Recognition

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2022

  • 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

World Sustainability Award

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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.

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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