The van Niel international prize for studies in bacterial systematics, awarded in 2026 to Jon Jongsik Chun

The Senate of The University of Queensland, on the recommendation of the Executive Board of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes, is pleased to present the van Niel International Prize for Studies in Bacterial Systematics for the quadrennium 2020–2024 to Professor Jon Jongsik Chun in recognition of his contributions made to the field of bacterial systematics. The award, established in 1986 by Professor V.B.D. Skerman of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Queensland, honours the contribution of scholarship in the field of microbiology by Professor Cornelis Bernardus van Niel.