospheric change: increasing nitrogen dioxide, carbon dioxide, and soil nitrate” co-authored by Jed Sparks and Ms. Nicole Hughes from Wake Forest for her talk “When are red juvenile leaves mature enough to be green? The coordination of anthocyanin decline with photosynthetic maturity” co-authored by William K. Smith.
2006: Carmody McCalley of Cornell University for her presentation: “The role of water, nutrients, and temperature in regulating NO and NH₃ efflux from Mojave Desert soils”. The honorable mention for the Billings Award is Paul Stoy of Duke University for his presentation: “Explaining the interannual variability of carbon exchange in successional ecosystems”.
2005: Laura Scott-Denton, from the University of Colorado-Boulder. Her presentation, entitled “Spatially-explicit modeling of soil respiration rate in a high-elevation, subalpine forest,” was co-authored by Russell Monson. Due to the overwhelming preponderance of oral presentations in relation to poster presentations, the judges’ committee and officers of the Physiological Ecology Section decided to give two Honorable Mentions for this year’s Billings Award. They are, in alphabetical order:
- Catarina Moura, from Duke University, for her presentation entitled “Gene expression of loblolly pine exposed to elevated CO₂ in the field,” co-authored by Ruth Grene (Virginia Tech) and Robert Jackson.
- Rachel Spicer, from Harvard University, for her presentation entitled “Small scale patterns with large scale implications: the role of programmed cell death in determining the sapwood volume of forest trees,” co-authored by N. Michele Holbrook.
2004: Maggie Prater of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for her talk “Evapotranspiration and energy balance of post-fire and native sagebrush communities in the Great Basin Desert” with Evan DeLucia, coauthor. Honorable mention goes to Will Cornwell of Stanford University for his talk “Quantifying functional diversity: A new analytic method” with D.W. Schwilk and D.D. Ackerly, coauthors.
2003: Katherine McCulloh of the University of Utah for her talk “The application of Murray’s law to Psilotum nudum, an analogue of an ancestral vascular plant” with John Sperry, coauthor. Honorable mention goes to Jennifer Funk of SUNY Stonybrook for her talk “Variation in isoprene emission from Quercus rubra: sources, causes, and consequences for estimating fluxes” with coauthors Clive G. Jones, Manuel T. Lerdau, Dennis W. Gray, Heather L. Throop, and Laura A. Hyatt.
2002: Richard O. Musser for his talk “A suppression mechanism of induced plant defenses by an insect salivary enzyme” with G. W. Felton, coauthor. Richard’s work was conducted at University of Arkansas, and currently he is at University of Arizona. Honorable mention goes to Lisa Anne Moore.
2001: Amy Miller of the University of Colorado for her oral presentation: Amy Miller & William Bowman. “Nutrient Uptake, Movement, Use. Preferential uptake of N by alpine tundra species: do all species tap the same N pool?”.
2000: Brent Helliker of the University of Utah for his oral presentation: Helliker B. & J R Ehleringer. “Why is a grass blade like a tree ring? An isotopic model for recording environmental data in grass blades”.
1999: Jeanine Cavender-Bares of Harvard University for her presentation of the paper: Cavender-Bares J, Ackerly D, Baum D, Bazzaz FA. Correlated evolution in 15 co-occurring species of oaks (Quercus): a study of habitat and plant functional traits.
1998: The winner of the first Billings Award was Susan Bassow.

The Billings Award was created with an initial gift from Shirley Billings. Further donations are needed and can be sent to the address below. Thank you for any contributions.

Billings Award
Ecological Society of America
1707 H Street, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006

The New Phytologist Trust is pleased to announce that it will continue the commitment begun in 2000 to contribute $500 annually towards the Billings Award. New Phytologist, the broad spectrum plant science journal, was established in 1902 by the pioneer ecologist Arthur Tansley. It is a not-for-profit organization. The spirit of the Billings Award is very consistent with the goals of the New Phytologist Trust – to promote education and research in plant sciences. More information about activities of the New Phytologist Trust and links to the journal New Phytologist can be found at www.newphytologist.com.

New Phytologist Poster Award

This is given to the student with the best physiological ecology poster presentation at the annual ESA meeting. The winner receives a $500 check from the Physiological Ecology section. In 2008 the Section renamed the “Best Poster award” to the “New Phytologist Poster award” in recognition of New Phytologist’s contribution to the Billings Fund, which provides a cash prize to both the Billings award winner for the best oral presentation and the New Phytologist award winner for the best poster.

Eligibility requirements for the Billings and New Phytologist Poster awards:

The student entrant must be first author and presenter for the paper or poster.
“Student” is defined as undergraduate or graduate student who is currently enrolled in a degree program or who finished his/her degree within the last 12 months.
The student must be a Physiological Ecology section member at the time of the presentation. Not a member of the Physiological Ecology section? No problem — it’s easy to join. Just go to the ESA membership site, and on the application form select “Physiological Ecology Section”. Annual membership dues are $5. You can join us at any time, but you must be a member of ESA. If you’re not already a member of ESA, you can use the link above to join ESA at the same time. ESA memberships run January-December, regardless of when you join.
Past winners may not enter the same competition again. Students who received an honorable mention can compete again in the same competition.

To apply:

Please send Jia Hu (jiahu@nullemail.arizona.edu) the following information by June 15, 2019:

Applicant information: name, mailing address, email address, College/University association, and date of degree.
Presentation title and complete list of authors.
Presentation time, location, and session title.

Past winners:

2017: Beth Roskilly, University of Montant, for her poster entitled “Xylem anatomy mediates growth and longevity in ponderosa pine”
2016: This year, there were two recipients of the New Phytologist Poster award: 1. Dileepa M. Jayawardena, Dept of Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, for his poster entitled “Elevated carbon dioxide and chronic warming decrease nitrogen (N) uptake and levels of N-uptake and N-assimilatory proteins in tomato provided different forms of inorganic N,” coauthored with Scott A. Heckathorn¹, Deepesh R. Bista¹, Sasmita Mishra², Jennifer Boldt³ and Charles R. Krause³, (1) Dept of Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo, (2) Dept of Biology, Kean University, Union, NJ, (3) USDA, Toledo, OH. 2. Harmandeep Sharma, Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, for her poster entitled “Variation in plant water use and environmental drivers of sap flow in sagebrush communities spanning rain- to snow-dominated elevation zones,” coauthored with Keith Reinhardt and Kathleen A. Lohse, Biological Sciences, Idaho State University.
2015: Michelle Shero, PhD student, University of Alaska, Anchorage, for her poster entitled “Breaking diapause: Using minimally-invasive ultrasonographic techniques shows intra-specific variation in the timing and probability of pregnancy in the Weddell seal” with co-authors Gregg P. Adams, Robert B. McCorkell, Amy L. Kirkham, and Jennifer M. Burns.
2014: Danielle Marias, Oregon State University, “Thermotolerance of Coffea arabica: Potential implications in a warming world” with co-authors Rick Meinzer and Chris Still.
2013: Elizabeth Wilson, Texas A&M University, “The effects of water stress on variability in mesophyll conductance of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) leaves with co-authors Jason Vogel and Jason West
2012: Patrick Hudson, from the University of New Mexico, for his poster entitled “Adjustment of xylem vulnerability to cavitation in a precipitation manipulation experiment”. Honorable mention: Jennifer Albertine, from the University of Massachusetts – Amherst for her poster entitled “Predicting population-level changes in ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) response to elevated carbon dioxide”.
2011: Chase Mason, University of Georgia, “Evaluating correlated leaf trait evolution: Evidence from Helianthus”. Honorable mention: Stephanie Hayes, Northern Kentucky University, “Aquatic hypoxia mediated by the decomposition of allochthonous leaf litter from the invasive shrub Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)” with co-author Richard Durtsche
2010: Claire Wainwright, UC San Diego, presented a poster on “Seasonal priority effects: Implications for invasion and restoration in California coastal sage scrub” with co-author Elsa Cleland. Honorable mention: Jingjing Yin, University of Georgia, presented a poster on “The effects of nitrogen fertilization and elevated CO2 on water relations of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seedlings in a water-limited environment” with co-author Robert O. Teskey.
2009: Allyson Eller, Cornell University, presented a poster on “Influence of changing air chemistry on plant growth and reproduction: Effects of rising carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and ozone on a model species” with co-author J. Sparks.
2008: Ava Howard, University of Georgia, who presented a poster on “Stomatal conductance responses to changing vapor pressure deficit: Do daytime patterns of regulation apply at night?” Honorable mention: Jessica Cruz de Osuna for her poster on “Seasonal trends of mesophyll conductance and its importance in understand photosynthesis in a C”
2007: Ms. Kelly Hopping from the University of Montana for her talk “Do these cones make me look fat? Unexpected patterns of resource allocation in whitebark pine” co-authored by Elizabeth T. Miller, Elizabeth E. Crone, and Anna Sala.
2006: Justin Bichler for his poster: “Quantifying the contribution of aquaporins to overall water transport in deep roots accessed via caves”. The honorable mention for the Best Poster Award is Anna Tyler for her poster: “Annual and ephemeral plants are important for shrub-island development and ecosystem processes in arid regions”.
2005: Lisa Patrick, from Texas Tech University. Her poster presentation, entitled “Responses of daytime net ecosystem carbon and water exchange to increased seasonal precipitation in a sotol-grassland at Big Bend National Park, Texas” was co-authored by Traesha Robertson, Natasja van Gestel, and David Tissue.
2004: Tracy Gartner of the University of Connecticut for “Arrangement of litter types can influence mass and N dynamics in mixed-species litter decomposition experiments” with Z.G. Cardon, coauthor. Honorable mention goes to Catarina Moura for “Differential gene expression when loblolly pine trees FACE a rise in CO₂” with R.B. Jackson, coauthor.
2003: Patrick Herron of the University of Connecticut for his poster “Divining Rods: Pseudomonas putida as a microbiosensor of fine-scale osmotic potentials in soil” with coauthors Daniel J. Gage and Zoe G. Cardon. Honorable mention goes to Will Bowman of Columbia University for his poster “Influences of Sapflow and sapwood respiratory activity on CO2 efflux from woody stems in a New Zealand Podocarp forest” with coauthors Margaret M. Barbour, David T. Tissue, Matthew H. Turnbull, David Whitehead, and Kevin L. Griffin.
2002: Jennifer L. Funk for her poster “The role of stored carbon in isoprene production in response to environmental stress in Populus deltoides” with J. E. Mak and M. T. Lerdau, coauthors. Jennifer is a student at State University of New York, Stonybrook. Honorable mention goes to Catarina Moura
2001: co-winners were Laura Scott-Denton and Javier Espeleta for their poster presentations: Laura Scott-Denton, Kimberlee Sparks, Russell Monson. “Linking root and microbial biomass to soil respiration rate in a high-altitude coniferous forest” and Javier Espeleta, Lisa Donovan. “Fine root demography differs among xeric and mesic adult tree species in a sandhill habitat of southeastern US”.
2000: Andrew McElrone for his poster presentation: McElrone, A.J. and I.N. Forseth. “Interactive effects of drought stress and infection by Xylella fastidiosa on the ecophysiology of a common liana”.
1999: David R. Bowling of the University of Colorado for his poster: Bowling DR, Baldocchi DD, Monson RK. “Partitioning net ecosystem exchange in a Tennessee deciduous forest using stable isotopes of carbon dioxide“.
1998: co-winners were Louise Comas “Root efficiency in fast- and slow-growing species of maple and oak” and Travis Huxman “Gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence responses of three southwestern Yucca species to elevated CO2 and high temperature”.
1997: Nate McDowell of the Dept. of Forest Resources at the University of Idaho: “Winter carbon dioxide uptake and release from an interior Pacific Northwest forest.“
1996: James R. Cleverly of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas: “Modeling advective energy exchange between neighboring ecosystems with a special emphasis on the oasis effect.” The poster was co-authored by Anna Sala and Stan Smith.

Plant, Cell & Environment Postdoctoral Award

This award, from 2011 to 2018, was made to a postdoctoral scholar whose oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America represented a significant advancement in physiological ecology.

Past winners:

2017: Alexandria Pivovaroff, UCLA, for “In the heat of the moment: Diurnal patterns of branch carbon uptake and transpiration during heat waves” and Nick Smith, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, for “Predicting photosynthetic capacity from first principles”
2016: Duncan D. Smith, Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, for his talk entitled “Does the centrifuge method underestimate xylem vulnerability in short-vesseled species?” coauthored with Katherine A. McCulloh, Botany, The University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2015: Kirsten Deane-Coe, postdoctoral researcher at Cornell University, for her talk entitled “Bryophyte-cyanobacteria associations increase bryophyte nitrogen content and photosynthetic performance but are vulnerable to environmental stress” with co-author Jed P. Sparks.
2014: Jessica Savage, Harvard University, “The complexity of phloem structural diversity and its implications for angiosperm evolution” with co-authors Sierra Beecher, Jan Knoblauch, Michael Knoblauch and N. Michele Holbrook.
2013: Sean Michaletz, University of Arizona, “Intra- and interspecific tree growth rates across a broad climate gradient: Toward a general metabolic scaling model linking climate, functional traits, and individual plant growth” with co-authors Brian J. Enquist, James H. Brown, Vanessa R. Buzzard, Sean T. Hammond, Amanda N. Henderson, Michael Kaspari, Sean McMahon, Lina Shen, Irena Simova, Robert B. Waide, Michael D. Weiser, and Jizhong Zhou
2012: Katie Becklin, from the University of Kansas, for her talk entitled “Mycorrhizal functioning across the glacial-interglacial transition: Evidence from stable isotopes.”
2011: Melanie Zeppel, Macquarie University, “Is drought mortality in Eucalypts caused by carbon starvation or hydraulic failure: The influence of elevated CO₂ and temperature” with co-authors James Lewis, Brian Chazsar, Renee Smith and David Tissue. Honorable mention: Catarina Moura, Technical University of Lisbon, “Potential effects of sowed, biodiverse pastures in the understory of an LTER Montado system: ¹⁵N and ¹³C in Cork Oak leaves” with co-authors Todd Dawson and João S. Pereira

Student Travel Awards

The ESA Physiological Ecology Section offers five to ten (depending on funding availability) travel grants for students presenting papers or posters in the field of physiological ecology at the ESA Annual Meeting. The winner of each grant will receive up to $500 to help support attending the meeting.

Eligibility

“Student” is defined as undergraduate or graduate student who is currently enrolled in a degree program or who finished his/her degree within the last 12 months.
The student must be a Physiological Ecology section member at the time of the presentation. To join, go to http://eservices.esa.org. On the application form scroll down to “Section & Chapter Affiliation” and select “Physiological Ecology Section”. Annual membership dues are $5. You can join us at any time, but you must be a member of ESA.
Award recipients must also enter either the Billings or New Phytologist poster award competitions.

To apply

Please send Jia Hu (jiahu@nullemail.arizona.edu) the following information by June 15, 2019:

The student’s current contact information and anticipated date of degree
The title and abstract of talk or poster
A short statement explaining why the student wants to attend this ESA meeting (300 word max)
A short letter in support of the student from an advisor (sent separately from above materials)

Decision: A panel of scientists representing a broad array of disciplines within physiological ecology will then evaluate the submissions and decide upon the winning entries. Travel grant recipients will be notified by June 30, 2017.

The student travel awards were instituted in 2010 after a raffle fundraiser at the 2009 meeting and a generous donation from an anonymous donor. We had 13 applicants, and a panel of five judges selected winners based on (1) the student’s research and on (2) the potential for attending the conference to contribute to the student’s professional development. Five students received $500 each to help offset the cost of attending the ESA meetings; winners were introduced at the Physiological Ecology Section Mixer in Pittsburgh. Upon learning about the five awardees, an anonymous donor was very impressed and agreed to donate $2500 each year for the next five years to support student travel to the ESA meetings.

Student Travel Award winners:

2018:
Mallory Barnes, University of Arizona
Kelsey Carter, Michigan Technological University
Maegan Gagne, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Gaurav Kandlikar, University of California, Los Angeles
Kelsey Martinez, Syracuse University
Jennifer Peters, Western Sydney University
Elsa Schwartz, Michigan Technological University

2017:
Haoran Zhou, University of Pennsylvania
Maegan Gagne, University of Wisconsin
Gerard Sapes, University of Montana
Beth Fallon, University of Minnesota
Brianna Glase, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Allison Matzelle, Northeastern University
Natalie Aguirre, Pepperdine University
Benton Neil Taylor, Columbia University
Daniel E. Winkler, University of California, Irvine
Victoria M. Woods, California State University, Fullerton

2016:
Drew Peltier, Northern Arizona University, Department of Biological Sciences
Harmandeep Sharma, Idaho State University, Biological Sciences
Sarah Tepler-Drobnitch, University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Danielle Marias, Oregon State University
Jake Grossman, University of Minnesota, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
Jessica Guo, Northern Arizona University, Department of Biological Sciences
Katherine Baker, University of Idaho, Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences
Camilla Medeiros, University of California, Los Angeles- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

2015:
Leander Anderegg, University of Washington
Megan Bartlett, UCLA
Anna Carter, Victoria University of Wellington
Stephen Klosterman, Harvard University
Helen Holmlund, Oklahoma Christian University
Gail McCormick, Pennsylvania State University
Eric Riddell, Clemson University
Jessica Valdovinos-Ayala, California State University, Bakersfield

2014:
Heather Kropp, Arizona State University
Alexandria Pivovaroff, University of California, Riverside
Jennifer Wilkening, University of Colorado
Alice Broadhead, North Carolina State University
Marth Brabec, Boise State University
Chelsea Griffin, Texas Tech University
Marta Percolla, California State University

2013:
Juan C. Alvarez-Yepiz, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry
Adam P. Coble, Michigan Technological University
Sean T. Michaletz, University of Arizona
Fiona Soper, Cornell University
Elizabeth Wilson, Texas A&M University

2012:
Adam Coble
Benjamin Blonder
Elizabeth Waring
Heather Tran
Jennifer Albertine
Jennifer Wilkening
Kirsten Coe
Nicholas Smith
Sarah Taylor

2011:
Benjamin Blonder, University of Arizona, PhD candidate
Greg Goldsmith, UC Berkeley, PhD candidate
Brandon McNellis, Western Oregon University, undergraduate
Olivia Niziolek, University of Illinois, MS candidate
John Whiteman, University of Wyoming, PhD candidate

2010:
Selita Ammondt, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
Colleen Butler, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Danica Lombardozzi, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Daisha Ortega, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
Claire Wainwright, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA

Tips for Presenting Talks and Posters

For an enlightening discussion of what makes a good poster, check out the American Society of Plant Biology poster site. See also the following:

Designing effective posters