The Spanish Botanical Society (SEBOT) has decided on the first edition of the SEBOT Blanca Catalán de Ocón Award, an initiative designed to recognise excellence in Master’s theses in the field of botany, as well as to promote the training and research of young specialists.
Following an assessment of the entries submitted, the judging panel has agreed to award the SEBOT Award: Blanca Catalán de Ocón a Mónica López Guedes, for the work entitled “Patterns of spatial variation in plant species of the Canary Islands: implications for biogeography and conservation”.
Furthermore, a Runner-up a Diego Rodríguez Hernández, for the work “Phylogenomic analysis of homologous hybrid speciation in an Iberian radiation of the genus Linaria (Plantaginaceae)”.
We at SEBOT would like to congratulate the award winners and thank all those who submitted applications for this first call for entries; the high standard of the entries has highlighted the quality of the research being carried out by the new generation of botanists.
With this award, SEBOT pays tribute to Blanca Catalán de Ocón, regarded as Spain’s first female botanist, and reaffirms its commitment to fostering young talent and botanical research.
Congratulations to the award winners!