image: 2025 BioOne Ambassador Aquetzalli Nayelli Rivera Villanuevain at a cave releasing a lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae).
Credit: Photo by Ricardo Quirino
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 24, 2025 – BioOne is proud to announce the 2025 recipients of the BioOne Ambassador Award. Now in its eighth year, this prestigious award celebrates the next generation of excellence in science communication. Recipients are exceptional early-career researchers within the BioOne community who are accelerating the dissemination of their work to a broader audience and fostering public understanding and appreciation of science.
BioOne Ambassadors are nominated by BioOne publishing partners, and each winning author receives a $1,000 award and has their work recognized in the BioOne Ambassador Award showcase.
This year’s honorees are:
Mya Daniels-Abdulahad – Humboldt Penguins: A Conservation Crisis; nominated by Wildlife Disease Association for research published in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases.
Amarjeet Kaur – The Tale of Amur Falcons: Conservation and Global Implications; nominated by Raptor Research Foundation for research published in The Journal of Raptor Research.
Dr. Sydney Kinstler Tuckwiller – Back to the Basics: Understanding Disease Mechanisms; nominated by American Association of Avian Pathologists for research published in Avian Diseases.
Dr. Jessica Pruett – Looking Back to Move Forward: Lessons Learned from the Mississippi Oyster Fishery; nominated by National Shellfisheries Association for research published in the Journal of Shellfish Research.
Aquetzalli Nayelli Rivera Villanueva – Activity patterns of the nectar-feeding bat Leptonycteris yerbabuenae on the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico; nominated by American Society of Mammalogists for research published in the Journal of Mammalogy.
“Highlighting early-career voices through the BioOne Ambassador Award creates an environment which gives them the confidence to pursue their passion and produces a generation of scientists who can effectively communicate their work, and the broader significance of science, to their colleagues, their wider community, and their own students when the time comes,” said Lyndell Whyte, Communications Officer for the Wildlife Disease Association. “By demystifying science, they are paving the way for greater understanding of science as a whole, the role it plays in our lives and engagement by the wider community. They are the future of science.”
"We are proud to honor this year’s outstanding BioOne Ambassador Award recipients and all nominees,” said Lauren Kane, BioOne President/CEO. "These accomplished researchers are also talented communicators, with the power to inform public discourse, advance evidence-based policy decisions, and inspire the next generation of scientists. We are delighted to share not only their award-winning submissions, but to raise awareness of the critical research done by the BioOne publishing community."
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