Hazzard Award Recipients

  • 2016 – Seth Herbst, Michigan State University, Ph.D. Walleye (Sander vitreus) dynamics in the Inland Waterway, Michigan
  • 2015 – No Award
  • 2014 – Abigail Lynch, Michigan State University, M.S. Designing a decision-support tool for harvest management of Great Lakes white fish (Coregonus clupeaformis) in a changing climate
  • 2013 – Marty Williams, Michigan State University, M.S. Spatial, temporal, and cohort-related patterns in the contribution of wild Chinook salmon to total Chinook harvest in Lake Michigan
  • 2012 – Kyle Molton, Michigan State University, M.S. Michigan State University, Keeping up with the times: Are more conservative control rules needed to protect inter-mixing lake whitefish populations?
  • 2011 – Sherry Martin, Michigan State University, Ph.D. Michigan State University, Land-use legacy effect: Combining spatial and temporal drivers in statistical and mechanistic models of lake water chemistry.
  • 2010 – Amy Schueller, Michigan State University, Ph.D. Michigan State University, Ph.D. Interactions between demographic stochasticity and genetic integrity of lake sturgeon populations.
  • 2009 – Jon Hansen, Michigan State University, M.S. Long-term implications of dam removal for mesohabitat and macroinvertebrate communities in Michigan and Wisconsin rivers.
  • 2008 – Heather Dawson, Michigan State University, Ph.D. Recruitment dynamics of Great Lakes sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) populations and implications for integrated pest management.
  • 2007 – Robin DeBruyne, Central Michigan University, M.S. Age, growth, and relative abundance of lake whitefish (Coregonis clupeaformis) in Lake Michigan using fishery independent surveys from 1800-2005.
  • 2006 – Tyler Wagner, Michigan State University, Ph.D. Can habitat alteration and spring angling explain largemouth bass nest success?
  • 2005 – Ann Krause, Michigan State University, Ph.D. The role of compartments in food-web structure and changes following biological invasions in southeast Lake Michigan.
  • 2004 – Bryan Burroughs, Michigan State University, M.S., Dam removal effects on fluvial geomorphology and fish populations, and diet of catostomids in the Pine River, Michigan.
  • 2003 – Todd Wills, Michigan State University, M.S., Variable effects of habitat enhancement structures across species and habitats in Michigan reservoirs.
  • 2002 – Amy Derosier, Michigan State University, M.S. Early life history of sea lamprey larvae: implications for density dependence.
  • 2001 – Joanna Lessard, Michigan State University, M.S., Temperature effects of dams on coldwater fish and and macroinvertebrate communities in Michigan.
  • 2000 – Hope Dodd, Michigan State University, M.S. The Effects of low-head lamprey barrier dams on stream habitat and fish communities in tributaries of the Great Lakes.
  • 1999 – Ann Krause, Michigan State University, M.S., Sampling variability of ten fish species and population dynamics of alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and bloater (Coregonus hoyi) in Lake Michigan.
  • 1998 – No Award
  • 1997 – Edward Roseman, Michigan State University, M.S., Walleye egg deposition and survival on reefs in Western Lake Erie, Ohio.
  • 1996 – Edward Baker, Michigan State University, Ph.D., Evaluation of the impacts of a simulated irrigation withdrawal on the habitat and populations of brook trout and benthic macroinvertebrates in Hunt Creek, Michigan.
  • 1995 – Jeffrey S. Schaeffer, University of Michigan, Ph.D.,  growth of yellow perch in Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron.
  • 1994 Kelley D. Smith, University of Michigan, Ph.D., Vegetation-open water interface and the predator-prey interaction between largemouth bass and bluegills.
  • 1993 – David J. Zafft, Michigan State University, M.S., Migration of wild chinook and coho salmon smolts from the Pere Marquette River.
  • 1992 – No award.
  • 1991 – Daniel B. Hayes, Michigan State University, Ph.D., Competition between white sucker and yellow perch; results of a whole-lake manipulation.
  • 1990 – Michael B. Twohey, Northern Michigan University, M.S., Effects of larvicide on lamprey larvae.
  • 1989 – No award
  • 1988 – No award
  • 1987 – Paul Seelbach, University of Michigan, Ph.D., Population biology of steelhead in the Little Manistee River.
  • 1986 – Mark Freeburg, Michigan State University, M.S., Early life history factors influencing whitefish in Grand Traverse Bay.
  • 1985 – Robert Dorazio, University of Michigan, Ph.D., Population dynamics of rotifers.
  • 1984 – Peter Jacobsen, Michigan State University, Computer simulation of the population dynamics of lake whitefish in northern Lake Michigan.
  • 1983 – John Dorr III, University of Michigan, Ph.D., Substrate and other environmental factors in reproduction of the yellow perch.
  • 1982 – Kurt Fausch, Michigan State University, Ph.D., Salmon competition in tributaries of Lake Michigan.
    Steve Arnold, Michigan Tech, Lake Superior herring dynamics.  (Dual award)
  • 1981 – Gary Mittelbach, Michigan State University, Ph.D., Foraging efficiency and size class competition in the bluegill sunfish.
  • 1980 – Greg Busacker, Wayne State University, The use of biological half-life and other indices for the evaluation of toxicant turnovers.