The Maynard Moseley Award

DR. MAYNARD MOSELEY was widely recognized for his enthusiasm for and dedication to teaching and his students, as well as for his research using floral and wood anatomy to understand the systematics and evolution of angiosperm taxa, especially waterlilies. (PSB, Spring, 2003). The Maynard F. Moseley Award was established in 1995 to honor a career of dedicated teaching, scholarship, and service to the furtherance of the botanical sciences. Dr. Moseley, known to his students as “Dr. Mo”, died Jan. 16, 2003 in Santa Barbara, CA, where he had been a professor since 1949. The award is given to the best student paper, presented in either the Paleobotanical or Developmental and Structural sessions, that advances our understanding of plant structure in an evolutionary context.

In Remembrance of Dr. Maynard F. Moseley

Award Recipients:

2008 - Eric Madrid, University of Colorado
For his paper “Female Gametophyte Developmental Evolution in Piperales. ” His co-author was Ned Friedman.

2007 - Samuel F. Brockington, University of Florida
For his paper “Differing patterns of MADS-box gene expression associated with shifts in petaloidy within Aizoaceae (Caryophyllales)” Co-authors were Mike Frohlich, Paula J. Rudall, Douglas E. Soltis and Pamela S. Soltis.

2006 - Yannick Staedler, Universität Zürich
For his paper “Floral architecture and phyllotaxis in Calycanthaceae (Laurales)” Co-authors were Peter H. Weston and Peter K. Endress.

2005 - Erika Edwards, Yale University
For for her paper for her paper “Pereskia water relations reflect deep ecophysiological conservatism in Cactaceae.”.

2004 - Athena McKown, University of Toronto
For for her her paper “Evolution of kranz anamomy in the genus Flaveria (Asteraceae).” Her co-authors were Jean-Marc Moncalvo and Nancy Dengler.

2003 - Stefan Little, University of Alberta, Edmonton
For his paper "Permineralized fruits of Lauraceae from the Middle Eocene Princeton chert, British Columbia." Stefan's co-author was Ruth Stockey.

2002 - Tatyana Livshultz, Cornell University
For her presentation in the Developmental and Structural Section entitled: "Comparative morphology and development of staminal coronas in Dischidia (Asclepiadoideae, Apocynaceae)."

2001 - Maria Von Balthazar,
For her paper entitled "Floral structure and phylogeny of Buxaceae" co-authored by Peter Endress

Genero Hernandez-Castillo
For "Evidence from compound pollen cones in Paleozoic conifers" coauthored by Gar Rothwell and Gene Mapes.

2000 - Sandra Floyd, University of Colorado
For her paper, co-authored with Ned Friedman, and entitled, "Endosperm development in Amborella trichopoda implications for the origin and early evolution of angiosperm reproductive biology."

Elizabeth Hermsen, Cornell University
For her paper, co-authored with William Crepet and Kevin Nixon and entitled, "A new fossil saxifragoid from the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey."

1998 - Michelle McMahon, Washington State University
For her paper entitled "Corolla-androecium synorganization in the flowers of the tribe Amorpheae (Fabaceae)," coauthored with Larry Hufford.

1997 - Melinda Brad, University of Illinoisy
For her paper entitled "Exploring patterns in floral morphology: Mathematical modeling of floral development using an inhibitory morphogen and meristematic growth parameters."

1996 - Ranessa Cooper, Truman State University
For her paper entitled "Comparative pollen morphology and ultrastructure of the Callitrichaceae."

1995 - Susana Magallon-Puebla, University of Chicago and the Feild Museum of Natural History
For her paper entitled "Floral remains of Hamamelidaceae from Campanian strata of Georgia."