Recognition

2024

Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Rachel Carson Chair and Director, has been recognized as a global Top Cited Scholar by Scilit in years of 2023 and 2024.
Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Rachel Carson Chair and Director, has been identified as a global “Highly Ranked Scholar” (Prior Five Years) by ScholarGPS, inaugural class (“top 0.05% of all scholars worldwide; … for exceptional performance in various Fields, Disciplines, and Specialties; … prolific publication record, high impact of work, and outstanding quality of scholarly contributions.”). He is Top 2 in Wildlife Discipline in the United States and Top 5 in the world.
Joris Zeghbroeck, PhD student, received “Convergence Science Catalyst Award” from NSF-funded I-GUIDE’s Virtual Poster Competition.
Thomas Dietz, University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Environmental Science and Policy, is elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
William Taylor, University Distinguished Professor, has been named as one of the 2023 AAAS Fellows on the section of Agriculture, Food & Renewable Resources
Abigail Bennett, assistant professor of global inland fisheries ecology and governance, wins the 2024 CANR's Early Career Researcher Award.
Frank Lupi, Professor of environmental and natural resources economics and fisheries and wildlife, wins CANR's Impact Award.
Emilio Moran, John A. Hannah distinguished professor, received the Distinguished Partnership Award for International Community-Engaged Scholarship for their work on the Energy Convergence for Off-Grid Amazonian Communities project.
Xiang Yu, PhD student, has received 2024 ESPP Competitive Research Grants from the Environmental Science and Policy Program.

2023

Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Rachel Carson Chair and Director, has been named “Highly Cited Researcher” the forth time in 2023 by Clarivate Analytics, following the years of 2022, 2021 and 2018.
Michele Remer, PhD student, has been selected for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program (GRFP), which provides three-year annual stipend of $37,000. She has also received two other fellowships, Vera M. Wallach Fellowship Fund for Graduate Students and John Peters and Marietta Peters Fisheries and Wildlife Fellowship.
Sydney Waloven, PhD student, has been awarded two fellowships, the John Peters and Marietta Peters Fisheries and Wildlife Fellowship and the Joseph Laurence Maison Fellowship.
Abigail Bennett, assistant professor of global inland fisheries ecology and governance, is honored at MSU's International Studies and Program's 2023 MSU International Awards as John K. Hudzik Emerging Leader in Advancing International Studies and Programs.
Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Rachel Carson Chair and Director, will chair the Continental Scale Biology Committee for the Research at Multiple Scales: A Vision for Continental Scale Biology of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Ken Frank, MSU Foundation Professor, is on the annual Rick Hess Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings which honors scholars from across the U.S. who have shaped education research, policy and practice.

2022

Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Rachel Carson Chair and Director, has been named “Highly Cited Researcher” the third time in 2022 by Clarivate Analytics, following the years of 2021 and 2018. Of the world’s population of scientists and social scientists, Highly Cited Researchers™ are 1 in 1,000.
William Taylor, University Distinguished Professor in Global Fisheries Systems, received the Pistic Award from Michigan Charter Boat Association.
Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Rachel Carson Chair and Director, has been elected to the prestigious Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, a new honor he received while attending ceremonies to receive the Gunnerus Award in Sustainability Science.

Natalia Portales, undergraduate researcher, named Lyman Briggs College Research Fellow. She will work on National Science Foundation-funded project in the Arctic.
Edith Gondwe, PhD student, receives the prestigious international fellowship from the American Association of University Women.
Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Rachel Carson Chair and Director, has been honored with the Eminent Ecologist Award, which is the highest honor for ecological contributions by the Ecology Society of America (ESA) for building interdisciplinary bridges in sustainability science that has strengthened research and sparked significant impact on global conservation efforts.
CSIS contributions recognized in MSU’s top global impact in sustainable development rank. CSIS researchers, led by Jianguo “Jack” Liu, have been partnering with international scholars to uncover holistic innovative ways to evaluate SDG progress, including a cover-story paper in Nature and a paper in Nature Sustainability in 2020, which are cited as key efforts contributing to MSU's performance in Times Higher Education 2022 Impact Rankings.
Yuqian Zhang, PhD student, received ESPP Summer Research Fellowship.
The article “Synthesizing social and environmental sensing to monitor the impact of large-scale infrastructure development” published in Environmental Science and Policy, led by PhD student Yingjie Li, has been awarded the ESPP Outstanding Student Publication Awards.
The article “Integrated SDM database: Enhancing the relevance and utility of species distribution models in conservation management” published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution, led by PhD student Veronica Frans, has been awarded the ESPP Outstanding Student Publication Awards.
Michele Remer, PhD student, received $5,000 as part of the ESPP 2022 Graduate Recruiting Fellowship.

2021

William Taylor, University Distinguished Professor in Global Fisheries Systems, received the Award of Excellence from the American Fisheries Society (AFS) for original and outstanding contributions to fisheries and aquatic biology at the 151st annual meeting in Baltimore, MD.
Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Rachel Carson Chair and Director, named “Highly Cited Researcher” in the Cross-Field category by Clarivate Analytics. MSU researchers recognized in '2021 Highly Cited' list.
Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Rachel Carson Chair and Director, received a “Special Tribute” from the State of Michigan (signed by Senator Curtis Hertel, Jr.; Representative Julie Brixie; Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II; and Governor Gretchen Whitmer) for his work in sustainability science.
Two PhD students Veronica Frans and Nan Jia have been named MSU Cloud Computing Fellows.
Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Rachel Carson Chair and Director, has been honored with the World Sustainability Award by the MDPI Sustainability Foundation. This award encourages new initiatives and developments in sustainability, and is conferred to individuals who made outstanding contributions to sustainability.

World Sustainability Award

Kelly Kapsar, PhD candidate, received graduate scholarship from the MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Alumni Association.
Ken Frank, MSU Foundation Professor, has been named an American Educational Research Association fellow.
Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Rachel Carson Chair and Director, is the 4th person to receive The Gunnerus Award in Sustainability Science, which is jointly awarded every other year by the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Ken Frank, MSU Foundation Professor, has been elected to the National Academy of Education, an honor reserved for the nation’s most outstanding scholars in education.
Kelly Kapsar, PhD student, received The Annual Ambrose Pattullo Fund for Environmental Issues Graduate Fellowship for Literary Work.

2020

Six current or former CSIS members, including Director Jianguo “Jack” Liu, PhD graduates Vanessa Hull and Zhenci Xu, postdoctoral associate Jing Sun, PhD candidate Min Gon Chung and research assistant Shuxin Li, are honored with the Innovation in Sustainability Science Award by Ecological Society of America for their article “Nexus approaches to global sustainable development” published in Nature Sustainability.
Yingjie Li, PhD student, has been named one of 12 MSU Cloud Computing Fellows.
So-Jung Youn, PhD candidate, received the John A Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship.
Edith Gondwe, PhD Student, has received the Ambrose Pattullo Fund for Environmental Issues Graduate Fellowship for Literary Work.
Veronica Frans, PhD student, will have her work studying human influence on species distributions supported with two new fellowships: the Kellogg Biological Station LTER Research Fellowship and the Au Sable Graduate Fellow.

2019

Tessaliz Quiles Delgado, Master's student, has received the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation and Environmental Leadership Fellowship from the Hal and Jean Glassen Memorial Foundation.
Kelly Kapsar, PhD student, is awarded the Gilbert W. Mouser Memorial Scholarship, which is endowed by John McVickar in honor of his mentor, Gilbert Mouser, to support outstanding students who are pursuing studies in conservation and environmental education.
Thomas Connor, PhD student, received the NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award.
Ciara Hovis, PhD student, received the NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award.

2018

Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Rachel Carson Chair and Director, is elected the Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Rachel Carson Chair and Director, is named Fellow, Ecological Society of America.
Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Rachel Carson Chair and Director, is named as “Highly Cited Researcher” in the Cross-Field category by Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters).
Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Rachel Carson Chair and Director, is honored with the Distinguished Landscape Ecologist Award by US-IALE for his distinguished scientific contribution to the field of landscape ecology and for being “a pioneer in integrating landscape ecology with social sciences and policy for understanding landscape complexity and sustainability”.
Ciara Hovis, PhD student, has been awarded the Vera M. Wallach Scholarship for Wildlife Ecology or Management of Wildlife, which supports graduate students studying wildlife management, wildlife ecology, or natural resource management.
Sue Nichols, Assistant Director, has been named an AAAS Fellow.
Frank Lupi, Professor of environmental and natural resources economics and fisheries and wildlife, is one of 10 Spartans named William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty. You can read the full story here.
Emily Dean, PhD student, has been awarded the James Schramm Graduate School Scholarship in Fisheries by the Great Lakes Council, a regional affiliate of the Federation of Fly Fishers International.
Andrew Carlson, PhD student, received the NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award.
Yue Dou, postdoctoral associate, received the NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award.
Andrew Carlson, PhD student, received the Annual Robert C. Ball and Betty A. Ball Fisheries and Wildlife Fellowship.

2017

Three CSIS members Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Vanessa Hull and Shuxin Li were recognized by the Ecological Society of America (ESA) with the Sustainability Science Award for their research “Systems Integration for Global Sustainability” published in Science. See the ESA story.
Janet Hsiao, Master’s student, has accepted a Sea Grant Fellowship in the NOAA Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research in Silver Springs, MD.
Janet Hsiao, Master’s student, has won the John A Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, a unique educational experience to graduate students who have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources.
Thomas Connor, doctoral student, named Fulbright Scholar by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Thomas Connor, doctoral student, has been awarded an East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes award by the National Science Foundation.
Mark Rey, CSIS Executive in Residence, was honored by the National Association of State Foresters (NASF) with the Michael Buck Outstanding Service Award for Forest Public Policy in Charleston, WV.
Kelly Kapsar, PhD student, has been awarded the Vera M. Wallach Scholarship for Wildlife Ecology or Management of Wildlife.
Jing Sun, Postdoctoral Associate, received the NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award.

2016

Thomas Connor, PhD student, won a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for students enrolled in a program that combines the study of a modern foreign language with advanced training in international development studies or in the international development aspects of professional or other fields of study.
PhD students Andrew Carlson, Betsy Riley and So-Jung Youn have been accepted to the Great Lakes Leadership Academy’s Emerging Leader Program, designed for potential and current leaders seeking continuing professional development, focused on developing individual and organizational leadership skills, and applying those skills in a collaborative fashion to the common issues of diverse communities.
PhD students Andrew Carlson and Betsy Riley have been awarded the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation and Environmental Leadership Fellowship. The award is to provide an opportunity for graduate or professional students to achieve a level of professional and personal growth that will prepare them for leadership roles in natural resource and conservation based organizations and agencies.
Molly Good, PhD student, has been awarded the Red Cedar Fly Fishers Graduate Fellowship to assist in her research on the connection between law enforcement and fisheries resource management.
Master’s student Janet Hsiao and PhD student Joe Nohner have been awarded the Robert C. Ball and Betty A. Ball Fisheries and Wildlife Fellowships, which recognize students committed to studying fisheries, limnology or water quality.
Andrew Carlson, PhD student, has received the Science to Action Fellowship, which is provided through a partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center (NCCWSC) and Michigan State University (MSU).
Molly Good, PhD student, has been selected as a 2016-2017 Future Academic Scholars in Teaching (FAST) Fellow by the MSU Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning Steering Committee.
Anna Herzberger, PhD student, received the NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award.
Fang Wang, Postdoctoral Associate, received the NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award.
Janet Hsiao, Master’s student, received the Annual Robert C. Ball and Betty A. Ball Fisheries and Wildlife Fellowship.
Min Gon Chung, PhD student, received the William W. and Evelyn M. Taylor Endowed Fellowship for International Engagement in Coupled Human and Natural Systems.

2015

Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Rachel Carson Chair and Director, is elected as member of the American Philosophical Society (APS).
William Taylor, University Distinguished Professor, is elected as AFS Fellow, American Fisheries Society.
PhD students Anna Herzberger and Hongbo Yang won the William W. and Evelyn M. Taylor Endowed Fellowship for International Engagement in Coupled Human and Natural Systems.
Min Gon Chung, Doctoral student, received the NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award.
Jillian Deines, Doctoral student, received the NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award.
Andrew Carlson, doctoral student, received a Fenske Fellowship Award. The award was made possible by a generous contribution from the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.

2014

The paper “Framing sustainability in a telecoupled world” led by Jianguo “Jack” Liu, has been given the Best Paper Award (Ralf Yorque Memorial Competition Award) by Ecology and Society. Other CSIS members joining Liu in writing the article was Vanessa Hull, Thomas Dietz, Shuxin Li, William McConnell and Emilio Moran.
Jillian Deines, doctoral student, has been awarded the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship.
CSIS alumna Abigail Lynch will receive the Albert Hazzard Award from the Michigan Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Wednesday in Holland, MI.
Marissa Hammond, master's student, has been honored with the Dr. Howard A. Tanner Fisheries Excellence Fellowship for 2014-15. The award recognizes a student who is committed to fisheries research related to the Great Lakes, connecting waterway or tributary stream research.
Hongbo Yang, doctoral student, received the NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award.
Molly Good, doctoral student, received a Fenske Fellowship Award. The award was made possible by a generous contribution from the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.

2013

Abigail Lynch, doctoral student, has been honored with the Dr. Howard A. Tanner Fisheries Excellence Fellowship for 2013-14. The award recognizes a student who is committed to fisheries research related to the Great Lakes, connecting waterway or tributary stream research.
Kelsey Schlee, master’s student, has received the Schrems Scholarship and will use it to investigate the effects of climate change on brook trout for her thesis work.
Joe Nohner, doctoral student, received an American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists (AIFRB) Clark Hubbs Research Assistance Award for excellence in graduate-level research.
Wu Yang, doctoral student, received the CHANS Fellowship at ESA Annual Meeting.
Abigail Lynch, doctoral student, received the CHANS Fellowship at ESA Annual Meeting.
Neil Carter, doctoral student, received the NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award.
Marissa Hammond, master's student, received a Fenske Fellowship Award. The award was made possible by a generous contribution from the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.

2012

Mark Rey, Executive in Residence in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and CSIS, was given the Distinguished Service Award for his work providing outstanding opportunities for students through the Demmers Scholars Program and teaching.
Vanessa Hull has received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the Ecological Society of America’s Asian Ecology Section.
Kelsey Schlee, a zoology senior, will assess inland fisheries in some of the world’s most renowned rivers thanks to the William W. and Evelyn M. Taylor Endowed Fellowship for International Engagement in Coupled Human and Natural Systems.
Zhiqiang Zhao, Postdoctoral Associate, received the NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award.

2011

William Taylor, University Distinguished Professor, has been honored with the Mentoring for Professional Diversity in Fisheries Award by the American Fisheries Society (AFS). He also won the award in 1995 – and is the only person to receive the award twice.
Vanessa Hull, doctoral candidate has been awarded the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship.
Abigail Lynch, a University Distinguished Fellow, will travel to Australia to study fisheries management in the context of climate change thanks to the William W. and Evelyn M. Taylor Endowed Fellowship for International Engagement in Coupled Human and Natural Systems.
Mao-Ning Tuanmu‘s presentation about the giant panda’s potential ability to survive climate change has earned him an Award for Best Student Presentation from the U.S. Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE).
Neil Carter, Doctoral student, received the CHANS Fellowship at AAAS Annual Meeting.

2010

Jianguo “Jack” Liu, University Distinguished Professor and Director, elected AAAS Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Thomas Dietz was honored with the Animals and Society Section/Award for Distinguished Scholarship, American Sociological Association.
Jianguo “Jack” Liu, University Distinguished Professor and Director, was honored with the Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service as President of US-IALE, US-IALE (US Regional Association, International Association for Landscape Ecology).
Mao-Ning Tuanmu, doctoral student, has been awarded the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship.
Vanessa Hull received the William W. and Evelyn M. Taylor Endowed Fellowship for International Engagement in Coupled Human and Natural Systems.
Chiara Zuccarino-Crowe, doctoral student, received a Fenske Fellowship Award. The award was made possible by a generous contribution from the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.
Xiaodong Chen, doctoral candidate, received Harvard University's Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Research Fellowship in Sustainability Science.
Mao-Ning Tuanmu, doctoral candidate, received the CHANS fellowship at US-IALE conference.
Xiaodong Chen, doctoral candidate, received the CHANS fellowship at AAG Conference.
Wu Yang, doctoral student, received the NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award.

2009

Thomas Dietz was honored with the Gerald L. Young Book Awards in Human Ecology, Society for Human Ecology.
Neil Carter, doctoral student, has been awarded the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship.
Nick Reo, doctoral student, received the NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award.
Abigail Lynch, doctoral student, received a Fenske Fellowship Award. The award was made possible by a generous contribution from the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.

2008

Mao-Ning Tuanmu, doctoral student, received the NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award.

2007

Jianguo “Jack” Liu, University Distinguished Professor and Director, was awarded the Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service, National Research Council of The National Academies, 2007.
Jianguo “Jack” Liu, University Distinguished Professor and Director, was honored with the Ralph H. Smuckler Award for Advancing International Studies and Programs, Michigan State University. (In recognition of “significant and lasting impact on the advancement of international scholarship, teaching, and public service”).
Nils Peterson, doctoral student, received the NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award.

2006

Jianguo “Jack” Liu, University Distinguished Professor and Director, was honored with the Guggenheim Fellowship Award, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2006. (In recognition of “exceptional capacity for productive scholarship”).
Jianguo “Jack” Liu, University Distinguished Professor and Director, was honored with the Distinguished Service Award, US-IALE (United States Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology).
Jianguo “Jack” Liu, University Distinguished Professor and Director, was honored with the Hayward Fellowship Award, Landcare Research, New Zealand.
William Taylor, Professor and CSIS member, was honored with the Distinguished Service Award by US Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology.
Vanessa Hull, doctoral student, received the NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award.
Wei Liu, Doctoral student, received the NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award.

2005

Jianguo “Jack” Liu was honored with the University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University.
Thomas Dietz was honored with the Sustainability Science Award, Ecological Society of America.
Jianguo “Jack” Liu was honored with the Distinguished Faculty Award, MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Alumni Association, (In recognition of “faculty who have brought distinction to the college through teaching, extension or research, and have provided leadership that has helped students, faculty or citizens to reach their potential for excellence”).
Guangming He, doctoral student, received the NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award.

2004

Thomas Dietz was honored with the Environmental Sociology Section/Outstanding Publication Award, American Sociological Association.
Anita Morzillo, doctoral student, has been awarded the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship.
Edward Laurent, doctoral student, has been awarded the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship.
Scott Bearer, doctoral student, received the NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award.