The ASN congratulates the winners of its Student Research Awards. For more information on this award, please see the description here. The 2026 winners (in no particular order) are as follows:
- Alden Sears, NC State: Plant persistence via pollination: patterns of pollen dispersal and visitor fidelity
- Charlotte Probst, University of Michigan: Cross-trophic consequences of activity change in response to heat waves
- Christina Steinecke, Harvard University: The role of pollinator behaviour in the establishment of an allopolyploid Phlox
- Daniel A. Gutierrez-Carrillo, Florida State: Investigating the neurogenomic correlates of social courtship behavior in manakins (Pipridae)
- Denis Calandriello Calio, Universidade Estadual de Campinas: Molecular Bases of Genital Developmental Plasticity in Males
- Gina Lucas, UC Riverside: An Experimental Test of Natural Selection on Chromosomal Inversions
- Louisa Bartkovich, University of Toronto: Pocketful of sunshine: Decoupling the effects of shifting spring light regimes on reproductive timing in an understory plant species
- Max L. Witynski, University of Michigan: Does seasonal migration boost genetic diversity via demographic stability and life history?
- Swastik Pritam Padhy, University of Minnesota: Effect of pesticides on sexual communication and its potential implication on species reproductive barriers
- Sydney Szwed, Illinois State University: A time to fight and a time to heal: is the tradeoff between aggression and immunity contingent on the nutritional environment in crickets?
We look forward to seeing the results of your research!