Congratulations to the 2023 Dobzhansky Prize [1] winner, Dr. Dakota McCoy! This award recognizes the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. Dr. McCoy will present the Dobzhansky Prize lecture at the in-person portion of the Evolution 2023 [2] meeting in Albuquerque, NM in June. Read more about Dr. McCoy here [3].