American Society of Naturalists

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 ASN Early Career Investigator Award, Elizabeth Carlen, Anna Dewar, Ashwini Ramesh, and Jessie Williamson!

Congratulations to the recipient of the 2025 Distinguished Naturalist Award, Andrew Suarez!

Congratulations to the recipient of the 2025 ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences, Stu West!

The recipient of the 2025 Student Paper Award is Soleille M. Miller for her paper “Genetic and Phenotypic Consequences of Local Transitions between Sexual and Parthenogenetic Reproduction in the Wild”

Congratulations to Jen Lau (2027 ASN President), Martha Muñoz (2027 ASN Vice President), and Stephen Proulx (2026-28 ASN Treasurer)

The ASN election will begin in early March! Please check out the candidates’ statements...

Honorees for the ASN Outstanding Student Poster Award at Asilomar, January 2025: Matt Jenkins with Haley Gee

Honorees for the ASN Outstanding Student Poster Award, June 2024: Phoebe Cunningham with Steven Casey and Sophia Haase Cox

The ASN will be returning to the Asilomar Conference Center for its (mostly) biennial stand-alone meeting from January 3-7, 2025

The Joint ASN/SSB/SSE council is currently seeking an Assistant Meeting Officer who will help the Chief Meeting Officers with organization, including interfacing with society councils and other stakeholders, producing the scientific program, and providing academic insight to help guide the work of the PCO.