Congratulations to the Soil Ecology Society Award Winners!
The 2019 awardees are:
- Career Achievement Award Winner: Jayne Belnap, USGS
- Early Career Achievement Award Winner: Thea Whitman, University of Wisconsin
- SES Best Student Authored Paper Award: Debjani Sihi, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Service Award Winner: No Nominations – consider nominating a deserving candidate for 2021!
2019 Student Presentation Awards:
- Outstanding Oral Presentation: Steven McBride, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Volatile organic compounds produced during leaf litter decomposition enter soil organic matter
- Outstanding Poster Presentation: Heather Kittredge, Michigan State University, Natural Transformation of Extracellular DNA in Soil
- Oral Presentation Honorable Mention: Ilenne Del Valle, Rice University, Using synthetic biology to understand flavonoid bioavailability in soils
- Oral Presentation Honorable Mention: Ashley Jernigan, Cornell University – Invertebrates strengthen the linkage between soil microbial activity and crop productivity
- Poster Presentation Honorable Mention: Corinne Walsh, University of Colorado, Boulder, Investigating the effects of soil microbes on seedling success and endophyte colonization
- Poster Presentation Honorable Mention: Allison Zahorec, Michigan State University, Influences of Bioenergy Cropping System Identity and Management on Microarthropod Communities
2019 Parkinson Travel Award Recipients:
- Holly Andrews , University of California, Riverside
- Binod Basyal, University of Louisville
- Natalie Bray, Cornell University
- Ilenne del Valle, Rice University
- Courtland Kelly, Colorado State University
- Steven McBride , Virginia Tech
- Theo Michaels, University of Kansas
- Chance Muscarella (undergraduate), University of Arizona