Past Awardees
2023-24 Awardees
Rachel B. mentored by Brian Roth): Predatory fish diets in Lake Huron and Lake Michigan
Griffin B. (mentored by Brett DeGregorio): Wildlife game camera image tagging and analysis for Snapshot USA
Jack B. (mentored by Jerry Belant and Abby Bennett): Impact of the Nepal Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve on the food security of local communities
Dennis E. (mentored by Angela Burrow): Computer-assisted pattern recognition for gopher frogs
Erin G. (mentored by Tom Loch): Fish husbandry, clinical examination, and in vivo lab research
Xochitl G. (mentored by Michael Wagner): Unraveling the mystery of how sea lamprey migrate in the deep, cold waters of Lake Huron
Vivian G. (mentored by Amber Peters): Comparison of species composition, abundance and biomass between a marine protected area and a fished area in Sodwana, South Africa using marine BRUV analysis
Adalyn H. (mentored by John Hume): Understanding what larval lamprey feed on and how they do it
Sarah H. (mentored by Tom Loch): Bacterial and viral pathogen diagnoses in fish
Maggie J. (mentored by Michael Wagner): Unraveling the mystery of how sea lamprey migrate in the deep, cold waters of Lake Huron
Caleb O. (mentored by Angela Burrow): Exploring the role of integrated plant-animal systems in ecological restoration
Camryn R. (mentored by Steve Gray and Gary Roloff): Bat detector and forest management data analyses
Allison S. (mentored by Mark Axelrod and Abby Bennett): Climate change and inland fisheries adaptation
Walter S. (mentored by Brett DeGregorio): Wildlife usage of muskrat lodges
2022-23 Awardees
Avery A. (mentored by Tom Loch): Aquatic animal health within the Great Lakes basin (focusing on fish husbandry, tissue processing, and in vivo lab research)
Griffin B. (mentored by Brian Roth): Fish demographics at Corey Marsh Ecological Research Center
Ben E. (mentored by Steve Gray and Gary Roloff): Assisting with vegetation data analysis for a ruffed grouse project in the Upper Peninsula
Isabel G. (mentored by Jerry Belant): Role of wild animal harvest toward nutritional security
Sam K. (mentored by Sonja Christensen and Steven Gurney): White-tailed deer demographics in Central Michigan
Aaron P. (mentored by Jen Owen): Diet study of migratory birds
Mark P. (mentored by Tom Loch): Aquatic animal health within the Great Lakes basin (focusing on diagnostic techniques for bacterial and viral pathogens of fish)
Mackena R. (mentored by Jerry Belant): Development of artificial intelligence models for wildlife species identification
Braydon S. (mentored by Mary Tate Bremigan): Perch Lake monitoring and outreach to lake residents
2021-22 Awardees
Quinn B. (mentored by Steve Gray and Gary Roloff): Tracking wood turtles to assess effects of private forest management in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Kelly C. (mentored by Jen Owen): Monitoring animal and plant communities as part of a long-term ecological study at the Corey Marsh Ecological Research Center
Corbin H. (mentored by Jean Tsao): Small mammal trapping and tick surveillance at Corey Marsh Ecological Research Center
Katie K. (mentored by Sonja Christensen and Steven Gurney): Reviewing trail camera photos to estimate wildlife abundance and population characteristics
Laura L. (mentored by Jared Ross and Dana Infante): Improving spatial accuracy of data characterizing spawning and nursery habitats important for Great Lakes fishes
Sarah M. (mentored by Brian Roth): Analyzing benthic invertebrate samples to assess impacts of invasive red swamp crayfish on the surrounding ecosystem
Brady Y. (mentored by Tom Loch): Learning fish husbandry and testing fish for bacterial pathogens using molecular assays