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daily 0.75 2024-10-31 https://www.members-freshwater-science.org/undergraduate-travel-award-resources daily 0.75 2024-10-31 https://www.members-freshwater-science.org/hynes-award daily 0.75 2024-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1b891513-c752-41ab-9ca8-771dfc16debe/ayan_fleischmann.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1729474642750-E2GGP73Q92F9RBDUG77C/ayan_fleischmann.jpg Hynes Award - 2024 | Ayan Fleischmann Ayan Fleischmann is an interdisciplinary hydrologist working with tropical hydrology and sustainable development of wetlands, especially in the Amazon region. He holds an Environmental Engineering degree from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Brazil, and a PhD in Water Resources and Environmental Sanitation from UFRGS and Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (France). He is currently a full researcher and leader of the Research Group on Geosciences and Environmental Dynamics in the Amazon, at the Mamirauá Institute for Sustainable Development in the Central Amazon. His research focuses on understanding the hydrology and climate of tropical wetlands and the impacts of past, current, and future climate and environmental changes on social-ecological systems associated with riverscapes. He also coordinates the “Conexões Amazônicas” network for science outreach related to the Amazon. The research detailed in the Hynes Award-winning publication, "Increased floodplain inundation in the Amazon since 1980" (Environmental Research Letters, 2023), presents a broad assessment of recent inundation trends and its impacts in the Amazon Basin. A 26% increase in annual maximum inundation extent along the Amazon River floodplains was estimated to have occurred since 1980. This has major implications to the region's social-ecological systems and stresses the needs of improving our knowledge of the ongoing environmental changes that threaten the largest fluvial system on Earth. The SFS Hynes Award selection subcommittee had this to say about Fleischmann’s award-winning submission: “The committee was impressed by your synthesis of diverse data sources on Amazon hydrodynamics and floodplain extent, and the important connections that you drew to both climate change and regional human populations. We applaud your integration of such a broad range of topics within a well-written and concise paper, and look forward to hearing about your insightful research for decades to come.” Congratulations, Dr. Fleischmann! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1729474646032-SP1Z8S62EZRF38P1LQIY/koning_photo.jpeg Hynes Award - 2023 | Aaron Koning The Hynes Award for New Investigators is awarded to a freshwater scientist who was senior author of an outstanding primary publication that appeared in print in the last three years. Koning is a postdoctoral research fellow working on the Wonders of the Mekong Project based in the Global Water Center and Department of Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno and a National Geographic Young Explorer. He is a freshwater conservation ecologist interested in understanding the impacts of harvest on aquatic animal communities and ecosystem function, and how conservation interventions can improve outcomes that sustain aquatic diversity and human needs. During his research as a PhD student at University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Limnology and as a Cornell Atkinson Sustainability Postdoctoral Fellow, Koning had the privilege of living with and learning from ethnic Karen (P’gan’yaw) communities in northern Thailand. He focused on the ecological effects of both intensive subsistence fisheries and freshwater reserve protection by these communities. The research presented in the Hynes-award winning publication (Nature, 2020) translates into the language of conservation scientists what these communities have recognized over the past three decades—that small reserves can have profound effects on entire riverine ecosystems. Koning continues to seek effective models of place-based protection for fish and fisheries around the world, with an emphasis on Southeast Asia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1729474647037-MX5DYVCWIFRSFAG1VQ67/zanethia_barnett.jpg Hynes Award - 2022 | Zanethia Barnett Dr. Zanethia Barnett has broad interests in aquatic ecology, with a special interest in the ecology and trophic dynamics of crayfishes, including assemblage changes due to altered environmental conditions and their overall effects on aquatic ecosystems. Her current research seeks to understand the effects of disturbance on aquatic ecosystems and to decipher mechanisms contributing to the structure of aquatic communities and genetic populations. She eloquently pairs her research with strong service to both SFS and the US Forest Service, including her dedication and passion to advance equity, inclusion, and diversity in freshwater science. Currently, Zanethia is a Research Fisheries Biologist at the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station in Oxford, Mississippi. Zanethia received her PhD in Biological Sciences (2019) from the University of Mississippi under the guidance of Dr. Clifford Ochs. Previously, she earned her MSc from the University of Florida in Interdisciplinary Ecology (2012) with Dr. Thomas Frazer. Zanethia represents the Southern Research Station (SRS) on both the interagency Upper Mississippi River Aquatic Invasive Species Panel and the Forest Service Dive Safety Team and is a member of the Southern Research Leadership Development Committee. In addition to her involvement in the award-winning Get Black Outside youth snorkeling program, Zanethia is a member of the SFS Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Task Force and serves as a co-lead for SFS’s Council of Underrepresented Voices. Zanethia’s Hynes Award-winning publication, “Crayfish populations genetically fragmented in streams impounded for 36-104 years” (Freshwater Biology 2020) was the first paper to assess the effects of relatively large dams on crayfish population genetic structure. Barnett and colleagues found that impoundments fragmented stream crayfish populations, and even abundant crayfish species with comparatively large ranges and high levels of genetic diversity are likely at risk. As her nomination letter states, “As with most studies that break new ground as this one did, it also raised new questions that provide a clear path for follow-up research. For example, understanding of the relationship between impoundment age, size, and management on stream community structure is clearly lacking”. Complementing this work, Barnett and Adams recently published a review of the effects of dams on crayfishes, further highlighting the need to understand and quantify the impacts of dams on crayfish as one of the most imperiled aquatic taxa. Zanethia’s role in realizing this research was exceptional, leading the effort from start to finish including conceptualization, funding, fieldwork, lab and data analysis, and manuscript writing. Through her outstanding science, leadership, and service, Dr. Barnett embodies the mission of SFS and the spirit of the Hynes Award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1729474646770-BKPFOEKYFH1Y5P5YADB8/rafael_almeida.jpeg Hynes Award - 2021 | Rafael Almeida Rafael is a sustainability scientist motivated by the challenge of providing energy and food to a growing human population in a fast-changing world. His background is in freshwater science and he is especially interested in greenhouse gas emissions and socioenvironmental dimensions of hydropower and aquaculture -- two sectors that are booming globally. Rafael’s research approach focuses on achieving synthetic perspectives through collaborative networks that combine a variety of environmental science disciplines, including biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, computational sustainability and natural resource economics. Currently, Rafael is a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell University’s Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, where he works closely with Dr. Pete McIntyre, Dr. Carla Gomes, and Dr. Alex Flecker. Rafael received his PhD in Ecology (2017) from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (Brazil), under the guidance of Dr. Fábio Roland. He was also a visiting graduate student at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, where he worked with Dr. Emma Rosi and Dr. Steve Hamilton. In his Hynes Award-winning publication (Nature Communications 2019: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12179-5), Rafael and co-authors used a multi-objective optimization framework to demonstrate that low-carbon expansion of hydropower in the Amazon basin relies on strategically selecting future dam sites. As summarized in his letter of nomination, Rafael’s research “tackled an urgent and complicated problem of strategic river basin planning; in this case, hydroelectric dams in the Amazon Basin.” Rafael addressed this important and complex problem head on by cultivating ambitious collaborations with a team of scientists. His paper is an important contribution “as we grapple with the complexities of river basin planning in data diffuse regions.” Rafael is now working on a global analysis using a large dam database to infer technical and locational attributes that maximize freshwater fish catch and hydropower production while minimizing greenhouse gas emissions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1729474644658-HIB71TMXYI38D9T5L4BW/amanda_subalusky.png Hynes Award - 2020 | Amanda Subalusky Amanda is a community and ecosystem ecologist interested in the influence of animal population and community dynamics on aquatic ecosystem function. She combines field observations with field and mesocosm experiements to address conceptual and applied questions across a range of scales. Amanda completed an MSc at Texas A&M University with Dr. Lee Fitzgerald, studying the use of seasonal wetlands by American alligators. She completed her PhD at Yale University and Dr. David Post studying the influence of terrestrial resource subsidies from hippos and wildebeest on aquatic ecosystem function in the Mara River, Kenya. As a postdoc at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studeies with Dr. Emma Rosi, Amanda continued her work in the Mara and greater Serengeti ecosystem, specifically focusing on the pathways through which animal resource subsidies are incorporated in the river system. In her Hynes Award-winning publication (PNAS 2017: https://www.pnas.org/content/114/29/7647), Amanda and co-authors creatively combined a variety of methods for tracing the fate of the vast amount of energy and nutrients entering the river during mass drownings of 1000s of migrating wildebeest annually. Amanda is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Florida. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1729474644817-3V9YUQPLMBC5LLTECH7Z/daniel_nelson.jpg Hynes Award - 2019 | Daniel Nelson Dr. Daniel Nelson is a community and ecosystem ecologist who is broadly interested in the effects of climate change on freshwater ecosystems. He uses a combination of observational and experimental approaches to answer both applied and theoretical questions related to this subject. Daniel first completed his MS at the University of Idaho and then his PhD at the University of Alabama, where he worked with Dr. Jonathan Benstead on a whole-stream warming experiment in southwest Iceland investigating the effects of warming on stream invertebrate communities and food webs. He was selected for the Hynes award based on his publication resulting from this work, which showed that although warming may reassemble invertebrate communities and lower total invertebrate density, it may have a neutral effect on standing biomass due to changes in the size structure of the community: Nelson et al. 2017. Experimental whole-stream warming alters community size structure. Global Change Biology 23: 2618-2628, doi: 10.1111/gcb.13574. Daniel is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in Dr. Dan Allen’s lab at the University of Oklahoma, where he is continuing his studies on the effects of climate change on freshwater ecosystems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1729474641263-U4EXKEWR310DA38B02V5/awards_2017_delvecchia.jpg Hynes Award - 2018 | Amanda DelVecchia Amanda DelVecchia is an ecosystem ecologist broadly interested in the interactions between biogeochemical and ecological processes in freshwater ecosystems. She is currently a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Scholar working with Dr. Brad Taylor and Dr. Scott Wissinger to understand how climate-change induced shifts in caddisfly populations affect carbon and nutrient transformations in alpine ponds. She received her PhD from the University of Montana having worked with Dr. Jack Stanford at Flathead Lake Biological Station on the role of methane dynamics in supporting ecosystems in shallow alluvial aquifers of river floodplains, most notably the Nyack Floodplain in northwestern Montana. She was selected for the Hynes award based on her publication resulting from this work, which showed the widespread contribution of methane-derived carbon to aquifer consumer biomass and documented the first contribution of millennial-aged methane-derived carbon to secondary consumers in a freshwater system: DelVecchia, Amanda G., Jack A. Stanford, and Xiaomei Xu. "Ancient and Methane-Derived Carbon Subsidizes Contemporary Food Webs." Nature Communications 7 (2016): 13163. She also currently studies patterns of carbon dioxide concentrations and efflux across pond ecosystems, geologic and biological carbon sources and transformations in river aquifer ecosystems, and population genomics of geographically isolated macroinvertebrate populations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1729474645719-HKYY40AMH2Y82861H4Y9/edc_media_podcast_hotchkiss.jpg Hynes Award - 2016 | Erin R. Hotchkiss Dr. Erin Hotchkiss is an ecosystem ecologist who uses empirical data and statistical models to understand how land-water interactions and ecosystem processes shape the transport, transformation, and fate of carbon and nutrients in freshwater ecosystems. She uses a combination of monitoring (chemistry, hydrology, biology), experimental (manipulating carbon and nutrients, stable isotope tracers), and quantitative (Bayesian, inverse modeling) approaches to study freshwater ecosystem processes. Erin completed both her MS and PhD at University of Wyoming, where she worked with Dr. Bob Hall on the impacts of exotic snails on stream carbon cycling and understanding the drivers and fates of carbon in streams and rivers. She was selected for the Hynes award based on her publication resulting from this work, which was the first to explicitly state what happens to photosynthetically fixed carbon in a stream: Hotchkiss, E. R. and R. O. Hall. 2015. Whole-stream 13C tracer addition reveals distinct fates of newly fixed carbon. Ecology 96: 403-416, DOI: 10.1890/14-0631.1 Erin worked as a Postdoctoral research fellow in Jan Karlsson's lab in Umeå University, Sweden, studying controls of carbon emissions and export in river networks, and also with Paul del Giorgio at the Université du Québec à Montréal studying carbon emissions from northern aquatic ecosystems. She is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech. https://www.members-freshwater-science.org/leadership-award daily 0.75 2024-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/8fdbb6a5-20ab-4926-b6c6-159443e3029c/atkinson_headshot.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1729476047285-MI9QBEL8TK7QF5C10Y3U/atkinson_headshot.jpg Leadership Award - 2024 | Carla Atkinson Dr. Atkinson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alabama and has been a member of SFS for more than 15 years. Carla has served our society in many capacities, and each has enriched our society. Most notably, Dr. Atkinson is a co-founder and current chair of the Southeast Chapter of SFS. Carla won the 2015 SFS Hynes Award for New Investigators for her paper on tracing consumer-derived nitrogen in riverine food webs (Atkinson et al 2014) and has gone on to become a global leader in the study of freshwater mussels, one of the most threatened faunal groups in aquatic ecosystems, and her work on mussel communities is fundamental to understanding the mechanisms driving declines in native mussel biodiversity (e.g., Atkinson et al. 2012). Carla’s science will guide freshwater research for years to come, but her leadership in freshwater science goes well beyond her scholarship. Her dedication to training the next generation of freshwater scientists is as impressive as it is effective. Dr. Atkinson has also found the time to contribute to SFS despite the effort required to complete the work summarized above. Carla has served on the SFS Student Resources Committee while a PhD student, the Education and Diversity Committee, Public Information and Policy Committee (social media subcommittee), and the 2023 Brisbane Planning Committee. She has also co-organized five special sessions at SFS meetings over the years. Dr. Atkinson has also found the time to lead a wide array of public outreach on behalf of freshwater science and freshwater mussels. Carla serves on multiple state panels focused on mussel conservation and works extensively with the Alabama Biodiversity Center. In addition, she has taken part in more than 40 public outreach activities and/or training workshops. Through these efforts, Dr. Atkinson has proved herself to be a tireless advocate for freshwater mussels, aquatic ecology, and conservation and management of our freshwater ecosystems. In summary, Dr. Atkinson’s work sets the bar for scientific impact on our field for mid-career members. With more than 70 published works and an equally extensive list of service activities, Carla has firmly established herself as one of our preeminent mid-career scientists and her leadership to date checks all the boxes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1729476101847-NVBA9H1AQKULHS0V00UK/SFS-Pictorial-Color.jpg Leadership Award - 2023 | Award not given https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1729476048494-SKKLMSYMLIA8ZQ6VRQWY/tina_mendez_headshot.png Leadership Award - 2022 | Patina (Tina) Menendez Dr. Patina (Tina) Mendez is the second recipient of the SFS Leadership Award in recognition of contributions that enrich and advance the Society at an early to mid-career stage. Tina Mendez exemplifies energetic, passionate, and detailed behind-the-scenes service that has helped make SFS the welcoming Society that it has been known to be for so many. Further, she has broadened the impact of the Society as an enriching and affirming resource through her contributions to the Instars and Emerge programs. Tina has been fundamentally involved as a leader and collaborator in innumerable SFS support activities and committees and initiatives. Some of her significant roles have been her service as Web Editor (2009-2015) and her contributions to the Education and Diversity Committee. She was part of the founding team for Instars where she helped grow and develop the program, continuing on to help launch the Emerge program. These programs have provided experiences and engagement with freshwater sciences, particularly for scholars from under-represented backgrounds. Tina’s leadership roles extend throughout the Society’s organizational structure. These include her service to the Society as the Web Editor where she participated in many initiatives that served to highlight and support the efforts of the BoD, SFS committees, and the journal. During this time, she collaborated with teams to expand SFS’s reach to members and beyond through social media, and on the SFS Website via the In the Drift newsletter and Making Waves podcasts. Her efforts increased information available to members for annual meetings, society elections, and sharing materials developed by SFS members. Much of this work was done working closely with other SFSers and in the process, she recruited many other members to contribute to SFS through committee service. In sum, there is virtually no corner of the Society where Tina Mendez has not improved and transformed Society activities and practices for the better with her enthusiastic engagement and leadership. Thank you, Tina! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1729476047296-DCUF6DCIXZW5CB4UGZN1/checo_colon_gaud.png Leadership Award - 2021 | Checo Colón-Gaud The Society is pleased to award the inaugural Leadership Award to Dr. Checo Colón-Gaud for his relentless and ongoing work to improve and expand diversity, equity, and inclusion within the SFS community. Checo is a professor in the Biology Department of Georgia Southern University. He received graduate degrees in Fisheries from Louisiana State University and Zoology and Ecology from Southern Illinois University. His research focuses on the role of consumers in organic matter dynamics, nutrient cycling, and energy flow in streams and other freshwater habitats. Through his research, teaching, and service to the society, Checo leads by example and demonstrates an unwavering commitment to ensuring that all individuals feel at home within SFS and the broader freshwater ecology community. As a new assistant professor in 2011, Checo led the grassroots effort within SFS to start a mentoring program that provides opportunities for networking among graduate students, faculty, and professionals hoping to encourage diversity in the freshwater discipline. In the ten years since its initiation, the Instars Program has become an official and celebrated part of the annual meeting program, and Checo’s mentorship has engendered a true love for the SFS community among former Instars Fellows and Mentors. They describe Checo’s ability to enthusiastically engage, patiently train, and see and appreciate the work and energy of young scientists as a pivotal role in leading SFS toward a more inclusive scientific society. With the recent National Science Foundation award, this program continues to grow under the direction of Checo and other members, and has expanded to “ Emerge”, which is SFS’s official mentoring program for undergraduate students from under-represented groups interested in freshwater science. Checo’s leadership has made a genuine and lasting contribution to the betterment of our society that extends beyond the Instars program. Many former graduate mentors describe how Checo and the Instars program has provided a key bridge that has led to more active society involvement by graduate students and early career members and helped shape their vision for diversity, equity, and inclusion in their own institutions. Checo is a key LGBTQ+ ally and leader in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) work, and all of his efforts make SFS a safe place for all members. Checo was a guiding voice in the recent manuscript published in Freshwater Science, Abernathy et al. 2020. This paper highlights the positive efforts of SFS to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, while also identifying opportunities for continued improvement and expansion of SFS diversity initiatives. While DEIJ efforts can often be criticized, Checo was deliberate in turning the manuscript into an opportunity to demonstrate the importance of inclusivity and promote the mission of diversifying society membership. Checo also leads diversity efforts through involvement in the Education and Diversity Committee and SFS Board of Directors as well as organizations outside of SFS, including the Consortium of Aquatic Sciences Societies (CASS), the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in the Sciences (SACNAS), and as a PI on an NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. As a mentor, member, vice president, inside or outside of SFS, Checo spreads interest in aquatic science and “brings kindness, curiosity, and encouragement to all of his interactions.” Checo works tirelessly to create space for freshwater scientists of all backgrounds and career stages. 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Clements received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Florida State University and completed his Ph.D. at Virginia Tech. Leadership roles within the Society include program co-chair for the national meetings in 1995 and 2000, chairing the executive committee in 2001 and serving as an associate editor for the Society journal Freshwater Science (formerly the Journal of the North American Benthological Society) since 1997. At the national level, Clements has served on several Department of Interior Federal Advisory Committees and National Academy of Sciences National Research Council Committees. He also served for several years on the U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board on Ecological Effects and on a U.S. EPA Science Advisory Panel assessing effects of mountaintop mining and valley fill operations on southern Appalachian streams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728966940399-OEW28QQ8W994O7VXQ02A/dave_strayer.jpg All SFS Fellows - David Strayer Dr. David Strayer, distinguished senior scientist emeritus at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. He holds a bachelor’s degree in zoology from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology from Cornell University. Strayer spent his entire professional career at the Cary Institute. He published approximately 200 scientific papers and book chapters, several dozen short pieces for the general public, and six books, including “Freshwater Mussel Ecology: A Multifactor Approach to Distribution and Abundance,” and (with Kathie Weathers and Gene Likens) “Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science.” He served on several committees for the Society, and was president of the Society in 2014-2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728966938481-UE1WND6GYT9RA1YO7CI9/bernard_sweeney_2023.png All SFS Fellows - Bernard Sweeney Dr. Bernard Sweeney, senior research scientist emeritus at the Stroud Water Research Center. He was executive director and president of the Stroud Center and an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He has senior-authored publications on a plethora of freshwater science subjects. For his achievement in conservation science and education, he received the 2003 National Award of Excellence in Conservation from the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006 from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the Margaret Douglas National Medal from the Garden Club of America in 2006, and the 2013 Forest Champion Award from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. He is past president of the Society for Freshwater Science, received the Society’s Distinguished Service Award in 2010, and currently is co-chair of the Society’s Taxonomic Certification Program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728966942979-2E6BYVPQGKYHB1FRHNU9/photograph_of_james_thorp_-_2022.jpg All SFS Fellows - James Thorp Dr. James Thorp, professor at the University of Kansas in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and senior scientist in the Kansas Biological Survey. He has been a distinguished professor, dean of science, biology department chair, and field station director at three universities. Thorp’s field of work has been prolific with more than 150 refereed journal and book publications from macrosystem to physiological ecology. He is best known for his edited series “Thorp and Covich’s Freshwater Invertebrates” and as senior author of “The Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis.” He was on the editorial boards for River Research and Applications and a former associate editor of Freshwater Science. Thorp’s additional leadership roles include being the first president of the International Society for River Science. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728966941016-KXBKRBAS7RYMQTO1VXU9/nancy-tuchman_jpeg.jpg All SFS Fellows - Nancy Tuchman Dr. Nancy Tuchman, professor of biology and founding dean, School of Environmental Sustainability, Loyola University Chicago. Throughout her research career she has mentored 144 undergraduates, masters and doctoral students, and post-doctoral associates. From 2002 to 2003, she served as program officer for the National Science Foundation’s Ecosystem Studies Program. From 2009-2010, she served as president of the Society. Building sustainability at Loyola earned Tuchman the Chicago Magazine Green Award in 2013, and the Chicago EcoChampion Award in 2018. She chairs the International Association of Jesuit Universities’ (IAJU) Task Force on Environmental & Economic Justice. She co-edits the Jesuit’s free online environmental science textbook “Healing Earth” and in 2022 she received the IAJU St. Canisius Lifetime Achievement Award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728966820981-4C0HGQGURTZYPSKWUY8Z/stan_gregory_1.jpg All SFS Fellows - Stan Gregory Dr. Stan Gregory, emeritus professor, fisheries and wildlife, at Oregon State University, whose leadership in river ecology and efforts to galvanize the community on the important role of wood in rivers have already spanned more than forty years. Gregory has been involved with the Society for decades and has authored more than 130 published works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728966816706-KZJQ9K40VA2PKQ43NI23/sherri_johnson_2.jpg All SFS Fellows - Sherri Johnson Dr. Sherri Johnson, research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, prior lead scientist for HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, and courtesy faculty with Oregon State University has been actively involved in the Society for decades. Johnson’s leadership in research on stream temperature, nutrients, and stream-forest interactions has led to her being a trusted colleague in local, regional and international collaborations and for those whom she mentors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728966818077-5N1MPRQ6KYFHA05PB1T1/rosi_headshot.png All SFS Fellows - Emma Rosi Dr. Emma Rosi, senior scientist at Cary Institute for Ecosystems Studies,conducts research to advance our understanding of how human activities affect freshwater ecosystems. Her research addresses stream and river ecosystem processes and biogeochemistry, including aquatic food webs, urban ecosystem processes, and effects of emerging contaminants on aquatic ecosystem function. Rosi has been a longtime member of SFS and has had leadership roles including serving as vice president as well as co-chair of the annual meeting committee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728965692536-QJCN01MJTN47W4GARI0E/len_ferrington.jpg All SFS Fellows - Leonard Ferrington Leonard C. Ferrington Jr is a Professor in the Department of Entomology at the University of Minnesota. Prior to his current position, he was employed at the University of Kansas. His research focuses on the significance of Chironomidae in aquatic ecosystems. He integrates taxonomic, systematics, and ecological research on Chironomidae to better understand the ecological framework within which evolutionary processes have operated to produce the biological diversity of the family. His research program consists of five basic areas of emphasis: taxonomy and systematics, biodiversity studies, responses of chironomids to various types of pollution, their roles in stream ecology, and he has studied of the diversity and co-evolution of Trichomycetes and their Chironomidae hosts. He has been a continuous member of SFS (and NABS) since 1974 and has served in various positions in the society, including President in 1989-1990. Below is a personal statement from his lab research web-site. “My research projects have been conducted in a wide range of habitats, from highly degraded to some of the most pristine and beautiful areas across the globe. Areas in the US where we have worked include Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Maine, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Other projects have taken me to Norway, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Tasmania, New Zealand, South Africa and, most recently, Mongolia and Iceland. Both graduate and undergraduate students have participated in most of these projects and have benefitted from the travels to differing aquatic systems. I have also been very fortunate to have collaborated with a number of colleagues across the US and in all of the other countries listed above, and am grateful for their spirit of cooperation that has always made the research enjoyable and scientifically productive.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728965693181-03763MFOBEQAK0S2D8G2/mary_freeman.jpg All SFS Fellows - Mary Freeman Mary Freeman’s career can be defined by her application of cutting-edge methods to address critical problems in freshwater ecology and conservation, thoughtful communication of science with managers and the public, and service as an outstanding mentor and example to students and peers. Mary is a research ecologist with the US Geological Survey. Mary received graduate degrees in Entomology and Forest Resources from the University of Georgia. Her early research focused on how native fishes persist in altered flow regimes downstream from hydropower dams and current work continues to address effects of changing land use and stream hydrology on various biota, including fishes, invertebrates, and macrophytes. Handy with a seine even in her 60s, Mary’s particular passion is conservation of rare fishes native to southeastern US streams. Mary’s dedication to communication and connection with water managers and stakeholders has helped lead holistic management and conservation strategies for rivers in the United States and abroad. Ben Emanuel of American Rivers noted “she speaks in a way that’s unassuming yet deeply impactful, from long experience in the science of environmental flows and from her rich history of fieldwork in vitally important river systems.” Mary serves on the graduate faculty at the University of Georgia, where she has been fortunate to work with many brilliant student and faculty colleagues. Mary has inspired a generation of freshwater ecologists to think deeply, to consider both the big picture and the details, and to connect with others through patience, respect, and understanding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728965687919-V3QUJO9XF62BOWMF5P6E/judith_li_headshot.jpg All SFS Fellows - Judith Li Judy Li’s research interests have focused on riparian food webs, examining macroinvertebrates as resources for aquatic and terrestrial predators in mesic and semi-arid watersheds. In eastern Oregon with her husband Hiram, and in forested streams of western Oregon she and her students at Oregon State University examined spatial and temporal differences in benthic and emergent macroinvertebrate distributions, often comparing availability with the diet of fishes and birds. Her lab also collaborated with federal and state agencies to develop protocols for biomonitoring and assess effects of land use in agricultural and forested landscapes. Her research continues in decade-long studies examining effects of modern forestry on headwater streams. Judy’s passion for greater diversity and inclusiveness in science was reflected in her teaching and advising for which she received national awards. Her involvement with NABS began in 1985 when it met at OSU while she was a graduate student. Over the years great satisfaction came from introducing young members to the network of SFS colleagues at their first meetings! She was honored with the NABS Distinguished Service Award in 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728965686247-YD6X0CAATFHT85QOP72G/john_morse.jpg All SFS Fellows - John Morse John Morse is an internationally renowned caddisfly systematist studying the identification, biology, and evolution of Trichoptera worldwide since 1967. He is a SFS Distinguished Service Awardee and a founder and Co-Chair of the SFS Taxonomic Certification Committee. He maintains the frequently cited Trichoptera World Checklist. He and his 42 former graduate students have investigated the identification, ecology, and distribution of other aquatic insects, also, and the use of insect communities to monitor water pollution. He has taught courses on these topics at Clemson University, at Highlands Biological Station (in NC), in several other states, and in 10 Asian countries for 46+ years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728965685242-JT8UFVU1E63UXMHFQTP4/al_steinman.jpg All SFS Fellows - Alan Steinman Alan (Al) Steinman is currently the Allen and Helen Hunting Director of the Annis Water Resources Institute at Grand Valley University, a position he has held since 2001. Previously, he was Director of the Lake Okeechobee Restoration Program at the South Florida Water Management District. He received his BS from the University of Vermont, his MS from the University of Rhode Island, his Ph.D. at Oregon State University, and did his postdoctoral work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory working with Pat Mulholland. Steinman has published over 180 scientific articles, book chapters, and books; has been awarded over $60 million in grants for scientific and engineering projects; and has testified before the U.S. Congress and the Michigan and Florida state legislatures. His earlier research involved some of the nascent stream metabolism work, understanding periphyton-herbivore interactions, the ecology of stream bryophytes, and innovative restoration efforts in the Lake Okeechobee watershed. Steinman’s current research interests include the study and mitigation of internal phosphorus loading in lakes and wetland ecosystems, valuation of aquatic ecosystem services, and cyanotoxin impacts in the Great Lakes and China. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728965685123-HGZOUQHVJMKBBAAGXV8D/caryn_vaughn.jpg All SFS Fellows - Caryn Vaughn Caryn Vaughn is the George Lynn Cross Distinguished Research Professor and Presidential Professor in the Department of Biology and Oklahoma Biological Survey at the University of Oklahoma. Vaughn spent her childhood summers lakeside, and has loved all things aquatic ever since. Her research focuses on the ecology and conservation of freshwater mussels, one of the world’s most imperiled faunas. Over the past 30 years, integrative research in her laboratory has demonstrated that mussels are hotspots of biological activity in rivers, providing biogenic habitat and modifying sediments, filtering the water, and storing and recycling nutrients. Through these activities mussels have strong effects on primary and secondary aquatic production and even subsidize terrestrial ecosystems. The processes performed by mussels result in ecosystem services to humans, such as water purification, which is now being used as a conservation strategy. Her research has been funded by multiple state and federal agencies including the National Science Foundation. Vaughn has published over 100 scientific articles, and she has received multiple awards for her research including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society. She has mentored six postdoctoral researchers, 21 graduate students, and numerous undergraduate researchers while teaching courses in Ecology, Stream Ecology, and Invertebrate Zoology. She was Director of the Oklahoma Biological Survey for 14 years, is a past president of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, and serves on many boards and working groups addressing freshwater conservation issues. Caryn joined SFS (NABS) in her first semester as a graduate student in 1978, and has served the society in multiple capacities including the Executive Committee, Conservation Committee, Elections and Place Committee, Hynes Award Committee, Award of Excellence Committee, and 11 years as an Associate Editor of FWS/JNABS. is the George Lynn Cross Distinguished Research Professor and Presidential Professor in the Department of Biology and Oklahoma Biological Survey at the University of Oklahoma. Vaughn spent her childhood summers lakeside, and has loved all things aquatic ever since. Her research focuses on the ecology and conservation of freshwater mussels, one of the world’s most imperiled faunas. Over the past 30 years, integrative research in her laboratory has demonstrated that mussels are hotspots of biological activity in rivers, providing biogenic habitat and modifying sediments, filtering the water, and storing and recycling nutrients. Through these activities mussels have strong effects on primary and secondary aquatic production and even subsidize terrestrial ecosystems. The processes performed by mussels result in ecosystem services to humans, such as water purification, which is now being used as a conservation strategy. Her research has been funded by multiple state and federal agencies including the National Science Foundation. Vaughn has published over 100 scientific articles, and she has received multiple awards for her research including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society. She has mentored six postdoctoral researchers, 21 graduate students, and numerous undergraduate researchers while teaching courses in Ecology, Stream Ecology, and Invertebrate Zoology. She was Director of the Oklahoma Biological Survey for 14 years, is a past president of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, and serves on many boards and working groups addressing freshwater conservation issues. Caryn joined SFS (NABS) in her first semester as a graduate student in 1978, and has served the society in multiple capacities including the Executive Committee, Conservation Committee, Elections and Place Committee, Hynes Award Committee, Award of Excellence Committee, and 11 years as an Associate Editor of FWS/JNABS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728965331771-LSBLF2QUNV456K6HB7WT/emily_bernhardt.jpeg All SFS Fellows - Emily Bernhardt Emily Bernhardt, James B. Duke Professor of Biogeochemistry in the Duke University Department of Biology. Bernhardt formerly served as the president of the Society from 2016-2017. Bernhardt is an ecosystem ecologist and biogeochemist whose research is principally concerned with tracking the movement of elements through ecological systems. Bernhardt’s research aims to document the extent to which the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems is being altered by land use change (urbanization, agriculture, mining) global change (rising CO2, rising sea levels) and chemical pollution. She is the co-author of an award-winning text book on biogeochemistry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728965334637-YLM951DT3TE8IVTXLQBU/lucinda_johnson.jpg All SFS Fellows - Lucinda Johnson Lucinda Johnson, Associate Director of the Natural Resources Research Institute at the University of Minnesota. Johnson formerly served as the president of the Society from 2010-2011. Johnson began her career as an aquatic scientist with a summer internship at the Illinois Natural History Survey where she participated in one of the earliest comprehensive environmental stream condition assessments for the state. Considering the job involved sampling upstream and downstream of some really NASTY point sources, it is a miracle she continued to be interested in stream ecology at all! Johnson’s career as an aquatic ecologist was shaped by important mentors: Dr. Warren Brigham, who introducted her to the power of Geographic Information Systems when it was a largely unknown tool, especially to ecologists; Dr. Jerry Niemi, who pushed her out of her comfort zones to enter a PhD program late in life; and Dr. Judy Meyer, who nominated her as an author of a Great Lakes Climate Change study which changed the course of her research program for the next two decades. From Day One, Johnson’s research has focused on impacts of humans (especially land use and climate change) on aquatic ecosystems. She uses the tools of landscape and aquatic ecology to understand the relationships between watershed processes and the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems, ranging from small streams and wetlands to coastal areas of the Great Lakes. She derives incredible satisfaction in working hand-in-hand with managers and policy makers to develop tools that improve decision making. Johnson serves the EPA’s Office of Research and Development as Vice Chair of the Executive Committee of the Board of Scientific Counselors, and as a member of the Science Advisory Committee for the International Joint Commission, which oversees implementation of the Water Quality Agreement that regulates the Laurentian Great Lakes. Johnson served two terms as Secretary of the North American Benthological Society (NABS) and as President of the Society in 2010-2011, which she especially savors. Under her leadership, the Society’s revised its Constitution and By Laws. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728965474408-O4PMWFIVFUFTRB4BVYXM/jennifer_tank.jpg All SFS Fellows - Jennifer Tank Jennifer Tank, Galla Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame and Director of the Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative. Tank formerly served as the president of the Society from 2018-2019. Tank is a aquatic ecologist and biogeochemist who studies how nutrients and particles move through streams and rivers, with a focus on restoration and conservation efforts that improve the structure and function of flowing waters. Her research informs management and policy of freshwaters especially around water quality in agricultural landscapes. Her federally-funded research program includes grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, and the Environmental Protection Agency. She currently serves as an associate editor for two journals: Biogeochemistry and Limnology & Oceanography Letters. Tank is also committed to science leadership and translation, which grew out of her participation as a 2013 Leopold Leadership Fellow. Most recently, she is a AAAS Elected Council Delegate for Agriculture, Food & Renewable Resources Section, and recently served on a panel for the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) on “Future Water Resource Needs for the Nation”. Her goal is to improve the health of streams and rivers draining croplands of the Midwest through effective watershed-scale conservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728965459303-FVWZ2PNSB0YGMM7V3CC6/valeria_souza.jpg All SFS Fellows - Valeria Souza Valeria Souza, Professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México’s Institute of Ecology and recipient of the 2020 Environmental Stewardship Award. Souza is an ecologist whose research and conservation efforts focus on the Cuatro Ciénegas basin in northern Mexico. The Cuatro Ciénegas is a spring-fed wetland complex that supports numerous endemic microbes, snails, crustaceans, aquatic insects, fishes, and the world’s only aquatic species of box turtle. Souza's research is documenting threats to critical habitat within this global biodiversity hotspot due to increased groundwater extraction in the region. Souza’s research translates into outreach that builds support for conservation. She developed a biology curriculum that educates students about the value of spring ecosystems and provides pathways through local governmental and academic institutions that lead to employment. Investment in education and opportunity is transforming rural high schools in the region while building social awareness about environmental issues. Souza also regularly organizes events that link scientists working in the basin with local people, initiates production of public media that highlight the wonders of and threats to Cuatro Ciénegas and promotes biodiversity loss issues through numerous Mexican and international news outlets. Souza has persisted as a conservation voice for Cuatro Ciénegas by taking every opportunity to reach out, bridge divides and seek solutions that benefit everyone. Her work has increased local environmental regulation and attracted the attention of Mexico’s most influential figures. Souza's balanced research and outreach approach inspired a charitable donation that preserved a large tract of the Cuatro Ciénegas, promoting conservation and research efforts for years to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728965332577-H7EBUYI1XCQE31SG8UXW/jan_stevenson.jpg All SFS Fellows - R. Jan Stevenson R. Jan Stevenson, Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at Michigan State University. Stevenson formerly serves as the president of the Society from 2007-2008. He got his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. He employs his technical expertise in algal taxonomy and ecology to develop approaches for solving environmental problems by understanding how algae and aquatic ecosystems respond to natural and human factors. Stevenson has worked with federal and state officials to develop protocols for ecological assessment and development of water quality criteria. Working with resource managers and policy makers often stimulated new directions for his research. One of these new directions is relating ecosystem services and condition in coupled human and natural systems. To provide the research teams and the next generation of scientists to solve environmental problems, Stevenson helped to establish and often lead interdisciplinary centers for water research and graduate programs in environmental sustainability at the University of Louisville and then at Michigan State https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728964135087-N7B1R6AZPTKX3C1WBYYH/nancy-grimm1.jpg All SFS Fellows - Nancy Grimm Nancy Grimm studies urban and stream ecosystems. She has spent almost her entire career at Arizona State University where she received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, save for a stint as an undergraduate researcher with the Stream Team in Oregon. Initially working on stream nitrogen dynamics, she expanded out and down to riparian and hyporheic zones and then abruptly became an urban ecologist. Grimm is currently the Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Ecology in the School of Life Sciences and Senior Sustainability Scientist in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728964132370-HS39WHFB5TB26DEE8Z7D/covich._flint_river.jpeg All SFS Fellows - Alan Covich Alan Covich grew up in Missouri and encountered his first crayfish in several Ozark Mountain streams. After traveling to Darien, Panama, as an undergraduate at Washington University-St. Louis, he saw his first freshwater shrimp (Macrobrachium). He spent the last few decades studying freshwater shrimps and crabs as part of the Long Term Ecological Research Program in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico, while also teaching ecology at Washingtion University, the University of Oklahoma, Colorado State University and the University of Georgia. As a past president of NABS (1996), Alan has enjoyed watching SFS grow into an amazing family of freshwater ecologists from all over the world https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728964136385-59G8UPAATD8D3KVDYHAT/ric-hauer.jpg All SFS Fellows - Richard Hauer Dr. F. Richard Hauer is a Distinguished Scholar at the University of Montana and Professor Emeritus at Flathead Lake Biological Station (FLBS), where he taught stream ecology for over 30 years and held the FLBS Stream Ecology endowed chair. He received his BS and MS degrees from Michigan State University and PhD in stream ecology from the University of North Texas. He was founding Director of both UM’s Systems Ecology graduate program and the statewide, inter-university Institute on Ecosystems. His research has encompassed the broad interdisciplinary field of systems ecology with emphasis on stream invertebrate distributions along bio-physical gradients, stream responses to climate change in mountain landscapes, and the ecological relationships and hydrogeomorphic processes of gravel-bed river floodplains and wetlands. He has over 100 publications in international journals such as Science, Science Advances, BioScience and of course, SFS’s Freshwater Science. He is co-Editor of the book Methods in Stream Ecology, now in its third edition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728964132679-LTELZQWSB2ZKFS9J0NS2/mep_sml.jpeg All SFS Fellows - Mary Power Mary E. Power is Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and Faculty Director of the Angelo Coast Range Reserve, a 3500 ha field reserve in Mendocino Co, California protected for university teaching and research. She studies algal-based food webs in temperate and tropical rivers, as well as trophic linkages of river, uplands and coastal environments. By studying how ecological interactions change in different hydrologic and landscape contexts, she hopes to learn how river-structured food webs will respond to changes in climate, land use, or biota. She was awarded an honorary doctorate and the Kempe Medal for distinguished ecologists by Umea University, and the Hutchinson Award from the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. She is a member of the California Academy of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Sciences USA. She serves on the Editorial Board of PNAS (2014 to present), Annual Reviews of Ecology and Systematics (2013-present) and was an editor for Science (2006-2009). Mary Power has also served as President of the American Society of Naturalists, and of the Ecological Society of America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728964134612-VE2NSTBPWX9BGJCCUNLB/monroe_portrait_jeffbasinger.jpg All SFS Fellows - Jeremy Monroe Jeremy Monroe has dedicated his career to taking the public below the water’s surface – either with mask and snorkel or through the power of his documentary storytelling and stunning imagery. He is the founder and executive director of Freshwaters Illustrated, a non-profit organization that educates a diverse public audience about the beauty and conservation of freshwater ecosystems through illustrative science-based resources including films, photographs and workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728964137266-FGW8R4YIGYVTZY64NA3Z/whiles.jpg All SFS Fellows - Matt Whiles Matt Whiles is currently Chair of the Soil and Water Sciences Department at the University of Florida. Before moving to UF, he was a Professor at Southern Illinois University (SIU), where he directed the Center for Ecology and the Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory. Matt began his career as an undergraduate “bug picker” with the Konza Prairie Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program. He received his graduate degrees from the University of Georgia, working on headwater streams at the Coweeta LTER site. At SIU, he built a freshwater ecology research program that has produced 33 graduate students and over 130 scientific papers. Matt is also co-author of one of the leading textbooks on freshwater ecology. Matt’s research focuses on quantifying the roles of animals in freshwater ecosystem function. He has led numerous large, collaborative projects, including the Tropical Amphibian Declines in Streams (TADS) project examining the ecological consequences of amphibian declines. He has worked closely with agencies and NGOs on stream and wetland management and restoration, and served on numerous panels guiding management of freshwater habitats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728964136069-551OC7F7G2XY1DWH4DWW/poff.jpg All SFS Fellows - N. LeRoy Poff N. LeRoy Poff is a Professor of Biology at Colorado State University and holds a partial appointment as Distinguished Professor at the University of Canberra. Since receiving his PhD in 1989, LeRoy’s research has focused on understanding how natural and human-caused hydrologic variability regulates the interactions among species and the structure and function of riverine ecosystems. By developing techniques to quantify streamflow variability in ecologically meaningful terms and using species (functional) traits as generalized, mechanistic response variables, he has been a leader in advancing the field of hydro-ecology. Through his interdisciplinary and collaborative work, LeRoy has contributed fundamentally to the development of the field of “environmental flows,” which aims to support sustainable management of streams and rivers at local to regional to global scales in the face of growing human water demands. His current interests are on developing better conceptual frameworks and decision support tools for science-based management of streams and rivers in our current period of rapid climate and ecological change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728963381857-ZEEQ4WKYQAJT0YASB6VV/emily_stanley.jpg All SFS Fellows - Dr. Emily Stanley Dr. Emily Stanley is a Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin. She received her Ph.D. from Arizona State University where she studied disturbance in Sycamore Creek. This early work laid a strong foundation for her current research on biogeochemistry and ecosystem processes in streams, large rivers, and lakes, as well as reservoirs, wetlands, and groundwater. Her recent efforts have emphasized anthropogenic influences on aquatic carbon and nitrogen cycles as well as long-term ecosystem change as part of the North Temperate Lakes Long Term Ecological Research program, for which she is currently the lead principal investigator. She has 115 peer-reviewed publications and is highly cited; the breadth and depth of her published research is impressive. She is a recipient of the G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award from the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography and a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America. She has trained 6 postdoctoral associates and 20 graduate students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728963384714-IQN1RSLJ6I1O276IFBZJ/lamberti_head_shot_alaska_cropped.jpg All SFS Fellows - Dr. Gary A. Lamberti Dr. Gary A. Lamberti is Professor of Biological Sciences and Director of the Stream and Wetland Ecology Laboratory (SWEL) at the University of Notre Dame. His major research interests include (1) food web ecology of streams and wetlands; (2) the ecology of native and introduced Pacific salmon; and (3) the impacts of land-use change, emerging contaminants, and invasive species on aquatic ecosystem function. In Alaska, he investigates the cycling of salmon-derived nutrients in freshwater and riparian ecosystems. Around the Great Lakes, he studies the unintended consequences of past introductions of Pacific salmon, which can transport contaminants to new areas during their spawning migrations. His laboratory also investigates the ecology of deltaic wetlands in Alaska and coastal wetlands of the Great Lakes, with the objective of understanding how the functions of these crucial ecosystems are affected by global change. He retains an enduring love for aquatic invertebrates, which permeates all of his research. He has mentored 30 M.S. and Ph.D. students as well as numerous undergraduate research projects. Dr. Lamberti has over 175 publications, and has co-edited the Elsevier book entitled Methods in Stream Ecology, now in its 3rd edition. Dr. Lamberti is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and past President of the Society for Freshwater Science. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728963380059-7R99WYZBMRSE26CVQYWS/chuckhawkins-headshot.jpg All SFS Fellows - Dr. Chuck Hawkins Dr. Chuck Hawkins is Professor in the Department of Watershed Sciences, Ecology Center Associate, and Co-Director of the USU/BLM National Aquatic Monitoring Center at Utah State University. His research focuses on understanding how landscape setting, local habitat conditions, and human-caused environmental alterations influence the biodiversity and ecological integrity of aquatic ecosystems at multiple spatial and temporal scales. He also works with state and federal agencies throughout the United States and internationally to help make ecological status and trend assessments more intuitive and scientifically defensible. He has consequently greatly improved bioasssessment utility and accuracy. He has over 90 publications and has trained 29 graduate students and 5 postdoctoral students. He has taught courses in general ecology, freshwater invertebrate biology, stream ecology, and communicating science at USU since 1983. He has won numerous teaching and research awards including the US Environmental Protection Agency Scientific and Technological Achievement Award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66e26c4b1f5b37634d7178fb/1728963379988-P4DG50D3CWBCZTUZJREX/denisnewbold.jpg All SFS Fellows - Dr. Denis Newbold Dr. Denis Newbold is a Research Scientist Emeritus at the Stroud Water Research Center in Avondale, PA. He studied at Swarthmore (BS, engineering), Cornell (MS, hydrology), and Berkeley (PhD, aquatic ecology), then did a post-doc at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (where the buzz at the time was about Jack Webster’s new concept of stream nutrient spiraling), before moving to the Stroud Center in 1983. Spiraling became a career-long interest, extending into isotopic tracing of the cycling of dissolved and particulate organic carbon in streams, and Dr. Newbold has been instrumental in showing the utility and application of the spiraling concept. Another long-term interest is in how riparian buffers protect stream ecosystems. His research has produced 57 publications, contributing to our understanding of the ecological structure and function of streams and informing general ecological theory. 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