Awards and Recognition Received by the SFOS Community
October 2009
Dr. Charles Crapo, Professor of Seafood Science and MAP received the McFee Award. The award was presented in absentia to Dr. Crapo during the 3rd Joint Trans-Atlantic Fisheries Technology Conference (TAFT) and WEFTA held from 15-18 September 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark. Read more...
October 2009
Dr. Charles Crapo, Professor of Seafood Science and MAP received the International Association of Fish Inspectors Award. Each biennium, the International Association of Fish Inspectors honors individuals for career contributions to the profession of seafood inspection, science and technology and, related fields, in industry, academia, government, and/or related organizations. Read more...
August 2009
At the 2009 American Fisheries Society
meeting in Nashville, Joseph Margraf,
SFOS professor of fisheries, received the Meritorious Service Award for his loyalty,
dedication and service to AFS and for exceptional commitment to AFS programs, objectives and goals.
August 2009
Associate Dean Michael Castellini was honored as the William S. Hoar Memorial Lecturer for 2009-2010 by the Department of Zoology at the University of British Columbia.[more info]
July 2009
Dana Hanselman, an affiliate professor at the Juneau Fisheries Center, has been honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers by President Barack Obama. [more info] Dana earned his Ph.D. at University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2004.
January 2009
Markus Janout won an award for best oral presentation by a Ph.D. student at the
Alaska Marine Science Symposium for his talk on "Temperature controlling processes and the recent
cooling of the northern Gulf of Alaska." [more info]
Michael Castellini
January 2009
Mayumi Arimitsu won the best M.S. student poster award at the Alaska Marine Science Symposium for her work on
"The influence of glacial features on oceanographic gradients in Kenai Fjords, Alaska:
A closer look at Kittlitz's murrelet foraging habitat." [more info]
January 2009
Nathan Stewart, a Ph.D. student studying sea otters with advisor Brenda Konar won
the best Ph.D. student poster award at the Alaska Marine Science Symposium for
"Patterns in sea otter resource selection in Kachemak Bay, Alaska." [more info]
December 2008
Michael Castellini of the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, for his distinguished contributions as a marine biologist and as an outstanding mentor of young scientists. [more info]
December 2008
John Kelley of the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, for his lifetime dedication as a mentor and teacher and for outstanding service to Alaskan, arctic and national organizations. [more info]
August 2008
Harold Geiger, a Ph.D. student in fisheries, Anthony Gharrett, professor of fisheries at UAF's fisheries program in Juneau, and Bill Smoker, director of the fisheries program, received the Stevan R. Phelps Award for the Best Genetics Paper published in an American Fisheries Society Journal in the year 2007. The paper is called "What causes variability in pink salmon family size."
Joel Webb
June 2008
Mary Bozza named a Dean John A. Knauss fellow. The Knauss Fellowship provides highly qualified graduate students one year of paid experience with Congressional staff or with an Executive Branch agency working on marine issues.[more info]
June 2008
Celeste Leroux named a Dean John A. Knauss fellow. [more info]
June 2008
Erin Steiner named a Dean John A. Knauss fellow. [more info]
January 2008
Katie Palof received an award for her presentation on her thesis work (genetics of Pacific Ocean perch) at the Alaska Marine Science Symposium. [more info]
January 2008
Lisa Kamin earned the award for best poster for a master's level student at the Alaska Marine Science Symposium. The project studies the population structure of Pacific ocean perch. [more info]
January 2008
Joel Webb earned an award at the Alaska Marine Science Symposium for his poster on developing biological reference points for eastern Bering Sea crab.
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January 2008
Cindy Tribuzio received an award for Ph.D. level oral presentation at the Alaska Marine Science Symposium. Her research is focused on the biology of the spiny dogfish shark in the Gulf of Alaska.[more info]
June 2007
Seanbob Kelly chosen as the National Sea Grant Knauss fellow. In both 2004 and 2005, Kelly was selected as UAF's outstanding fisheries undergraduate student.
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September 2007
At the 2007 American Fisheries Society meeting in San Francisco,
Trent Sutton,
SFOS undergraduate fisheries coordinator, received an award recognizing his personal
contributions to the AFS Education Section.
May 2006
Zygmunt Kowalik, a professor of physical oceanography at the UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, has received the 2006 Tsunami Society Award for his three decades of work in numerical modeling of tsunamis.
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