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IAGLR Outstanding Student Paper Award
Each year, IAGLR honors outstanding student presentations given at the Conference on Great Lakes Research. The awards consist of a cash prize and a complimentary one-year membership to IAGLR, which includes a subscription to the Journal of Great Lakes Research. Students enter the competition by indicating their interest when they submit an abstract for their presentation at the conference.
Recipients
| 2021 | Ryan Grow, Lakehead University, Estimating Cisco (Coregonus artedi) density in Lake Superior using an up-looking acoustic platform |
| 2021 | Lauren Weller, University of Windsor, Characterizing carbon complexity across the land-water interface in agricultural landscapes |
| 2021 | Alexis Brown (Runner-up), Cleveland State University, An early alert system for harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie |
| 2019 | Leon Katona, Wright State University, Variability in sediment and mussel-associated algal biomass along a depth gradient in Lake Ontario |
| 2018 | Tej Heer, University of Toronto, Using a hydrodynamic model to predict Asian carp spawning success |
| 2018 | Fielding Montgomery, University of Toronto, Identifying extinction debt in Great Lakes wetland fishes |
| 2017 | Timothy Malinich, Purdue University, Factors leading to plastic expression of morphological variation pf Perca flavescens |
| 2017 | Joshua Stough, University of Tennessee, Discrimination of template vs lytic phage activity in Microcystis blooms using systems biology |
| 2016 | Paul Bzonek, University of Toronto, Common Carp movement in response to acoustic and strobe-light barriers in a mesocosm |
| 2016 | Lisa Peterson, Michigan State University, Evaluating Methods for Estimating Mortality of Great Lakes Walleye using Acoustic Telemetry |
| 2015 | Margaret Hutton, Purdue University, Nearshore Primary Production in Lake Michigan: Analysis of Trends Using Remote Sensing Techniques |
| 2015 | Alicia McGrew, Central Michigan University, Herbivorous Feeding Behaviors of an Invasive Omnivore, Hemimysis anomala |
| 2014 | Joseph Fillingham, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Modeling Carbon and Phosphorus cycles in the Nearshore Zone of Lake Michigan |
| 2014 | Cassandra May (Runner-up), Ohio State University, Larval Walleye Recruitment and Zooplankton Availability: Testing the Match-Mismatch Hypothesis in Lake Erie |
| 2013 | Jason Doll, Ball State University, Introduction to Bayesian Inference |
| 2013 | Alison Coulter (Runner-up), Purdue University, Patterns in Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) Movements in a Large River |
| 2012 | Jessica Ives, University of Waterloo, Spatial Variability in Food Sources of the Invasive Shrimp, Hemimysis anomala, Within Lentic and Lotic Systems |
| 2012 | Samantha Oliver (Runner-up), University of Minnesota-Duluth,
Nutrient regeneration by Mysis diluviana and the copepod community in the deep chlorophyll layer of Lake Superior |
| 2011 | Janel Hanrahan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Identification of multidecadal variability in the outflow-removed water levels of Lake Michigan-Huron |
| 2011 | Meredith Ballard (Runner-up), Michigan Technological University, Forecasting future phosphorus loading in the Great Lakes region from changing land-derived nutrient inputs |
| 2010 | Fiona Wong, University of Toronto, Effect of Aging on the Volatility and Degradation of Brominated Flame Retardants and Organochlorine Pesticides in an Urban Soil from Toronto, Ontario |
| 2010 | Eric Thuss (Runner-up), Wilfrid Laurier University, LiDAR-derived DEM’s enhance the resolution of ArcGeoWEPP results for “within-field-scale” soil erosion assessment to inform mitigation action deployment |
| 2009 | Anthony Kendall, Simulating Impacts of Climate and Land Use Change on Regional Hydrology at Fine Resolution with the Integrated Landscape Hydrology Model (ILHM) |
| 2008 | Emily Rogers, Global Gene Expression in Larval Zebrafish Exposed to Microcystis aeruginosa: More Than Just Microcystin |
| 2007 | Elizabeth C. Craig, Impacts of Double-crested Cormorants on New York Harbor: Vegetation and Arthropods |
| 2006 | Andrea Bernard, University of Guelph , Genetic Assessment of Stock Structure, Diversity, and Conservation Status of Lake Whitefish in Ontario Waters |
| 2005 | Kevin Pangle, Anti-predator Behavior Elicited by a Nonnative Invertebrate Predator: Lake Michigan Daphnia and Bythotrephes |
| 2004 | Emily K. Linebaugh, Synthetic Musk Fragrances in Great Lakes Sediment |
| 2003 | Geoffrey B. Steinhart, High Growth Rate of Young-of-the-Year Smallmouth Bass in Lake Erie: Benefit of the Round Goby Invasion? |
| 2002 | Gene Kim, Selective Predation by Smallmouth Bass on Round Goby, Emerald Shiner, and Crayfish |
| 2002 | Sandra Parker, Energetic Consequences of Rainbow Smelt Diet Shifts |
| 2001 | Darryl Hondorp |
| 2000 | Jill A. Kostel, The influence of periphyton on the bioavailability of contaminants in lotic sediments |
| 2000 | Janick Lalonde, Hg(0) photooxidation in fresh and salt waters |
| 2000 | Cynthia Kolar (Runner-up), Predicting invading fishes in the Great Lakes: What can be learned from past invasions? |
| 2000 | Julian D. Olden (Runner-up), Artificial neural networks: New insight in modeling fish-habitat relationships |
| 2000 | Chantal Vis (Runner-up), A GIS based comparison of methods used to estimate macrophyte biomass: an example for Lake Saint-Pierre, Québec |
| 1999 | Rajat K. Chakraborti, Particle aggregate characterization using image processing technique |
| 1999 | Donald R. Cortes |
| 1999 | Jerel J. Bogdan (Runner-up) |
| 1999 | Kenneth J. Freeman Jr. (Runner-up) |
| 1998 | Christine M. Mayer |
| 1998 | K.R.A. Guiguer (Runner-up) |
| 1998 | M. Saito (Runner-up) |
| 1998 | A.P. Vette (Runner-up) |
| 1997 | Matt F. Simcik |
| 1997 | T. Diggins (Runner-up) |
| 1997 | M. Terra (Runner-up) |
| 1996 | T.F. Bidelman |
| 1996 | T.J. Harner |
| 1996 | J.E. Faber (Runner-up) |
| 1996 | P.R. Leavitt (Runner-up) |
| 1996 | C.A. Stepien (Runner-up) |
| 1996 | R.D. Vinebrooke (Runner-up) |
| 1995 | L.M. Hewit |
| 1995 | V.J. Brady (Runner-up) |
| 1995 | Richard J. Ruby (Runner-up) |
| 1994 | Renee L. Falconer |
| 1994 | S. Jeong (Runner-up) |
| 1994 | Jeff D. Jeremiason (Runner-up) |
| 1993 | Tamara L. Yankovich |
| 1993 | Frank Tokar Jr. (Runner-up) |
| 1993 | P. Vlahos (Runner-up) |
| 1992 | A. Cywinska |
| 1992 | Daniel T. Weaver |
| 1992 | R.J. Drimmie (Runner-up) |
| 1991 | Peter Rand |
| 1991 | Susan E. Burns (Runner-up) |
| 1991 | Lisa Williams (Runner-up) |
| 1990 | A.G. VanHegningen |
| 1989 | Donna Carter |
| 1989 | Don Branstrator (Runner-up) |
| 1989 | Margaret Lansing (Runner-up) |
| 1988 | R.S. Skoglund |
| 1988 | Mark N. Law (Runner-up) |
| 1988 | R. Craig McCrimmon (Runner-up) |
| 1987 | David B. MacNeill |
| 1987 | Doran M. Mason (Runner-up) |
| 1987 | Annette M. Olwarcz (Runner-up) |
| 1986 | Bernard Bauer |
| 1986 | Eric Loucks (Runner-up) |
| 1986 | Tim Wilson (Runner-up) |
| 1985 | Patricia VanHoof |
| 1985 | Hunter Carrick (Runner-up) |
| 1985 | William Doucette (Runner-up) |