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The David Starr Jordan Prize Committeeis pleased to announce the sixth David Starr Jordan Prize Winner:

Dr. Anurag Agrawalof the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University

Dr. Agrawal is one of the foremost authorities on the community and evolutionary ecology of speciesinteractions. Currently an Associate Professor at Cornell (see www.herbivory.com), Dr. Agrawal waspreviously Assistant Professor of Botany at the University of Toronto. An undergraduate at the University ofPennsylvania, he received his PhD at the University of California, Davis in 1999. Dr. Agrawal has madehighly influential contributions, including empirical and conceptual advances in our understanding of plantdefense against herbivory, impacts of genetic diversity on community processes, coevolutionary interactionsbetween monarch butterflies and milkweeds, and deciphering the success of invasive plants. His work hasbeen presented in over 100 papers, has been cited over 3,000 times and has been presented in 75 invitedlectures. He currently serves as an Associate Director of Cornell�s Center for a Sustainable Future.

In 1986, Cornell, Indiana and Stanford Universities established a joint endowment to fund a prize in honor ofDavid Starr Jordan, a scientist, educator and institution builder of enormous influence on higher education inthe United States who had important ties to each of these universities. The prize is international in scope andpresented approximately every three years to a young scientist (40 years of age or less) who is making novelinnovative contributions in one or more areas of Jordan�s interest: evolution, ecology, population andorganismal biology. The intent of the David Starr Jordan Prize is to recognize scientists who are makingresearch contributions likely to redirect the principal foci of their fields. The sixth David Starr Jordan Prizecarries an award of $20,000.00. In addition to a cash award, Dr. Agrawal will receive a commemorativemedal, will attend an award ceremony (this year at Cornell), and visit the other sponsoring institutions to givescholarly presentations of his work.

For more information including a list of previous prize winners and their accomplishments, visit: www.davidstarrjordan.org

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The Board of Trustees of the Gordon Research Conferences established theAlexander M. Cruickshank Lectures to honor the many years of service to theorganization by former director, Dr. A.M.Cruickshank. Lecturers are nominatedby Conference Chairs and candidates are selected based on their currentresearch and the subject of their proposed lecture. Three to four recipients arechosen annually and have their conference fee and travel expenses supportedby GRC. More information about these awards and conferences is available onour web site at www.grc.org.

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Stanislas Dehaene, Collège de France / INSERMNeurobiology of Cognition GRC

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Chad A. Mirkin, Northwestern University

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