Student freshwater scientists honored at IAGLR Awards Ceremony

For IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 16, 2022

Contacts: Awards Committee Co-chairs Susan Daniel and Neil Rooney, [email protected]
 

ANN ARBOR, MI — 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 announced at the association’s awards ceremony, held online Wednesday afternoon.

IAGLR Scholarships
The 2022 winner is Molly Wick (University of Minnesota, Duluth) for research on “How do aspects of place and personal identity influence cultural benefits from Great Lakes coastal ecosystems?” 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 Emily Liljestrand (Michigan State University) for research on “How Data Availability and Quality Influence Output in State Space Stock Assessment Models Applied to Great Lakes Fisheries.” 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 2022 winners are Morgan Piczak (Carleton University) for research on “Advancing foundations of restoration ecology for fish habitat of the Laurentian Great Lakes” and Christopher Rounds (University of Minnesota Twin Cities) for research on “Who, what, when, where and how: Optimizing eDNA sampling for detecting multiple aquatic invasive species.” The Norman S. Baldwin Fishery Science Scholarship is awarded annually to a deserving graduate student conducting research pertaining to Great Lakes fisheries. The scholarship honors the first executive secretary of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, which sponsors the scholarship.

JGLR/Elsevier Student Author Award
This year’s recipient is Taylor Stewart (Mississippi State University) for the article “Shining a light on Laurentian Great Lakes cisco (Coregonus artedi): How ice coverage may impact embryonic development,” Journal of Great Lakes Research 47(5), 1410-1418. This award recognizes a student scientist who is first author on a top-ranked article in the journal. This year's winning article was co-authored with Mark Vinson and Jason Stockwell.