Phycological Society Award of Excellence

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS 2008 PSA Award of Excellence

The Award Committee is soliciting nominations for one or more Awards of Excellence. The PSA Award of Excellence honors scientists for a record of sustained scholarly activity, including teaching and service, who have had a major impact on the field of phycology. The Award is a career achievement award for a living phycologist. Previous awardees can be found below. Nomination packages should include a single nominating letter from a PSA member highlighting the reasons for the nomination, a complete CV for the candidate (including information relating to teaching and service) and no more than two additional letters of recommendation. All nomination packages received in the last two years will be considered for the 2008 award and there is no need to re-submit nominations; in addition, the nominator will be contacted by the committee chair for an update. Nominations will be welcomed for all fields of research/teaching on algae and also should highlight the candidate’s service to PSA and/or other phycological societies. Inquires and/or materials should be emailed to Morgan Vis (vis-chia@ohio.edu), Chair, PSA Award of Excellence Committee, In order to receive full consideration for the Award that will be made at the 2008 annual meeting of the PSA, the complete nomination package must be received by February 15, 2008.

2007 Gene Stoermer

2006 Michael J. Wynne

2005 Thanarapu Desikachary, Max Hommersand, Frank Round

2004 Maria A. Faust, Paul J. Harrison, Matthew J. Dring

2003 Isabella A. Abbott, Gary L. Floyd, Karen Steidinger

2002 John A. Raven, Theodore J. Smayda, E. Imre Friedmann, James S. Craigie

2001 Robert R.L. Guillard, In Kyu Lee, Francis R. Trainor, C.K. Tseng

1999 Sarah P. Gibbs, Grethe R. Hasle, Paul C. Silva

1996 Greta A. Fryxell, Richard C. Starr

Last updated: Jan. 08, 2008