His talk on the phylogenomics of Pyrrhura spp. was chosen as the best oral presentation.
This year’s EMPSEB (European Meeting of PhD Students on Evolutionary Biology) took place in Puchberg am Schneeberg, Austria, organised by a committee of PhD students from different countries.
AllGenetics has proudly sponsored this event since 2012, offering the AllGenetics-EMPSEB Award for the best oral presentation at the meeting. The EMPSEB meetings began in 1995 and are now considered a classic annual gathering for doctoral students from around the world.
Jaime Morín Lagos, a Peruvian PhD student at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, won this year’s prize of 500 euros. His research on the most comprehensive phylogenomics study of the Pyrrhura genus (Arini: Psittacidae) was selected as the best talk by the EMPSEB committee.
The AllGenetics-EMPSEB Award has recognised many outstanding researchers over the years. Jaime follows in the footsteps of previous winners:
- Mareike Wurdack (Universität Freiburg) in 2012.
- Pepijn Kamminga (Universiteit Leiden) in 2013.
- Margo Maex (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) in 2014.
- John Bruce (University of Oxford) in 2015.
- Amy Eacock (University of Liverpool) in 2016.
- Sebastiano de Bona (Jyväskylän Yliopisto) in 2017.
- Unni Pulliainen (Helsingin Yliopisto) in 2018.
- Lucy Rebecca Davies (Aarhus Universitet) in 2019.
- Chloe Fouilloux (Jyväskylän Yliopisto) in 2021.
- Jana Riederer (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) in 2022.
- Samantha López Clinton (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet and Stockholms Universitet) in 2023.
The AllGenetics team is delighted with Jaime’s achievement. Jaime, we wish you all the best in your scientific career!