image: ASPB has proudly represented the plant science community for more than 100 years.
Credit: American Society of Plant Biologists
The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2025 awards, which honor distinction in service, outreach, education, and research.
Adolph E. Gude Jr. Award
- Brian Larkins, University of Arizona, Tucson
ASPB Innovation Prize for Agricultural Technology
- Marc Albertsen, Manjit Singh, Mark Williams, Corteva Agriscience, Johnston, Iowa
Charles Albert Shull Award
- Patrick Shih, University of California, Berkeley
Charles Reid Barnes Life Membership Award
- Sarah (Sally) Assmann, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
- Mary Lou Guerinot, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Enid MacRobbie Corresponding Membership Nominee
Corresponding Member status is conferred by election on the Society’s annual ballot. This honor, initially given in 1932, provides life membership to distinguished plant biologists outside the United States. The following individual has been nominated this year:
- Christine Raines, Essex University, Essex, United Kingdom
Eric E. Conn Young Investigator Award
- Kevin Cox, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Excellence in Education Award
- Amy Marshall-Colón, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Fellow of ASPB Award
- Ivan Baxter, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri
- Jeffrey Bennetzen, University of Georgia, Athens
- Christoph Benning, Michigan State University, East Lansing
- Aruna Kilaru, Eastern Tennessee State University, Johnson City
- Gustavo MacIntosh, Iowa State University, Ames
Jane Silverthorne Early Career Award
- Gozde Demirer, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Martin Gibbs Medal
- Mark Estelle, University of California San Diego, La Jolla
Stephen Hales Prize
- Gary Stacey, University of Missouri, Columbia
Please join ASPB in celebrating this year's award winners. Congratulations to all!
About ASPB
ASPB is a professional scientific society, headquartered in Rockville, MD, that is devoted to the advancement of the plant sciences worldwide. With a membership of some 3,000 plant scientists from throughout the United States and around the world, the Society publishes two of the most widely cited plant science journals, The Plant Cell and Plant Physiology, and co-publishes the open access journal Plant Direct. ASPB also hosts the annual Plant Biology conference; supports plant science outreach, engagement, and advocacy; and powers the Plantae digital ecosystem for plant scientists. Learn more about ASPB at https://aspb.org/.