June 14, 2019
BROCKPORT, NY — The International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) recognized top student scientists for their contributions to IAGLR and Great Lakes science. The following awards were presented Thursday at the association’s 62nd annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, in Brockport, New York.
IAGLR Scholarships
The 2019 winners are Jason Fischer (University of Toledo) for research on “Evaluating Habitat Restoration in the St. Clair-Detroit River System” and Meghan Klasic (University of California-Davis) for research on “The Politics of Algae.” The IAGLR Scholarship is awarded annually to promising Ph.D. students whose dissertation research is likely to make a significant contribution to the understanding of large lakes.
David M. Dolan Scholarship
The recipient of this year’s award is Yuan Hui (University at Buffalo, SUNY) for research on “Dynamics of Phosphorus in Lake Ontario and Its Effects on Cladophora Resurgence.” The scholarship is awarded for the pursuit of graduate research in applied mathematics for the advancement of a quantitative understanding and management of the Great Lakes ecosystem. The scholarship honors the memory of David M. Dolan, whose work in applied mathematics, statistics and computer modeling served to provide a quantitative basis for phosphorus management on the Great Lakes.
Norman S. Baldwin Scholarship
The 2019 winners are Ellen George (Cornell University) for research on “Genetic and habitat limitations to cisco restoration in Lake Ontario” and Robert Sheffer (University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point) for research on “Movements and habitat use of muskellunge in Green Bay, Lake Michigan.” The Norman S. Baldwin Fishery Science Scholarship is awarded annually to a deserving graduate student conducting research pertaining to Great Lakes fisheries. The scholarship is sponsored by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, IAGLR's oldest sustaining member, and honors the first executive secretary of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
International Travel Award
The 2019 winner is Benard Mucholwa Simiyu (University of Innsbruck) for research on “Effects of hydrological changes on water quality and cyanotoxins in Nyanza Gulf, L. Victoria, Kenya.” This award provides travel support for a master's, Ph.D. student, or a post-doctoral fellow from countries outside of the United States or Canada to attend IAGLR's annual Conference on Great Lakes Research.
JGLR/Elsevier Student Author Award
This year’s recipient is Brice Grunert (Michigan Technological University) for the article "Quantifying the influence of cold water intrusions in a shallow, coastal system across contrasting years: Green Bay, Lake Michigan," Journal of Great Lakes Research, 44, 851-863. This award recognizes a student scientist who is first author on a top-ranked article in the journal. Co-authors include Shelby L. Brunner, Sajad A. Hamidi, Hector R. Bravo, and J. Val Klump.
IAGLR Awards
These awards recognize the best student papers and posters presented at the previous year’s conference. The following winners presented at IAGLR’s 2018 conference in Toronto, Ontario.
Winners of the 2018 IAGLR Best Student Paper Award are Tej Heer (University of Toronto) for the presentation “Using a hydrodynamic model to predict Asian carp spawning success,” and Fielding Montgomery (University of Toronto) for the presentation “Identifying extinction debt in Great Lakes wetland fishes.”
Winners of the IAGLR Best Student Poster Award are Taylor Senegal (Purdue University) for the poster “Morphological variation in Yellow Perch in Lake Michigan and Drowned River Mouth Lakes,” and Freddy Liu (Trent University) for the poster “Urban Land Cover Effects on Groundwater Chloride and Sodium Concentrations.”
