This Award is sponsored by Systematic Biology's publisher, Taylor & Francis, Inc. The award is presented to the two best papers based on student research published in Systematic Biology during the previous year. The lead author must have been a student at the time the research was conducted. The Publisher's Award is $US 500 and is presented at the annual meeting to the student authors. If an article is co-authored by 2 or more students then special arrangements can be made to ensure appropriate recognition of each. The award was initiated with Volume 48 (1998) and the first award was presented at the 1999 meeting. The winner is selected by a committee consisting of the President and the Editor. No application is required.
Recent Winners
2007
Rachel Mueller, University of California, Berkeley.
Mueller, R. 2006. Evolutionary Rates, Divergence Dates, and the Performance of Mitochondrial Genes in Bayesian Phylogenetic Analysis. Syst. Biol. 55(2): 289-300.
Eric Schuettpelz, Duke University.
Schuettpelz, E. and K.M. Pryer. 2006. Reconciling Extreme Branch Length Differences: Decoupling Time and Rate through the Evolutionary History of Filmy Ferns. Syst. Biol. 55(3): 485–502.
2006
Céline Poux, Radboud University, The Netherlands.
Poux,C., O. Madsen, E. Marquard, D.R. Vieites, W.W. de Jong, and M.Vences. 2005. Asynchronous Colonization of Madagascar by the Four Endemic Clades of Primates, Tenrecs, Carnivores, and Rodents as Inferred from Nuclear Genes. Syst. Biol. 54(5): 719–730.
Richard C. Winkworth, Yale University.
Winkworth, R.C., D. Bryant, P.J. Lockhart, D. Havell, and V. Moulton. 2005. Biogeographic Interpretation of Splits Graphs: Least Squares Optimization of Branch Lengths. Syst. Biol. 54(1): 56–65.
2005
Alan Richard Lemmon and Emily Claire Moriarty (both students), The University of Texas, Austin.
Lemmon A.R., and E.C. Moriarty. 2004. The Importance of Proper Model Assumption in Bayesian Phylogenetics. Syst. Biol. 53(2): 265–277.
Johan Nylander, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Nylander,J.A., A.F. Ronquist, J.P. Huelsenbeck, and J.L. Nieves-Aldrey. 2004. Bayesian Phylogenetic Analysis of Combined Data. Syst. Biol. 53(1): 47–67.
2004
Stéphane Aris-Brosou, North Carolina State University, Raleigh.
Aris-Brosou, S. 2003. Least and Most Powerful Phylogenetic Tests to Elucidate the Origin of the Seed Plants in Presence of Conflicting Signals under Misspecified Models. Syst. Biol. 52(6): 781-793.
Rachel Collin, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.
Collin, R. 2003. Phylogenetic Relationships among Calyptraeid Gastropods and their Implications for the Biogeography of Speciation. Syst.Biol. 52(5): 618-640.
2003
Sérgio L. Pereira, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Royal Ontario Museum and Depto Biologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
Pereira, S. L., A.J. Baker, and A. Wajnta. 2002. Combined Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA Sequences Resolve Generic Relationships within the Cracidae (Galliformes, Aves). Syst. Biol. 51(6): 946–958.
Marc A. Suchard, UCLA School of Medicine.
Suchard,M.A., R.E. Weiss, K.S. Dorman, and J.S. Sinsheimer.
2002. Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? A BayesFactor Test for Recombination with Uncertain Heritage. Syst. Biol. 51(5): 715–728.
2002
David Posada, Brigham Young University.
Posada, D. and K.A. Crandall. 2001. Selecting the Best-Fit Model of Nucleotide Substitution. Syst. Biol. 50(3): 580-601.
George Weiblen, Harvard University Herbaria.
Weiblen, G. 2001. Phylogenetic Relationships of Fig Wasps Pollinating Functionally Dioecious Ficus Based on Mitochondrial DNA Sequences and Morphology. Syst. Biol. 50(2): 243–267.
2000
Mark Simmons and Helga Ochoterena, Cornell University
J. Robert Macey and James Schulte, Washington University
1999
Richard Ree, Harvard University
Kevin McCracken, John Harshman
David McClellan, Louisiana State University
1998
Sharon Messenger, University of Texas at Austin
Sean Graham, University of Toronto
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