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 student participation in the society’s annual meetings. The awards are funded by Industry sponsors of the society and by the Cobb Foundation. Beginning in 2025, the SON is granting a registration fee waiver (at the SON student-member rate) to Industry-sponsored travel award winners.
Members of the society with sustained, outstanding achievements in research, classroom teaching, extension education, professional service, and/or overall accomplishments are recognized annually with the Syngenta Crop Protection Award, the Teaching Excellence Award, and as Fellow of the Society. Recipients of these awards are nominated by other members of the Society.

**New timeline for the 2025 Honorary Member Call for Nominations**

Based on our 2024 membership, we have the ability to add another Honorary Member to our ranks in 2025. As we realign to our new SON Award nomination cycle, the 2025 Call for Honorary Member Nominations will be from November 1st, 2024 through January 31st, 2025. Details of the award criteria and nomination guidelines are available online here.

Annual Meeting Student Travel Awards for 2025

Details of the awards, their criteria, and the application process are available online here.
The Call for Applications will begin on February 1st, 2025 with a deadline for application submission on April 1, 2025.

**Nominations for the Syngenta Award, the Teaching Excellence Award, SON Fellow for 2026

These awards will also follow the new nomination timeline with the Call of Applications going out November 31st, 2025 and a deadline of January 31st, 2026. Details of the award criteria and nomination guidelines and process will be available online here, when the call is announced.

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

2024 Howard Ferris

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

2024 Horacio Lopez-Nicora

Fellows of the Society

2024   Kathy Lawrence
2023   Zafar Handoo
2022   J. Ole Becker
2021   Patricia Timper
2020   No award
2019   Jon D. Eisenback
2018   Brent Sipes
2017   David I. Shapiro-Ilan
2016   Gregory L. Tylka
2015   Thomas J. Baum, Saad Hafez, and             W. Kelley Thomas
2014   Renato Inserra and Andrew Nyczepir
2013   Ann MacGuidwin and David Bird
2012   Terry N. Niblack and Eric L. Davis
2011   Robin N. Huettel and Tom O. Powers
2010   Robert McSorely and Maurice Moens
2009   Robin M. Giblin-Davis and

Parwinder S. Grewal

2008   Larry W. Duncan and Graham Stirling
2007   Bradley Hyman and Gregor Yeates
2006   Roger Cook and Robert T. Robbins
2005   E. C. Bernard and D. L. Riddle
2004   P. A. Roberts and V. M. Williamson
2003   G. R. Noel and J. L. Starr
2002   D. J. Chitwood, Y. Mamiya and

           B. A. Weischer
2001   R. N. Perry and D. Sturhan
2000   H. K. Kaya and S. A. Lewis
1999   J. G. Baldwin and E. Geraert
1998   R. A. Bedding, D. P. Schmitt and

           S. D. Van Gundy
1997   R. R. Gaugler, J. Pinochet, G. C. Smart
1996   D. J. F. Brown, K. Evans, R. D. Riggs
1995   H. Ferris, J. M. Ferris, D. H. Wall
1994   R. A. Sikora, D. L. Trudgill, J. A. Veech
1993   N. Ishibashi, B. R. Kerry, F. Lamberti
1992   C. H. Heald, R. S. Hussey, N. A. Minton
1991   F. E. Caveness, D. W. Dickson, and

G. D. Griffin
1990 A. W. Johnson, A. R. Maggenti and

           R. Rodriguez Kabana
1989   M. Ichinohe and D. C. Norton
1988   B. Y. Endo, L. R. Krusberg, U. Wyss
1987   G. W. Bird and J. M. Webster
1986   K. R. Barker, E. Cohn, M. Luc
1985   V. R. Ferris, A. M. Golden, R. H. Mulvey
1984   A. M. Shepherd, A. Triantaphyllou and

S. D. Van Gundy
1983 A. F. Bird, I. J. Thomason and

B. M. Zuckerman
1982 A. V. Coomans, V. H. Dropkin and

J. H. O’Bannon
1981 H. J. Jensen, V. G. Perry, D. J. Raski and H. H. Triantaphyllou

Outstanding Service Award

2019 Stephen H. Thomas

1986 John T. Fulkerson

Excellence in Teaching Nematology

2024    No award
2023    Jon D. Eisenback
2022    No award
2021    Adler Dillman
2020    No award
2019    No award
2018    No award
2017    No award
2016    Edward P. Caswell-Chen
2015    No award
2014    No award
2013    Edward C. McGawley

John M. Webster Outstanding Student Award

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

2024 No award

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

2024 Dave T. Ste-Croix

Three Minute Thesis Competition

2018 Benjamin Waldo

2019 Deepak Haarith

2020 No award

2021 Scott Anderson

2022 Emily Braithwaite

2023 Alison Coomer

2024 Mankanawal Goraya

Best Economic Nematology Paper

1986	S.R. Koenning D.P. Schmitt K.R. Barker
1985	R.A. Bedding
1984	D.P. Weingartner J.R. Schumaker G.C. Smart
1983	D.A. Smittle A.W. Johnson
1982	K.R. Barker F.A. Todd W.W. Shane L.A. Nelson
1981	N.A. Minton M.B Parker C.E. Perry
1980	A.W. Johnson D.R. Sumner C.A. Jaworski
1979	D.C. Norton J. Tollefson P. Hinz S.H. Thomas

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