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Awards

Currently there are two types of awards from the Society of Nematologists that are given based on applications or nominations submitted in advance of the annual meetings.

  • Student travel awards are given on a competitive basis to help finance graduate student participation in the society’s annual meetings. The awards are funded by companies that are sustaining associates of the society and by the Cobb Foundation.
  • Members of the society with sustained, outstanding achievements in research, classroom teaching, extension education, professional service, and overall accomplishments are recognized annually with the Syngenta Crop Protection Award, the Teaching Excellence Award, and being named Fellow of the Society. Recipients of these awards are selected a year in advance of receiving the awards at the following year’s annual meeting.

Annual Meeting Student Travel Awards for 2024

Details of the awards, their criteria, and the application process are available online here.

The deadline for application submission is April 1, 2024.

Nominations for the Syngenta Award, the Teaching Excellence Award, SON Fellow and Honorary Member for 2024

Details of the award criteria and nomination guidelines and process are available online here.

The deadline for nomination submission is July 1, 2023. 

Previous Award Recipients

Honorary Members

1968  A. D. Baker

1968  E. M. Buhrer

1968  B. G. Chitwood

1968  J. R. Christie

1968  G. Thorne

1969  A. L. Taylor

1970  M. W. Allen

1971  L. A. P. de Coninck

1972  M. T. Franklin

1973  H. R. Wallace

1975  R. C. Baines

1976  R. S. Pitcher

1977  H. W. Reynolds

1978  C. W. McBeth

1979  J. N. Sasser

1980  W. F. Mai

1981  L. I. Miller
1982  F. G. W. Jones
1983  C. J. Nusbaum
1984  J. W. Seinhorst
1985  A. C. Tarjan
1988  D. J. Raski
1989  V. H. Dropkin
1990  C. E. Taylor
1991  H. J. Jensen
1992  J. H. O’Bannon
1993  K. R. Barker
1994  M. Luc
1997  S. D. Van Gundy
2001  V. R. Ferris
2004  B. Y. Endo
2005  A. V. Coomans
2007  I. Andrassy
2009  J. M. Webster
2012  R. S.  Hussey

Fellows of the Society

1981   H. J. Jensen

1981   V. G. Perry
1981   D. J. Raski
1981   H. H. Triantaphyllou
1982   A. V. Coomans
1982   V. H. Dropkin
1982   J. H. O’Bannon
1983   A. F. Bird
1983   I. J. Thomason
1983   B. M. Zuckerman
1984   A. M. Shepherd
1984   A. Triantaphyllou
1984   S. D. Van Gundy
1985   V. R. Ferris
1985   A. M. Golden
1985   R. H. Mulvey
1986   K. R. Barker
1986   E. Cohn
1986   M. Luc
1987   G. W. Bird
1987   J. M. Webster
1988   B. Y. Endo
1988   L. R. Krusberg
1988   U. Wyss
1989   M. Ichinohe
1989   D. C. Norton
1990   A. W. Johnson
1990   A. R. Maggenti
1990   R. Rodriguez Kabana
1991   F. E. Caveness
1991   D. W. Dickson
1991   G. D. Griffin
1992   C. H. Heald
1992   R. S. Hussey
1992   N. A. Minton
1993   N. Ishibashi
1993   B. R. Kerry
1993   F. Lamberti
1994   R. A. Sikora
1994   D. L. Trudgill
1994   J. A. Veech
1995   H. Ferris
1995   J. M. Ferris
1995   D. H. Wall
1996   D. J. F. Brown
1996   K. Evans
1996   R. D. Riggs
1997   R. R. Gaugler
1997   J. Pinochet
1997   G. C. Smart
1998   R. A. Bedding
1998   D. P. Schmitt
1998   S. D. Van Gundy
1999   J. G. Baldwin
1999   E. Geraert
2000   H. K. Kaya
2000   S. A. Lewis
2001   R. N. Perry
2001   D. Sturhan
2002   D. J. Chitwood
2002   Y. Mamiya
2002   B. A. Weischer
2003   G. R. Noel
2003   J. L. Starr
2004   P. A. Roberts
2004   V. M. Williamson
2005   D. L. Riddle
2005   E. C. Bernard
2006   Roger Cook
2006   Robert T. Robbins
2007   Bradley Hyman
2007   Gregor Yeates
2008   Larry W. Duncan
2008   Graham Stirling
2009   Robin M. Giblin-Davis
2009   Parwinder S. Grewal
2010   Robert McSorely
2010   Maurice Moens
2011   Robin N. Huettel
2011   Tom O. Powers
2012   Terry N. Niblack
2012   Eric L. Davis
2013   Ann MacGuidwin
2013   David Bird
2014   Renato Inserra
2014   Andrew Nyczepir
2015   Saad Hafez
2015   W. Kelley Thomas
2015   Thomas J. Baum
2016   Gregory L. Tylka
2017   David I. Shapiro-Ilan
2018   Brent Sipes

2019   Jon D. Eisenback

2020   No award

2021   Patricia Timper

2022   J. Ole Becker

2023   Zafar Handoo

Syngenta Crop Protection Award

1979    Al Taylor

1980    Dewy Raski

1981    J.N. Sasser

1982    A.J. Overman

1983    George Bird

1984    Howard Ferris

1985    H.W. Lembright

1986    Rodrigo Rodriguez-Kabana

1987    W.J. Apt

1988    Don Dickson

1989    Mike McKenry

1990    Gerry Santo

1991    John Radewald

1992    Bob Dunn

1993    Jimmy Rich

1994    Phil Roberts

1995    Becky Westerdahl

1996    Jon Eisenback

1997    J. Ole Becker

1998    Brent Sipes

1999    Greg Tylka

2000    Stephne Koenning

2001    John Mueller

2002    Parwinder Grewal

2003    Thomas Baum

2004    Isgouhi Kaloshian

2005    Kris Lambert

2006    Patricia Timper

2007    Billy Crow

2008    Andrea Skantar

2009    Kathy Lawrence

2010    Janete Brito

2011    No award

2012    Koon-Hui Wang

2013    Andreas Westphal

2014    Paula Agudelo

2015    Weimin Ye

2016    No award

2017    Raquel Campos-Herrera

2018    Benjamin Mimee

2019    Paulo Vieira

2020    No award

2021    No award

2022    Zane Grabau

2023    Marisol Quintanilla

Meritorious Service Award

1986   John T. Fulkerson

Excellence in Teaching Nematology

2013   Edward C. McGawley

2014   No award

2015   No award

2016   Edward P. Caswell-Chen

2017 No award

2018 No award

2019 No award

2020   No award   

2021   Adler Dillman

2023   Jon D. Eisenback

Best Economic Nematology Paper

1979

D.C. Norton

J. Tollefson

P. Hinz

S.H. Thomas


1980

A.W. Johnson

D.R. Sumner

C.A. Jaworski


1981

N.A. Minton

M.B Parker

C.E. Perry


1982

K.R. Barker

F.A. Todd

W.W. Shane

L.A. Nelson


1983

D.A. Smittle

A.W. Johnson


1984

D.P. Weingartner

J.R. Schumaker

G.C. Smart


1985 R.A. Bedding
1986

S.R. Koenning

D.P. Schmitt

K.R. Barker



2007 Jing Jin

2008 No award

2009 No award

2010 T. J. Bliss

2011 Paulo Vieira

2012 Adler Dillman

2013 Samantha Lewis

2014 No award

2015 Horacio Lopez-Nicora

2016 Abolfazl Hajihassani

2017 Gary J. Phillips

2018 No award

2019 Tiffany Baiocchi

2020 No award

2021 Catherine Wram

2022 Clemen Oliveira

2023 Roshan Paudel

Best Student Paper/Poster Awards

1968  Barbara Muse

1969  Neil A. Lapp
1970 No award
1971  Michael McKenry
1972  Parvis Jatala
1973 No award

1974 Thomas Rutherford

1975   Jimmy R. Rich
1976  Paul Friedman
1977   Robert McSorely
1978  Jon D. Eisenback
1979  Ronald F. Carter
1980  Robin M. Giblin
1981  Robin N. Huettel
1982  Graciela A. Godoy
1983  Sonya D. Mobbs
1984  Philip R. Esbenshade
1985  Anthony D. Radice
1986  Edna Pableo
1987  William Wadsworth
1988  Patricia Timper
1989  Luis A. Payan
1990 No award

1991  Miriam Kaplan

1992  Karen R. Wendt
1993 No award

1994 No award

1995  John C. Veremis

1996 No award

1997  Zhongxiao  Chen

1998  Jennifer Anderson
1999  L. T. Luong
2000 No award

2001  Makedonka Dautova

2002  Katrien Carlens
2003  Paula Agudelo
2004  Paula Agudelo
2005  Jack Qiu
2006  T. J. Bliss
2007  Erik Ragsdale
2008 No award

2009  Christian Hillnhutter

2010  T. J. Bliss
2011  Daisy Fu
2012  Haley Smith
2013  J Bradley Shaver
2014 No Award

2015 Dana Blackburn

2016 Nathan Redding
2017 Emily Feist
2018 Lois Taylor
2019 Dong-gyu Kim

2020 No award

2021  J. Parr McQueen

2022 EB Wlezien

2023        Monica Pennewitt

Three Minute Thesis Competition

2018 Benjamin Waldo

2019 Deepak Haarith

2020 No award

2021 Scott Anderson

2022 Emily Braithwaite

2023 Alison Coomer


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