Recognizes outstanding graduate student oral and poster presentations, both in content and delivery, which exemplifies breeding/genetics research.
From 2021 separate awards were established for masters and PhD student posters.
From 2022 separate award was established for early career/postdoc posters.
Poster Winners
2025
Early Career - Travis Parker, University of California Davis.
PhD - Henry Cordoba-Novoa, McGill University (1st), Gurminder Singh, North Dakota State University (2nd), Dylan Clark, University of Florida (3rd).
MS - Caitlin McCann, University of Georgia (1st), Mason Jackson, McGill University (2nd), Sergei O'Sullivan, Montana State University (3rd).
Undergraduate - Matthew Norman-Ariztia, Cornell University.
2024
Early Career - Nicholas Mueth, University of Washington
PhD - Seren Wilwock, Cornell University (1st), Evan Groover, Berkeley (2nd), Amaka Ifeduba, Texas A&M (3rd).
MS - Rafael Goncalves Marmo, University of Arkansas (1st), Carter Prillaman, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2nd), Himabindhu Badavath, Texas A&M (3rd).
Undergraduate - Matthew Norman-Ariztia, Cornell University.
2023
Early Career - Emily Delorean, USDA-ARS Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Unit, Raleigh, NC
PhD - Anne Frances Jarrell, University of Georgia (1st), Hannah Stoll, University of Minnesota (2nd), Jaideep Kaur Deol, University of Florida (3rd)
MS - Rafaela Prado-Graciano, University of Florida (1st), John Oscar Enriquez, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2nd), Katherine J. Fortune, University of Guelph (3rd)
2022
Early Career - Leonardo Volpato, Michigan State University
PhD - Carley Clayton, Iowa State University (1st), Sarah Jones, Iowa State University (2nd), Vinavi Gamage, University of Georgia (3rd)
MS - Tony Schuh, Colorado State University (1st), Autumn Brown, University of Wisconsin (2nd), Camila Manriques, Ohio State University (3rd)
2021
PhD - Erin Pfarr, Rutgers University (1st), Richard Tegtmeier, Cornell University (2nd), Jordan Knapp-Wilson, University of Georgia (3rd)
MS - Adam Elissar, University of Florida (1st), Jesse Mutcheson, University of Manitoba, Canada (2nd), Juan Jimenez, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (3rd)
2020 - Zara York (1st), Juan Gonzales (2nd), Natalie Kaiser (3rd).
2019 - Caio Canella Vieira (1st), Sam McDonald (2nd), Chandler Levinson (3rd).
2017 - Stephanie Fong, Rutgers University (1st); Daljit Singh, Kansas State University (2nd); Mohammad Rahman, Kansas State University (3rd).
2016 - Olalere (Marcus) Olatoye (1st), Kansas State University (1st); Eduardo Bernal, The Ohio State University (2nd); Justin Ma, North Carolina State University (3rd).
2015 - David Eickholt, North Carolina State University (1st); Andrea Varella, Montana State University (2nd); Paul Sandefur, Washington State University (3rd).
2014 - Tyler Tiede, University of Minnesota (1st); Jessica Gilbert, University of Florida (2nd); Jennifer Kimball, North Carolina State University (3rd).
2013 - Steve Becker, Colorado State University (1st); Jill Recker, North Carolina State University (2nd); Gerardo Nunez, University of Florida (3rd).
Past Oral Winners
2015 1st place: James Heilig, Michigan State University; 2nd place: Kathleen Russell, University of Kentucky; 3rd place: Jozer Mangandi, University of Florida