BSA Corresponding Members


Corresponding members are distinguished scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the plant sciences and who live and work outside of the United States of America. The committee seeks nominees who have had a significant impact to the plant sciences throughout their career as demonstrated by excellence in research and scholarship. Additional criteria may include meaningful contributions in education, public policy and/or exceptional service to the professional botanical community, or a combination of these qualities. Recipients will also have demonstrated leadership and engagement in relevant scientific organizations within their own country and/or internationally.

Corresponding members are considered by the Corresponding Member Committee, forwarded to the Council, which reviews recommendations and credentials submitted by members, and approved by the membership at the annual BSA business meeting. Corresponding members have all the privileges of life-time members.


Requirements for Nomination

Nominations will be submitted by BSA members through the BSA online awards portal and should include:

  1. a curriculum vitae of the proposed candidate,
  2. a detailed explanation of the qualifications and achievements of the candidate, and
  3. at least three letters of support (including one nomination letter) with at least one of these letters coming from a relevant colleague in the country of the nominee
  4. the Professional Conduct Disclosure Form from the nominator and any other letter writers

    All nominated awardees must adhere to the BSA Guidelines for Professional Ethics and the Ethical Guidelines for Nominated Awards.

    All items should be combined into one PDF file for upload to the BSA Awards portal.

 

This award is now open for nominations.

Nominations should be completed by February 2, 2026 to be considered for award of corresponding membership at the BSA Business meeting in August 2026.
 

Submit Your Nomination

Current BSA members can access the awards portal by clicking here and logging in with your BotanyID/Password. Once signed in, click on the "2026 - Corresponding Members" link and you should see a blue button that says "+ Create New Nomination" at the bottom if your login was successful. 

Please feel free to email bsa-manager@botany.org with any questions about the nomination and application process.

Lúcia Lohmann, a 2019 Corresponding Member, wrote:
"Thank you so much for such wonderful news! I have no words to express how honored I feel for having been selected as a corresponding member of BSA. The Botanical Society of America has played a really key role throughout my career, and this recognition gives me a new boost to continue to conduct research here in Brazil, despite the difficult times that Brazilian sciences are facing. I deeply appreciate this recognition, which is a very special one given how much I value BSA. Please do not hesitate to contact me if there is anything that I can do to help the Society."

Abbott, Richard (2019)
University of St. Andrews
London, United Kingdom

 Guzmán, Jorge Alejandro López-Portillo (2013)
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Xalapa,
Veracruz, México		 Meyer-Berthaud, Brigitte (2018)
CNRS, Montpellier, France
     

Anton, Ana (2015)
Instituto Multidisciplinario de
Biología Vegetal and the University
of Córdoba, Argentina

Halle', Francis (1988)
Montpellier, France

Nieto Feliner, Gonzalo (2023)
Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid
Madrid, Spain
     

Archangelsky, Sergio (1979)
Vincente Lopez, Argentina

Hejnowicz, Zygmunt (1965)
Univ-UL Jagielonksa,
Katowice, Poland

 Nishida, Harufumi (2018)
Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan
     

Arroyo, Mary Kalin (1996)
Universidad de Chile-Casilla,
Santiago, Chile

Herrera, Carlos (1994)
Estacion Biologica de Donana CSIC,
Sevilla, Spain

Olson, Mark (2024)
Ciudad de México, México
     

Baas, Pieter (1987)
National Herbarium of the Netherlands,
Leiden, Netherlands

Herrero, Maria (2015)
Estacion Experimental de Aula Dei CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain

Nougarede, Arlette (1990)
LAB. C E M V-Univ P & M Curie,
Paris, France
     

Berg, Rolf Y. (1963)
University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Heywood, Vernon H. (1988)
University of Reading,
Reading, United Kingdom

Pabón-Mora, Natalia (2025)
Universidad de Antioquia
Medellin, Colombia
     
Bernardello, Gabriel (1999)
Museo Botanico, Cordoba, Argentina		 Hong, De-Yuan (2000)
Institute of Botany,
Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Xianshan, Beijing, China		 Pandey, Vashist (2018)
DDU Gorakhpur University
Gorakhpur, India
     

Briggs, Barbara (1997)
Royal Botanic Gardens,
Sydney, Australia

Hopper, Stephen (2007)
University of Western Australia
Albany, WA, Australia

Piñero, Daniel (2013)
Institute of Ecology,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de México, México City,
Distrito Federal, México
     

Buvat, Roger Andre (1990)
Montpellier, France

Hormaza, Jose Inaki (2017)
Institute for Mediterranean and
Subtropical Horticulture "La Mayora"
CSIC Malaga, Spain

Prado, Jefferson (2019)
Instituto de Botânica, Herbário,
Sao Paulo, Brazil
     

Catalan, Pilar (2017)
University of Zaragoza,
Huesca, Spain
Tomsk State University,
Tomsk, Russia

Huntley, Brian (2004)
Betty's Bay, South Africa

Prance, Sir Ghillean (1975)
Dorset, England
     

Chaloner, William G. (1987)
University of London, Egham,
Surrey, United Kingdom

 Ingold, Cecil Terence (1986)
Northumbria, United Kingdom

Raven, John (2010)
University of Dundee, Scotland
     

Charlesworth, Deborah (2015)
Edinburgh University, Scotland

Ivanov, Victor B. (2012)
Timiryazev Institute of Plant
Physiology, Russian Academy of
Sciences, Moscow, Russia

 Rico-Gray, Victor (2019)
Universidad Veracruzana,
Veracruz, Mexico
     

Coen, Enrico (2004)
Colney, Norwich Research Park,
Norwich, United Kingdom

 Kawano, Shoichi (1981)
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan		 Rudall, Paula (2000)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew,
Richmond, United Kingdom
     

Dettmann, Mary (1986)
Queensland Museum,
Hendra, Australia

Kuhlemeier, Cris (2015)
University of Bern, Switzerland

Rzedowski, Jerzy (2000)
Instituto De Ecologia,
A.C., Mich, México
     

Dickinson, Hugh G. (2005)
Oxford University, Oxford,
United Kingdom

 Kursanov, Andzei Lvovitch (1985)
Institute of Plant Physiology,
Botanitcheskaya 35, Moscow, Russia

Samain, Marie-Stéphanie (2021)
Mexico
     
Dransfield, John (2011)
Royal Botanical Garden, Kew,
United Kingdom		 Kutschera, Ulrich (2013)
Institute of Biology,
Universität Kassel, Kassel, Germany

Sarbu, Anca (2010)
University of Bucharest,
Bucharest, Romania
     

Edwards, Dianne (1995)
University of Wales,
Cardiff, United Kingdom

Liaaen—Jensen, Synnøve (2012)
University of Tronheim,
Tronheim, Norway

 Shi, Suhua (2017)
Sun Yat-Sen University,
Guangzhou, P.R. China
     

Endress, Peter (1983)
University of Zurich,
Zurich, Switzerland

Linder, Peter (2021)
Switzerland

Sun, Ge (2008)
Changchun, China 
     

Fahn, Abraham (1980)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, Israel

 

Liu, Jianquan (2021)
China

Tolba, Mostafa Kamal (2006)
Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
     

Ferguson, Ian Keith (1983)
Glouchestershire, United Kingdom

 Lohmann, Lucia (2019)
Universidade de São Paulo (USP),
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Yahara, Tetsukazu (2013)
Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Fukuoka, Japan
     

Friis, Else Marie (2024)
Stockholm, Sweden

 Lu, Bao-rong (2007)
Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Zaidi, Muddasir Israr (2010)
University of Balochistan,
Quetta, Pakistan
     

Galtier, Jean (2006)
Botanique et Bioinformatique de
l’Architecture des Plantes,
CIRAD, Montpellier, France

MacRobbie, Enid A. C. (2010)
University of Cambridge,
Cambridge, England

Zindler-Frank, Elizabeth (1997)
MARBURG/LAHN, Germany
     
Ge, Song (2017)
Institute of Botany,
Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Xiangshan, Beijing, P.R. China		 Mark, Sir Alan (2013)
University of Otago, New Zealand		 Zuloaga, Fernando (2019)
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion,
San Isidro, Argentina
     
Giulietti-Harley, Ana Maria (2017)
Instituto Tecnologico Vale de
Desenvolvimento Sustentavel,
Belem, Para, Brazil		 Melkonian, Michael (2004)
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research,
Cologne, Germany

Corresponding Members - Deceased

Arber, Agnes

 Harris, Thomas Maxwell

Poelt, Josef

Ashida, Joji

Hattori, Sinski

 Prain, David

Bachmann, Konrad

Hegnauer, Robert

 Pringsheim, Ernst G.

Baur, Erwin

Heim, Roger

Rauh, Werner

Blackman, Frederick Frost

Here, Hiroshi

Remy, Winfried

Borgesen, F. C. E.

 Hernandez Xolocotzi, Efraim

Rendle, Alfred Barton

Bower, Frederick 0.

Heslop-Harrison, John

Renner, Otto

Boysen-Jensen, P.

Hill, Arthur William

Rosenberg, Otto

Bresadola, Abbe Giacomo

Hoeg, Ove Arbo

Rubel, Edward

Bradshaw, Tony

Holttum, Richard Eric

Sahni, Birbal

Briquet, John Isaac

Huber, Bruno

Sauvageau, Camille Francois

Bunning, Erwin

Hulten, Eric

Schopfer, William H.

Burkart, Arturo E.

Hunziker, Armando 

Schroter, Carel Cornelis

Burstrom, Hans Georg

Hutchinson, J.

Schuepp, Otto

Cardenas, Martin

lkeno, Seiitiro

Schumacher, Robert W.

Catcheside, David G.

Johannsen, Wilhelm Ludvig

Scott, Dukinfield Henry

Chailakhian, Mikhail

Johnson, Lawrence A. S.

Seward, Albert Charles

Chandler, Marjorie

Jost, Ludwig

Skoftsberg, Carl

Chodat, Robert Hippolyte

Kihara, Hitoshi

Smith, William Wright

Cockayne, Leonard

Klebahn, Henrich

Soueges, Rene

Collander, Paul Runar

Kluyver, Albert Jan

Stafleu, Frans A.

Cookson, Isabel C.

Krapovickas, Antonio

Stearn, William T.

Correns, Carl Franz Joseph Erich

Krausel, Richard 0.

Steeves, Taylor

Corner, E. J. H.

Kylin, Harald

Svedelius, Nels Eberhard

Cutter, Elizabeth Graham

LeC Jercq, Suzanne

Symon, David E.

Dangeard, Pierre-Auguste-Clement

Leon, Hermano

Takhtajan, Armen Leonovich

Dainty, Jack

Li, Xingxue

Tamiya, Hiroshi

Darlington, Cyril Dean

Lloyd, David

Tang, Pei Sung

DeVries, Hugo

Long, Albert George

Tansley, Arthur George

Diels, Fredrich Ludwig Emil

Lourteig, Alicia

Tamiya, Hiroshi

Dixon, Henry H.

Lundegardh, Henrik

Thanegaraj, G.

Dixon, Hugh Neville

Lwoff, Andre M.

Thomas, Hugh H.

Domin, Karel

MacMillan, Jake

Troll, Wilhelm

Drude, Karl George Oscar

Maheshwari, Panchanan

Tschermak von Seysenegg, Erich

Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolph

Manton, Irene

Tubeuf, Karl von

Ehrendorfer, Friedrich (1951)

Martens, Pierre

Vandendries, Rene

Erdtman, Gunnar

Maximov, Nicolas Alexandrovich

van Stennis, Cornelius G. G. J. 

Evenari, Michael

Mehra, P.

Vavilov, Nikolai Ivanovich

Faegri, Knut

Metcalfe, Charles Russell

Verdoorn, F.

Feldman, Jean

Miyabe, Kingo

Vogel, Stefan

Flahault, Charles Henri-Marie

Molisch, Hans

von Stosch, Hans Adolph

Florin , C. Rudolf

Muntzing, Arne

Walton, John

Frey-Wyssling, Albert F.

Navashin, Serge Gabrilovich

Warburg, Otto

Fritsch, Felix Eugene

Nemec, Bohumil

Wardlaw, Claude Wilson

Gaumann, Ernst Albert

Ochoa, Carlos (Deceased - 2008)

Went, Friedrich August Ferdinand C.

Gautheret, Roger Jean

Oehklers, Freidrich

Weftstein von Westersheim, Fritz von

Godwin, Harry

 Oltmanns, Friedrich

Wettstein von Westersheim, Richard von

Goebel, Karl I. Everhard Von

Osborne, Daphne

Willstatter, Richard Martin

Gregoire, Victor

Ostenfeld, Carl Emil Hansen

Wu, Zheng-yi

Gregory, F. G.

Palmgren, Alvar

Zahlbruckner, Alexander

Haberlandt, G. J. F.

Philipson, William Raymond

Zimmerman, Walter

Hagemann, Wolfgang

Pichi Sermolli, Rodolfo E. G.

Harper, John L. Plantefol, Lucien