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IAGLR Outstanding Student Poster 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

2019 Josie Anna Mielhausen, University of Guelph, Fish 'passability' in modified vortex rock weir systems
2018 Freddy Liu, Trent School of the Environment, Urban Land Cover Effects on Groundwater Chloride and Sodium Concentrations
2018 Taylor Senegal, Purdue University, Morphological variation in Yellow Perch in Lake Michigan and Drowned River Mouth Lakes
2017 Xuewen Jiang, The Ohio State University, Characterization of cyanophages from Lake Erie that suppress microcystis growth
2017 Eva Kramer, University of Toledo, Avoiding HABs at Toledo's drinking water intake by observing vertical distribution and migration
2016 Celeste Irambona, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Moisture recycling over the Laurentian Great Lakes as simulated by the CRCM5
2016 Nicholas Jordan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Coastal Bluff Evolution Adjacent to Shoreline Protection Structures in Lake Michigan
2015 Eric Stadig, Indiana University - Purdue University, Monitoring Long Term Trends in the St. Joseph River Watershed
2015 Monisha Sugla, Rutgers University, A Zooplankton Respiration Model to Evaluate Lake Metabolism Estimates from High-Frequency Data
2014 Meghan Donovan, University of Windsor, Variation in the call Structure of Male Round Goby (Neogobius melanostromus) and Relationship to Body Morphometrics as a Potential Honest Signal
2014 Paul Glyshaw (Runner-up), University of Michigan, Temporal Trends in Nutritional State and Reproduction of Dreissena rostiformis bugenis in Southern Lake Michigan
2013 Ahsan Akram, Wayne State University, Automated Testing Device for Live-Dead Analysis of Ballast Water Organisms
2013 Carson Prichard (Runner-up), University of Toledo, Rapid Detection and Quantification of Existing and Potential Invasive Fish Species Using Environmental DNA and Next-Generation Sequencing
2012 Lindsay Kolich, Central Michigan University, Effects of the Dreissena Invasion on the Genetic Structure of Lasmigona costata (Bivalvia: Unionoida) in the Lake St. Clair Delta and Surrounding Tributaries
2012 S. Satterlee (Runner-up), Youngstown State University, Landscape and successional influences on plant invader success in a Lower Great Lakes tributary
2011 Suman Maity, Purdue University, Study of diporeia physiology in response to the diatom diet and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure using metabolomics
2011 Zach Moore (Runner-up), University of Minnesota-Duluth, Tracing a ballast water release in the Duluth/Superior Harbor using fluorescent dye
2010 Jeremy Sullivan, SUNY-College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Potential Discrimination of Phytoplankton Genera on the Basis of Their Pigment Fingerprints
2009 Mridul K. Thomas, Michigan State University, Growth Responses of Invasive and Native Cyanobacteria to Temperature
2008 Chelsea Lowes, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Alternative Sources of Phosphorus for Freshwater Cyanobacteria and Lake Michigan Phytoplankton
2007 Claudia A. Bustos, University of Windsor, NULL
2006 Jay M. Fitzsimmons, University of Windsor, Vive la Difference! Genotypes of Daphnia pulex Respond Differently to the Same Crowding Stimulus
2005 Karen Howard, State University of New York, Syracuse, A Rapid Screening Method for Cyanobacterial Toxins in the Great Lakes Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry
2004 Kenneth Clogg-Wright, University of Waterloo, Isotope Hydrology of Slave River Delta Lakes
2003 Wendy S. Hieb, University of Minnesota, Identifying the Sources of Fecal Coliform Bacteria in Lake Superior Watersheds and Nearshore Zone
2002 Richard Kavanagh, Trent University, Gonadal Intersex in White Perch (Morone americana) from the Lower Great Lakes Region
2001 Holly Arrigoni, Loyola University Chicago, Comparing the effects of the round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) and mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdi) on benthic invertebrate community structure
2000 Sheila McNair, McMaster University, Epiphyton as an Indicator of Wetland Functional Status
1999 Melissa Krausse, University of Windsor, Female mate choice in round gobies: large males or fake eggs?
1998 John A. Burt, University of Windsor, Chironimidae (Diptera) deformities in Great Lakes reference sites
1997 Nicolle S. Tulve, Clarkson University, Aggregation properties of clay-sized colloidal particles from the Fox River, Green Bay, Wisconsin
1996 C. Cymbalisty, Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Dietary Accumulation of Chlorinated n- Paraffins in Juvenile Rainbow Trout
1996 A.T. Fisk, Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Dietary Accumulation of Chlorinated n- Paraffins in Juvenile Rainbow Trout
1996 D.C.G. Muir, Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Dietary Accumulation of Chlorinated n- Paraffins in Juvenile Rainbow Trout
1996 G.T. Tomy, Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Dietary Accumulation of Chlorinated n- Paraffins in Juvenile Rainbow Trout
1996 D.L. Divins (Runner-up), Department of Geology Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, Bedrock Geology of Northeastern Lake Michigan
1996 M. McHugh (Runner-up), Department of Geology Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, Bedrock Geology of Northeastern Lake Michigan
1996 G.M. Morgan (Runner-up), University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Measuring In Situ Prey Electivity and Clearance Rates for the Predatory Cladoceran Bythotrephes cederstroemi in Harp Lake, Ontario
1996 W.G. Sprules (Runner-up), University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Measuring In Situ Prey Electivity and Clearance Rates for the Predatory Cladoceran Bythotrephes cederstroemi in Harp Lake, Ontario
1995 K.G.D. Drouillard
1994 S.N. Chillrud
1993 Naseer Idrisi
1992 Andrew P. Goyke