Awards

Marty Auer (right), received the award from IAGLR board member Ed Verhamme, a former student of Auer's. When asked to reflect on his career, Auer says, "Someone lights a fire in your belly. You study hard. You demand the best of yourself. You make some friends. You learn some things. One day, the phone rings and a voice says, ‘Watson, come quickly, the game is afoot.’ The lakes are calling. You go. It's a grand life.”

Mohi Munawar pictured with IAGLR Vice President Paul Sibley (left) and IAGLR President Michael Twiss (right). Munawar presented a touching tribute to Vallentyne, his long-time mentor. “I learnt a lot from his wisdom and direction for promoting ecosystem-based science,” Munawar states. “I greatly appreciate this prestigious award in the memory of my guru.”

IAGLR Secretary Jessica Ives presents this award to Robert Heath, a second-time recipient of this award honoring contributions to the association. Pictured with IAGLR President Michael Twiss (right).

This award honors the best article in the previous year's Journal of Great Lakes Research. The winning article is titled Evaluation of the thiamine dose-response relationship for lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) fry using an individual based model,” published in Journal of Great Lakes Research 44: 1393-1404.

The 2019 winners are Jason Fischer (University of Toledo), pictured here with IAGLR President Michael Twiss, 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.

The recipient of this year’s award is Yuan Hui (University at Buffalo, SUNY), pictured here with IAGLR Awards Committee Co-chair Susan Daniel, 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.

The 2019 winners, pictured here with IAGLR President Michael Twiss, 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.

The 2019 winner is Benard Mucholwa Simiyu (University of Innsbruck), pictured here with IAGLR President Michael Twiss, 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.

Winners of this award recognizing the best paper presented at the 2018 conference are Fielding Montgomery (University of Toronto) for the presentation “Identifying extinction debt in Great Lakes wetland fishes” and Tej Heer (University of Toronto) for the presentation “Using a hydrodynamic model to predict Asian carp spawning success.” Pictured here with IAGLR President Michael Twiss.

Winners of the best poster presented at the 2018 conference are Taylor Senegal (Purdue University), pictured here with IAGLR President Michael Twiss, 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.”