Julia F. Morton Award
This award was created at the 1997 Council Meeting, to honor the late Julia F. Morton, and was first awarded in 1997. The award is to be presented for the best poster at the annual meeting for students or young professionals (5 years or less post-doctoral experience). The recipient recceives an award certificate and $500.00. Eligible young professionals should indicate their eligibility for this prize when they submit their abstract to the annual meeting.
2024
Sarah Barr, University of North Carolina - Wilminton
"Evaluation of Fasted and Fed Gastrointestinal Transformation of Withania somnifera (Ashwaganda) plant extract and bioactive compounds via UPLC-MS and untargeted metabolomics."
2023
Nneka Akwu, North-West University, South Africa
"Micromorphology, histochemistry, elemental and total phenolic analyses of Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T. Aiton leaves with potential anti-depressant properties."
2022
James Ojacastro, Washington University
"The papermaking syndrome: Using functional traits to explain patterns in ethnobotany"
2020-2021 No Awards Given
2019
Lan Truong, CUNY, New York Botanical Garden
"Traditional Vietnamese medicine for diabetes treatment in southern Vietnam"
Elspeth Mathau, University of Kent
"Adaptation to changing fodder accessibility in two Moroccan High Atlas mountain communities"
2018
Florencia Pech-Cardenas, University of Minnesota
"Linking Heritage Tourism, Livelihoods, & Natural Resources Management in Mayan Communities"
Daniel E. Williams, Ohio University
"The Role of Polymorphism in Chenopodium Domestication"
2017
Lucas Pawera, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague
“Could Bio-cultural Refugia Safeguard Important Reservoirs of Traditional Plant Knowledge in Highly Industrialized Countries?”
Honorable Mention
Francesca Scotti, Anastasia Agapouda, Anthony Booker, Debora Frommenwiler, Eike Reich, and Michael Heinrich, University College, London School of Pharmacy
“Quality of St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum L.): An Investigation of Marketed Products.
2016
John de la Parra, Northeastern University
“Herbivory-induced Metabolite Biosynthesis and Diversification in Ethnopharmacological Context”
2015
Sandra Bogdanova, The Arctic University of Norway
Bark food: continuity and change of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) inner bark use by Sami people, Fennoscandia.
2014
Janessa Aneke, Emory University
Phytochemical profiling of plants based on different ethnobotanical use categories.
2013
Jocelyn Mueller
Tackling the Expert Trap: Parataxonomists emply folk taxonomy to monitor local biodiversity and ecology.
2012
Juan Manuel Otálora Villamil
Traditional use of feijoa (Acca sellowiana (Berg.) Burret) in southern Brazil.
2011
Amanda Vickers
Chromatographic Quantification of Medicinal Compounds in Flowering and Non-flowering Wild-Harvested Actaea racemosa L..
2010
Xitlali Aguirre-Dugua
The gourd tree Crescentia cujete: phylogeography and ethnobotany of a useful fruit in Mexico.
2009
Rebecca Hamilton
Investigations of Essential Oil Combinations as Antimicrobial Agents in Cosmetics.
2008
Neeva Shrestha (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
2007
Brian Doyle (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr.: An Herbal Therapeutic from Costa Rica for Women’s Health. (PDF Abstract)
2006
Surote Paengma (Khon Kaen University, Thailand)
Study on Wisdom of traditional healer employing sanding medicine in northeast Thailand.(PDF Abstract)
Co-authors: Chayan Picheansoonthon, Prathan Luecha and Vichai Chokevivat.
Arika Virapongse (Khon Kaen University, Thailand)
Ethnomedicine of the Kui. (PDF Abstract)
Co-authors: Chayan Picheansoonthon and Julraht Konsil.
2005
Tegan Jones (Northwestern University)
In Search of Ramon: A Paleoethnobotanical Study of Plant Remains from Tikkal.
Co-authors: Renate Pudzisz, Chris Morehart, and David Lentz.
2004
Linda Lyon (Frostburg State University)
Traditional Healing in the Contemporary Life of the Antanosy People of Madagascar.
2003
Sarah Khan (New York Botanical Garden – CUNY)
Madhumeha: diabetes mellitus and classical Ayurvedic formulations for treatment.
2002
Co-Recipients
Adam Edwards (Florida International University)
Variation of Caffeine and Related Alkaloids in Ilex vomitoria Ait. (Yaupon holly):
A Model of Intraspecific Alkaloid Variation.
Anna Herforth (Cornell University)
Anti-Fungal Plants of the Peruvian Amazon: A Survey of Ethnomedical Uses and Biological Activity.
Co-authors: Juan Ruiz, Esteban Mosquera, Maria Laux, and Eloy Rodriguez.
2001
Sandra Banack (University of Hawai`i)
Ethnoecological conservation of totora (Schoenoplectus californicus, Cyperaceae) in Peru.
2000
Michael Walker
Ethnobotanical investigation of Acjachemen percussion instruments.
1999 No Award granted
Annual Meeting was held in St. Louis, Missouri in conjunction with the XVI International Botanical Congress.
1998
Anne Martinussen (Aarhus University, Denmark)
The Use of Natural Plant Resources in the Village of Medina Kouta, Senegal.
1997
D. Milanowski (Washington University, St. Louis)
Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloids of Croton lechleri Muell. Arg., A Source of the Wound-Healing Latex ‘Sangre de Drago' from Northern Peru.