Awards Committees
MSA Award Committees
Submissions of applications and nominations for all MSA Awards are to be made by following the detailed instructions provided via the links for each award on the main MSA Awards page.
To contact any of the below listed Chairs or members, please login to your MSA membership and access the MSA Officers and Roster webpage.
MSA Awards Committee Memberships for 2019–2020:
MSA Award Coordinator: Tony Glenn (2020 – 2023)
Treasurer: Jessie Glaeser
Mycological Society Distinctions Committee
Awards administered: Distinguished Mycologist Award, Alexopoulos Prize, Weston Award for Excellence in Teaching, The Gordon and Tina Wasson Award
Chair: Anne Pringle
Members:
- Matt Smith
- Lori Carris
- Tim James
- Greg Bonito
- Betsy Arnold, ex officio, Past Chair
Honorary Awards Committee
Awards administered: MSA Fellows, Honorary Members
Chair: Tom Volk
Members:
- Don Pfister
- Rytas Vilgalys
- Kerry O’ Donnell, ex officio, Past Chair
Student Awards Committee
Awards Administered: MSA Graduate Fellowships, NAMA Memorial Fellowship, Backus Award, Undergraduate Research Award, Best Oral and Poster Presentations by Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Chair: Mia Maltz
Members:
- Maj Padamsee
- Brandon Hassett
- Astrid Ferrer
- Jason Slot, ex officio, Past Chair
Mentor Travel Awards Committee
Awards Administered: Mentor Student Travel Awards
Chair: Don Walker
Members:
- Vinson Doyle
- Jane Stewart
- Ryoko Oono
- Stephen Mondo, ex officio, Past Chair
Research Awards Committee:
Awards Administered: Martin-Baker Award, Clark T. Rogerson Student Research Award, Forest Fungal Ecology Research Award, Forest Fungal Ecology Postdoctoral Research Award, Alexander H. and Helen V. Smith Research Award, John W. Rippon Research Award, Salomon Bartnicki-Garcia Award, Emory Simmons Research Award, Translational Mycology Awards (regular and postdoctoral), Robert W. Lichtwardt Student Research Award
Chair: Andy Wilson
Members:
- Ari Jumpponen
- Camille Truong
- Benjamin Wolfe
- Jose Vargas-Muniz
- Greg Mueller, ex officio, Past Chair
International Travel Awards
Awards Administered: International Travel Awards
Chair: Gábor Kovács
Members:
- Maria Alice Neves
- Terry Torres-Cruz, Student Rep
- Maria P. Martin-Esteban, ex officio, Past Chair