Awards

2007

Young Tall Polly Awards

Emma Johnston

Matt Taylor

Postgraduate Forum Prizes

Lee Ann Rollins

Honourable mention: Alex Campbell, Liz Heagney, Tom Mullaney

John Holliday Student Conservation Award

Liz Heagney

Student Speaker Awards

Kayne Monro

(at the 2007 meeting of the Australasian Evolution Society, June 12-15, UNSW)

E&ERC Citation Awards

Citation Classic (paper with the highest number of citations in 2007)

Ballard, J.W.O. & Whilock, M.C. 2004. The incomplete natural history of mitochondra. Molecular Ecology 13: 729-744 (Cited 79 times in 2007)

Impact Paper (paper published in 2007 in the highest-impact journal)

Joint winners:

Ballard, J.W.O., Melvin, R.G., Miller, J.T. & Katewa, S.D. 2007. Sex differences in survival and disparity of mitochondrial bioenergetics in Drosophila simulans. Aging Cell 6: 699-708.

Maklakov, A., Fricke, C. & Arnqvist, G. 2007. Sexual selection affects lifespan and aging in the seed beetle. Aging Cell 6: 739-744.

Collaborative Paper

Roberts, D.A., Poore, A.G.B. and Johnston, E.J. 2007. MBACI sampling of an episodic disturbance: Stormwater effects on algal epifauna. Marine Environmental Research 64: 514-523.

E&ERC Postgraduate Supervision Award

Bill Sherwin is the recipient of this award, which recognizes the importance of good supervision of postgraduate students.

E&ERC Student Awards

Outstanding Evolution and Ecology Paper

Richard Piola for:

Piola, R.F. and Johnston, E.L. 2008. Pollution reduces native diversity and increases invader dominance in marine hard-substrate communities. Diversity and Distributions 14: 329–342.

Outstanding Evolution and Ecology Postgraduate Researcher

Joint winners:

Clare Hollely and David Roberts

Outstanding Evolution and Ecology Thesis

Joint winners:

Keyne Monro. "Evolutionary consequences of growth-form plasticity in a red
seaweed"

Richard Piola. "Differential tolerance of introduced & native marine invertebrates to heavy metal pollution"