Arabidopsis Community Awards

NAASC Community Awards Recipients

Philip N. Benfey Arabidopsis Community Lifetime Achievement

2025- Publicity

  1. Mark Estelle, UCSD, USA

  2. Maarten Koornneef, Retired, The Netherlands

  3. Detlef Weigel, Max Planck Inst. Biology, Germany

2024- Publicity

  1. Joanne Chory, Salk Institute, USA

  2. Jeff Dangl, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA

  3. Joe Ecker, Salk Institute, USA

  4. Elliot Meyerowitz, Caltech Institute, USA

  5. Chris Somerville, Retired, USA

Arabidopsis Community Impact

2025- Publicity

  1. Jade Bleau, University of Dundee, Scotland (Early Career)

  2. José Dinneny, Stanford, USA
    (Later Career)

  3. Joanna Friesner, NAASC, USA
    (Later Career)

2024- Publicity

Awarded for Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging in the Arabidopsis Community

  1. Román Ramos Báez, University of Chicago, USA (Early Career)

  2. Imani Madison, North Carolina State University, USA (Early Career)

  3. Terri Long, North Carolina State University USA (Later Career)

  4. Beronda Montgomery, Grinnell College USA (Later Career)

Dissemination of Arabidopsis Knowledge

2025

  1. Natanella Illouz-Eliaz, The Salk Institute (Early Career)

  2. Dawn Nagel, UC Riverside, USA
    (Later Career)

  3. Nicholas Provart, University of Toronto, Canada (Later Career)

  4. Anna Stepanova, North Carolina State University, USA (Later Career)

2024- Publicity

  1. Molly Edwards, Science In Real Life USA (Early Career)

  2. Alison Crowe, University of Washington, Seattle USA (Later Career)