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Trevor Williams
Instituto de Ecología AC, Mexico
Flávio Roberto Mello Garcia
Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil
Award Committee
Prof. Brian Forschler
Chairman
University of Georgia
Winner
Tuhin Subhra Chakraborty
University of Michigan, MI, USA
Mohsen M. Ramadan
Division of Plant Industry, HI, USA
Stephen Seaton
Murdoch University, Australia
Award Committee
Prof. Brian Forschler
Chairman
University of Georgia
Winner
Abraão Almeida Santos
University of Florida, FL, USA
Agata Kaczmarek
Witold Stefański Institute of Parasitology, Poland
Miguel A. García-Martínez
Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico
Award Committee
Prof. Brian Forschler
Chairman
University of Georgia
Winner
Carmelo Peter Bonsignore
Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Klaus H. Hoffmann
University of Bayreuth, Germany
Ivan Milosavljević
University of California, CA, USA
Winner
Luis Carlos Martínez
Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil
Daniele Sommaggio
(1) University of Bologna, Italy
(2) University of Padua, Italy
Klaus H. Hoffmann
University of Bayreuth, Germany
Award Committee
Prof. Brian Forschler
Chairman
University of Georgia
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