PSA Algae: Phycological Society of America

We hope everyone is getting excited about PSA 2026, 14–17 June in Juneau, Alaska! We’re thrilled to introduce our 2026 Lang Lecture Speaker, Roksana Majewska.

Up next, we’re excited to announce Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield as our second plenary speaker for PSA 2026!

Registration is now open through May 1, so be sure to sign up!

We’re excited to introduce our first plenary speaker for the 80th Annual PSA Meeting: Dr. Schery Umanzor from the University of Alaska Fairbanks! Stay tuned to learn more about her work on seaweed farming, kelp restoration, and sustainable mariculture systems.

Phycophiles, the PSA 2026 Newsletter (Vol. 62 No. 1) is LIVE 🌿 Read now and submit for the next issue by Sept 15!

Reminder! Registration and abstract submission for the 80th Annual PSA Meeting close on April 24, 2026, so be sure to sign up before then.

In the meantime, here’s a sneak peek of the meeting schedule. More information on plenary speakers and field trips will be posted next week!

Registration and Abstract Submission for the 80th annual PSA meeting, held in Juneau, Alaska, are now open! Submissions will close on April 24th, 2026, so be sure to get your registration and abstracts in by then! For more information on the Annual Meeting and registration process see: https://www.psaalgae.org/meetings/2026/1/12/psa-14-17-june-in-juneau-alaska

The Phycological Society of America annually awards an amount up to $10,000 USD to one early career researcher, who will be a Norma J. Lang Fellow for three years.

Individuals must be employed by a university or other non-commercial entity and be doing research on algae.

For additional information and application guidelines please see: https://www.psaalgae.org/norma-j-lang-fellowships

Applications for Hoshaw Travel Awards to help students attend the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Phycological Society of America in Juneau, Alaska are now being accepted!

The deadline to apply is March 15th (11:59 PM PST). Eligibility details, application instructions, and the funding priority scheme can be found on the PSA website (link in bio).

Good luck to all applicants, we hope to see you in Juneau!

Grants-in-Aid of Research awards are due Nov 1, 2025.
Applicants must be a graduate student or postdoctoral researcher with an active research program in any area of phycology. The applicant must be a current member of PSA.

Taylor Virgin is our meeting logo designer. She is a MASc in Civil Engineering at the University of Waterloo studying cyanobacteria in a wildfire-impacted drinking water reservoir.

This year’s theme for PSA Annual meeting 2025 is sustainability. Read all about her inspiration for this beautiful logo.

Sargassum blooms pose both challenges and opportunities for sustainability along
Atlantic coasts, including in Puerto Rico.
This design symbolizes sustainability using a globe surrounded by a heart made from
Sargassum, representing the reciprocal relationship we need to have with our planet.

The microalgae that surround the globe include organisms studied by the keynote
speakers (including Alexandrium minutum and Chlamydomonas
reinhardtii) and other taxa that represent the diversity of algae
studied by PSA members. The logo also highlights Puerto
Rico—the location for PSA 2025—using the map marker and an
algal genus that, while currently harming local ecosystems, may
have potential as a sustainable resource.