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Paul W. Rodgers Scholarship
(Awarded 2000 through 2016)
Established in 1999 in memory of Paul W. Rodgers—a Great Lakes researcher, active supporter of IAGLR, and colleague and friend to many IAGLR members— this scholarship was given to 19 deserving students through 2016 to support the advancement of knowledge relating to Great Lakes aquatic ecosystem health and management.
Dr. Rodgers was vice president of LimnoTech and was tragically killed in a helicopter accident while investigating a toxic chemical spill in Ohio.
At IAGLR's 1999 annual meeting at Case Western Reserve University, Paul Freedman, president of LimnoTech, established the Paul W. Rodgers Scholarship with a pledge of $10,000 from his firm and employees.
"This scholarship is a great way to honor Dr. Paul Rodgers' legacy by supporting the next generation of Great Lakes scientists," Freedman noted.
The first Paul W. Rodgers Scholarship was awarded in 2000 at IAGLR's annual conference in Cornwall, Ontario.
Recipients
| 2016 | Timothy Malinich, Purdue University, Phenotypic plasticity of yellow perch and the role of phenotypic diversity in fish populations. |
| 2015 | Christopher Groff, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Benthic habitat analysis and potential for re-colonization by Hexagenia mayflies in Green Bay, Lake Michigan |
| 2015 | Matthew Snyder, University of Toledo, Genetic structure of invasive round gobies and developing new techniques to facilitate early detection at the species level |
| 2014 | Carson Prichard, The University of Toledo, Environmental DNA detection and quantification: a new test for great lakes native and high-risk invasive fish |
| 2013 | Abigail Lynch, Michigan State University, Understanding how projected climatic changes will affect lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) biology, production dynamics, and management |
| 2012 | Kathleen Colin Williams, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, What makes climate change adaptation work? A comparative study of the engagement of stakeholders in environmental governance of coastal zones |
| 2011 | Joshua Morse, Oberlin College, Evaluating Condition and Use of Natural and Artificial Lake Trout Spawning Habitat in Lake Erie |
| 2010 | Kimberly A. Peters, Michigan State University, Benthic Algal Nutrient Limitation in Saginaw Bay – A Spatial and Temporal Analysis Through the Use of Pulse-Amplitude-Modulated Fluorometry, ELF, and C:P Ratios |
| 2009 | Kristen Devanna, University of Toledo, Predictive modeling of Hexagenia mayfly consumption by fish |
| 2008 | Jonathan Deroba, Michigan State University , Lake trout and lake whitefish abundance indices and harvest quotas in the upper Great Lakes |
| 2007 | Victoria Kramkowski-Epner, York University, Examining the Genetic Model Organism C. elegans for a possible role in Freshwater Quality Monitoring on a Watershed Scale in the Great Lakes Region |
| 2006 | Robin DeBruyne, Central Michigan University, The decline in size and condition of lake whitefish in Lake Michigan |
| 2005 | Erica Cunningham, Miami University, Development and use of a genetic marker to differentiate two cryptic mayfly (Hexagenia) populations |
| 2004 | Julie Hahm, Environmental Chemistry and Technology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Mass Balance of PDBE's for Lake Michigan |
| 2003 | James Muirhead, University of Windsor |
| 2002 | Allison Witt, Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign |
| 2001 | Stephen Coghlan, College of Environmental Science and Forestry SUNY Syracuse, Competition between juvenile Atlantic salmon and exotic steelhead in Lake Ontario: field and laboratory studies |
| 2000 | Susan E. Doka, Department of Biology, McMaster University |
| 2000 | Jagjit Kaur, Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering, SUNY Buffalo |