Victor Hutchison Graduate Student Poster Award
The SSAR graduate student poster awards honor Victor Hutchison for his extensive contributions to herpetology and the development of future herpetologists. We held the 15th annual SSAR Victor Hutchison Student Poster competition in St. Paul on 11 July 2025. Awardees received a check for US $250 and book. We thank Chuck Crumly for book donations this year. For more information about this award, visit: https://ssarherps.org/ssar-awards/victor-hutchison-award/.
This year’s judges were Ed Basham (University of Texas at Austin), Christopher Howey (University of Scranton), Tiffany Kosch (University of Melbourne), Sara McClelland (Moravian University), Kevin Mulder (Ghent University), Jeanine Refsnider (University of Toledo), and Robin Suyesh (University of Delhi).
The 2025 recipients of the Hutchison Graduate Poster Award are:
Physiology, Morphology, Evolution, Genetics, & Systematics:
Nikole Schneider (University of South Dakota), “Feats of supercontractile strength: Functional convergence of supercontracting muscle properties among hyoid musculature in chameleons”
Conservation & Management:
Taylor Thomisee (Arkansas State University), “Amphibians on the MAP: Differences in Community Composition within Wetland Reserve Easements”
Ecology, Natural History, Distribution, & Behavior:
Oscar Ramon Fokou (University of Yaoundé), “Amphibian Diversity in the Dja Faunal Reserve, Southern Cameroon: Insights from a Comprehensive Survey of Lowland Rainforest Habitats”