, who recently finished his Ph.D. with Jeff Mitton, found out that the editors of  selected his recent paper with Jeff, "Smooth bark surfaces can defend trees against insect attack: resurrecting a ‘slippery’ hypothesis" for receipt of the 2014 Haldane Prize for the best paper by a young author in 2014. Â
In addition to the £250 (sterling) prize money, the award includes a year’s membership to the British Ecological Society and a year’s subscription to .  He is also invited to make a presentation at this year's Annual General Meeting in Edinburgh, UK, before receiving his award from President of the British Ecological Society at the Awards Ceremony.
Congratulations Scott!
