Society of Systematic Biologists

Winner of the Ernst Mayr Award for 2011 is Matthew Ogburn, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, for his outstanding research and presentation entitled, "Repeated evolution of three-dimensional leaf venation unlocks phenotypic space for exploration of succulence."

The Ernst Mayr Award is the Society's premier award, and 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.