Henri Seibert Award

 

The Henri Seibert Award was initiated in 1992 to provide recognition for the best student papers given at the annual meeting of the SSAR. These awards are named in honor of Henri C. Seibert, an early and tireless supporter of SSAR (having served as an officer for over 20 years) in recognition of outstanding student presentations at the annual meeting.

To be eligible, the presented paper must be the result of research conducted by the presenter. The research must have been done while the student was in either an undergraduate or graduate degree program. The presentations will be judged by the SSAR student prize committee. One Seibert Prize of US $200 may be given in each of the following four categories:

• Conservation
• Ecology
• Evolution/Systematics
• Physiology/Morphology

For recommendations to students entering the Henri Seibert competition, please see the links immediately below:

Henri Seibert recommendations documentation in Adobe pdf format – Seibert Recommendation (PDF)

Henri Seibert recommendations documentation in MS Word or rich text format – Seibert Recommendation (RTF)

Students entering the competition must be members of SSAR. Students can win the Henri Seibert competition only once. Please indicate the category to which you are submitting your abstract on the abstract form in the Call for Papers. For questions about the Henri Seibert Award, please contact the Chair, Gareth Hopkins (hopkinsg@mail.wou.edu).

 

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2021 Awardees

Because of the hybrid meeting format for the 2021 annual meeting, the Seibert Award competition did not have the traditional four categories. Instead, there was one winner selected among on-line talks and two from in-person talks.
On-line: Winner—Richard Kim
In-person: Winners—Justin Bernstein and Julia Joos

2020 Awardees

The Seibert Award was not given in 2020 because the annual meeting was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 Awardees

Systematics/Evolution: Winner—Randy Klabacka; Honorary Mention—Thomas Marshall
Ecology: Winner—Meredith Strasburg; Honorary Mention—Neil Balchan
Conservation: Winner—Allison Byrne; Honorary Mention—Andrew McLaren
Physiology/Morphology: Winner—Hayley Moniz; Honorary Mention—Jackson Phillips

2018 Awardees

Systematics/Evolution: Winner—Todd Pierson; Honorary Mention—Dan Paluh
Ecology: Winner—Mark Sandfoss; Honorary Mention—Xochitl Ortiz Ross
Conservation: Winner—Arianne Messerman; Honorary Mention—Kristina Chyn
Physiology/Morphology: Winner—Haley Crowell; Honorary Mention—Dustin Owen

2017 Awardees

Systematics/Evolution: Winner—John Cavagnaro; Honorary Mention—Alexander Krohn
Ecology: Winner—Brian Folt; Honorary Mentions—Nicole White and Tatum Katz
Conservation: Winner—Rhett Rautsaw; Honorary Mention—Meghan Parsley
Physiology/Morphology: Winner—John Stepanek; Honorary Mention—Ariana Rupp

2016 Awardees

 2015 Awardees

Systematics/Evolution: Winner—Carl Hutter; Honorable Mentions: Jesse Grismer, Pascal Title, Alexa Warwick, and Matt Buehler
Ecology: Winner—Nick Huron; Honorary Mention: Alex Rohtla
Conservation: Winner—Tyler Hoskins; Honorary Mention—Daniel Quinn
Physiology/Morphology: Winner—David Penning; Honorary Mentions—Melissa Van Kleeck and Robin Abraham

 

2014 Awardees

Systematics/Evolution: Winner—Elyse Freitas; Honorary Mention—Rachel Skinner
Ecology: Winner—Chris Thawley; Honorary Mentions—Meagan Thomas and Mark Herr
Conservation: Winner—Drew Davis; Honorary Mention—Brian Crawford
Physiology/Morphology: Winner—Patrick Moldowan; Honorary Mention—Matthew Dickson

2013 Awardees

Systematics/Evolution: Winner—Phillip Skipwith; Honorable Mention—Benjamin Lowe
Ecology: Winner—Julia Riley; Honorable Mention—James Nifong
Conservation: Winner—James Baxter-Gilbert; Honorable Mention—Rochelle Stiles
Physiology/Morphology: Winner—Christopher Peterson; Honorable Mention—Shelly McCain

2012 Awardees

Systematics/Evolution: Winner—Sara Ruane; Honorable Mention—Hilton Oyamaguchi
Ecology: Winner—Thomas Luhring; Honorable Mention—Julia Riley
Conservation: Winner—Shawn McCracken
Physiology/Morphology: Winner—Rory Telemeco; Honorable Mention—Gareth Hopkins

2011 Awardees

Systematics/Evolution: Winner—Daniel Scantlebury; Honorable Mention—Charles Linkem
Ecology: Winner—James Paterson; Honorable Mention—Andrew Durso
Physiology/Morphology: Winner—Angela Rivera
Conservation: Winner—Jeanine Refsnider; Honorable Mentions—Steven Price and Yik-Hei Sung

2010 Awardees

Systematics/Evolution: Winner—Cameron Siler; Honorable Mention—Philip Skipwith
Ecology: Winner—Jennifer Stynoski; Honorable Mentions—Oliver Hyman and James Paterson
Physiology/Morphology: Winner—Denita M. Weeks; Honorable Mention—Travis Hagey
Conservation: Winner—Daniel Leavitt; Honorable Mention—Scott Farnsworth

2009 Awardees

Systematics/Evolution: Winner—Jamie Oaks
Ecology: Winner—John Willson; Honorable Mention—Javan Bauder
Physiology/Morphology: Winner—Victoria Ash
Conservation: Winner—Kristine Kaiser; Honorable Mention—Anna Savage

2008 Awardees

Systematics/Evolution: Winner—Julienne Ng
Ecology: Winner—Forrest Brem; Honorary Mention: April Barreca
Physiology/Morphology: No award given
Conservation: Winner—David Pike; Honorary Mention: Brian Todd