2025 Luc Ector Bursary
- Joy Jackson, University of Kentucky, USA
Investigating the Stephanodiscus niagarae vs. S. reimeri populations in West Lake Okoboji - Agustín Lameiro, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
Benthic-epizoic diatom flora from San Jorge Gulf (Patagonia, Argentina): revision of J. Frenguelli´s original works - M. Yogeshwaran, Agharkar, Research Institute, India
Filling the phylogeny of Cymbellales to trace their evolutionary trajectories
2025 Networking
David R.L. Burge Science Museum of Minnesota,
Nick Schulte Jonah Ventures
Kui Hu University of Minnesota
Ian Bishop US Geological Survey
Preparing early career diatomists through advancing diatom DNA reference libraries
2024 Luc Ector Bursary
- Sulastri Arsad, University of Szczecin Poland
Unravelling the diatom diversity of Sulawesi Island: a morpho-molecular perspective - Maria Gabriela Junqueira, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Bridging gaps in Brazilian diatoms: new species, trait variation, and a step towards building a barcode library
2024 Networking
Sabrina Bustos Institute of Biodiversity and Experimental and Applied Biology, CONICET, Argentina
María Luján García University of Bremen, Germany
Sandra Garcés-Pastor Marine Sciences Institute, Spanish National Research Council, Spain
Xavier Benito Marine and Continental Waters Programe, Institute for Agrifood and Technology Research, Spain
DiatomS mEEt Databases: resources and practices to enable large-scale ecological research (SEED)
2023 Luc Ector Bursary
- Kazuki Sugawara, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan
Host specificity in diatoms – a case study of the marine epiphytic diatom Falcula rectangularis - Oktiyas Lufthfi, University of Szczecin, Poland
Biodiversity of coral reef diatoms from Java and Bawean Island, Indonesia based on morphology approach - Deevena Elias, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India
Evaluation of health and management of Renuka wetland: A RAMSAR site Himachai Pradesh