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NEWS Elections for ESA Biogeosciences section Officers, 2012-2014 Thank you to everyone who participated in the poll to select new leadership for the ESA Biogeosciences Section. Our new leadership is: President: Whendee L. Silver, professor at UC Berkeley in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management. Secretary: Kate Buckeridge, postdoc at UC Santa Barbara in the Earth Research Institute. Congratulations to the 2011 ESA Biogeosciences Section Awards recipients 1. The Elizabeth Sulzman Award for work done as a graduate student will go to John Drake for: Drake JE, Budynek AE, Hofmockel KR, Bernhardt ES, Billings SA, Jackson RB, Johnsen KS, Lichter J, McCarthy HR, McCormack L, Moore DJP, Oren R, Palmroth S, Phillips RP, Pippen JS, Pritchard SS, Treseder KK, Schlesinger WH, DeLucia EH and Finzi AC. (2011) Increases in the flux of carbon belowground stimulate nitrogen uptake and sustain the long-term enhancement of forest productivity under elevated CO2. Ecology Letters doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01593.x 2. The Gene E. Likens Award for work done within 5 years of receiving the PhD. will go to Ed Hall for: Hall, E. K., Maixner, F., Franklin, O., Daims, H., Richter, A., & Battin, T. (2010). Linking Microbial and Ecosystem Ecology Using Ecological Stoichiometry: A Synthesis of Conceptual and Empirical Approaches. Ecosystems, 14(2), 261-273. Springer New York. doi: 10.1007/s10021-010-9408-4. 3. The Best Student Presentation, supported by the New Phytologist, will go to Sarah Evans for "Does long-term drought alter the response of soil microbial communities to moisture?" The Jobs page is regularly updated with currently available graduate, postdoctoral, and faculty positions. The Meetings page is available to announce meetings in the Biogeosciences. The section will continue to sponsor awards and to organize the student/faculty dinners during the Annual Meeting. Announcements about these opportunities will be made around May. Please consider making a nomination for an ESA Biogeosciences section award: 1. Junior Scientist Outstanding Publication Award ($250) is presented to the first author of a notable paper in the biogeosciences that was published between January of the previous year and May of the current year. To be considered for this award, the paper must have been assigned a DOI. 2. Elizabeth Sulzman award ($250) recognizes research done by a graduate student and published within two years of graduation. 3. Gene E. Likens award ($250) recognizes work conducted by an early career scientist published within five years of receiving a Ph.D for work conducting after the completion of graduate school. 4. New Phytologist award ($500) for best student presentation at the annual meeting. Become a new member or renew your
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