The American Genetic Association's Council announced the recipient of the Journal of Heredity Outstanding Student-Authored Paper Award for 2022 manuscripts. From eight student-first-authored articles in Volume 113, the award went to Allison Miller for her research on "Population genomics of New Zealand pouched lamprey (kanakana; piharau; Geotria australis)."
The evaluation committee praised the work, noting it was a "Well-written manuscript, with clear goals, good geographic and genomic sampling, and thoughtful discussion with clearly articulated conservation management implications."
Miller receives a $2,000 prize, a certificate, and up to $1,500 in funding to attend the 2024 AGA President's Symposium.
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About the Author
Allison K. Miller is a conservation geneticist completing her PhD at the University of Otago, where her dissertation focused on developing genomic tools for managing elusive species, using pouched lamprey as a model. Her prior education includes a master's degree from the University of Guam studying sea cucumber phylogenetics and coral reef ecology. She has worked as a biological technician for the US National Park Service in Guam and currently serves as a natural science curator at the Otago Museum.