1997-2009
The Mildred Mathias Award was established in 1997 to commemorate Professor Mathias' lifelong commitment to excellence in science and her contributions as a member of the UC MEXUS Advisory Committee from 1986 until her death in 1995. Mathias, professor emeritus in botany at UC Los Angeles, also served as chairwoman of the UC Natural Reserve System. The award goes to the top-ranked project in the natural sciences for the faculty grants program and includes supplemental funding for activities related to advancing research ties with Mexican collaborators. The recipients are listed below.
1997
Graham E. Forrester, Biology, UC Los Angeles
Assessment of Artisanal Fisheries of the East Coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico
1998
Richard S. Criddle, Molecular & Cellular Biology, UC Davis
Metabolic-based selection of superior growing trees with high economic value matched to growth climates in Chihuahua, Mexico
1999
J.A. Stamps, Evolution and Ecology, UC Davis
Proximate bases of habitat selection in a colonial seabird
2000
J. Giles Waines, Botany & Plant Sciences, UC Riverside
Evaluation of Oaxacan Landrace Wheats
2001
Charles Leo Ortiz, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UC Santa Cruz
Cooperative Research and Training on the Biology of the Gulf of California, CIAD and the University of California, Santa Cruz
2002
Adam P. Summer, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Irvine
A preliminary investigation of biomaterials and life history parameters of sharks from Mexican waters
2003
Borja Mila, Organismic Biology, Ecology and Evolution, UC Los Angeles
(Dissertation Research Grant; Advisor: Thomas B. Smith)
Evolution of Songbird Migration in the Mexican Highlands: Implications for speciation, Taxonomy and Biodiversity Conservation
2004
Gregory S. Gilbert, Environmental Studies, UC Santa Cruz
Plant diseases as ecological drivers in plant community diversity: the importance of local climatic conditions
2005
Enric Sala, Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
An ecological and economic baseline for the Revillagigedo Archipelago Biosphere Reserve, Mexico
2006
Patrick O'Grady, Environmental Science, Policy & Management, UC Berkeley
Population genetics and statistical phylogeography of dune endemic species in northern Mexico and southwestern United States
2007
Kevin J. Rice, Plant Sciences, UC Davis
Ecological and genetic studies of a binationally threatened species: The Island Oak (Quercus tomentella Engelm.)
2008
Adina Paytan, Earth and Marine Sciences, UC Santa Cruz
Climate variability, drought, and environmental change in the Yucatan Peninsula: A late-Holocene stable isotope record from the Celestun Estuary, Yucatan, Mexico
2009
Kathleen Kay, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Santa Cruz
Coevolution of Nectar-Feeding Bats and Columnar Cacti in Baja California, México