GLWI graduate students win awards for work in
neuroscience, toxicology, fisheries ecology, limnology

Posted: May 3, 2010
Updated: May 12, 2010

Qing Liu (center), with co-advisor Michael Carvan (right).

Jennifer Forecki (left) and Dena Hammond (right).

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) graduate students conducting research at the Great Lakes WATER Institute (GLWI) recently won awards for their work in neuroscience, toxicology, fisheries ecology, and limnology.

Jennifer Forecki and Dena Hammond, fourth-year doctoral students in neuroscience, each received a James D. Anthony Award at the UWM Department of Biological Sciences' annual research symposium held Apr. 27. The award is given to students in animal biology. Hammond also won a Ruth Walker Grant-in-Aid Award, given to students to pursue academic or research activities. Both Forecki and Hammond are graduate students of advisor Ava Udvadia, assistant professor of biological sciences at GLWI and UWM.

Qing Liu, a fourth-year doctoral student in molecular toxicology, also received a Ruth Walker Grant-in-Aid Award at the symposium. Liu's advisors are Michael Carvan, Shaw associate scientist at GLWI, and Reinhold Hutz, professor of biological sciences at UWM.

Yu Wang.

Maxon Ngochera.

Yu Wang, a third-year doctoral student in fisheries ecology, received the Clifford H. Mortimer Award, given to students in limnology or related sciences, at the symposium. Wang's advisor is GLWI senior scientist John Janssen.

Maxon Ngochera, a first-year doctoral student in limnology, has been awarded an International Association of Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) Scholarship. The scholarship recognizes academic excellence and is awarded to two doctoral students whose dissertation research is likely to make a significant contribution to the understanding of large lakes. Ngochera's achievement will be recognized at the annual IAGLR conference in Toronto, Canada, on May 18. Ngochera's advisor is Harvey Bootsma, associate scientist at GLWI.

–Jennifer Yauck