Awards

National Association of Plant Breeders

2011 Awards Announcement
Lifetime Achievement Award
- The Life Time Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has given distinguished long-term service to the plant breeding field in such areas as research, education, outreach and leadership.
- 2011 winner: Dr. Jules Janick, James Troop Distinguished Professor of Horticulture (Fruit and vegetable breeding), Purdue University
- 2010 winner: Dr. James Brewbaker, Professor of Horticulture and Genetics (sweetcorn), University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Not awarded in 2009
Early Career Scientist Award
- The Award recognizes a plant breeding professional for excellence of early-career performance.
- 2011 winner: Dr. Sterling Brooks Blanche, Assistant Professor (maize and rice) at Louisiana State Agricultural Center
- 2010 winner: Dr. Yanqi Wu, Assistant Professor (forage and turfgrass) at Oklahoma State University
- 2009 winner: Dr. Stacy Bonos, Assistant Professor (turfgrass) at Rutgers
Graduate Student Award
- The Award recognizes an outstanding contribution by a graduate student and was awarded on an ad hoc basis in 2011
- 2011 winner (ad hoc): Shelby Repinski, Graduate Student at UC DAVIS

These awards will highlight the achievements of individuals and are open to everyone in the plant breeding community. The nominee does not have to be a member of the NAPB.
A description of each award and the procedures for nominating a candidate are included with this announcement and on our website http://www.plantbreeding.org/napb/Awards/Awards.html Annual NAPB Meeting information can also be found at the meeting site http://www.plantbreeding.org/napb/Meetings/Meetings.html
Nominations are currently closed, the final deadline was March 15, 2011 (5:00 pm Pacific time). For inquiries or questions please contact the Awards Chair Karen Moldenhauer at (870)673-2661 or kmolden@uark.edu
- Send your nomination (pdf format) by email to both officers:
  - Dr. Karen Moldenhauer, Rice Research & Extension Ctr., 2900 Hwy 130 E., Stuttgart, AR 72160 (870)673-2661 kmolden@uark.edu
  - Dr. Sterling Blanche, LSU AgCenter, 8105 Tom Bowman Drive, Alexandria, LA 71302 (318)229-5635 sblanche@agcenter.lsu.edu

The National Association of Plant Breeders Awards have been developed by the Awards and Nominations subcommittee

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