Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory Graduate Students Receive Multiple Awards

Graduate students in the SCSU Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory received multiple awards!

Megan Cox

Nicholas Cipoletti

Megan Cox received an Academic Excellence Award from CSWEA.

Nicholas Cipoletti was a finalist for the Fenske Memorial Award (Fish and Wildlife Society) and received the Jeff Black Award at the meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

Congratulations to both!

Lab Honors for Aquatic Tox Lab Graduate Students!
Lena Ivanova - Runner-up for "Best Poster Presentation", NA SETAC November 2015, Salt Lake City, UT
Lena Ivanova - "Best Oral Presentation", MW SETAC, March 2016, Madison, WI
Megan Cox - Animal Behavior Society Student Research Grant - Spring 2016
Congratulations !

Lab Honors !

Two honors were bestowed on the Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory this summer:

The Master's Thesis written by Daniel Rearick was awarded "Best Thesis" by St. Cloud State University.  In addition, Dr. Schoenfuss was named the first University Scholar in the Minnesota State College and University System.

EmCon 2014 Iowa City Iowa

The Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory was well presented at the 2014 Emerging Contaminants Meeting in Iowa City Iowa (August 2015).  Dr. Schoenfuss and three graduate students made the trip.  Presentations by Linnea Thomas, David Feifarek and Dr. Schoenfuss were well received as were four posters presented during the poster social.

(from left to right: Dr. Schoenfuss, David Feifarek, Linnea Thomas and Kyle Bird)

As an added bonus, we were able to invite Dr. Jianliang Zhao to come back with us to St. Cloud State University at the conclusion of the conference to visit the lab.

 (from left to right: Dr. Schoenfuss, Dr. Jianliang Zhao, Linnea Thomas, Cheetoh - the fathead minnow lab mascot and David Feifarek)

Road trip!!!

2014 will be a busy travel year for the lab.  Research projects in Hawaii, a new NSF grant examining the Chicago waterways, and US Fish & Wildlife Service funding for an examination of streams around the Great Lakes will keep us on the road for most of the spring.  A new covered trailer will provide additional flexibility for field work and transporting of samples from field sites to the lab.

Looking ahead in 2014

After a flurry of activities in fall 2013, the new year is starting off  .... with a flurry of activities.  Despite the sabbatical absence of Dr. Schoenfuss, the lab has been making steady progress on several ongoing and new initiatives and will present at three upcoming meetings:  (i) the MN Pollution Control Agency annual meeting in Bloomington, MN; (ii) the Midwest Chapter of the Society for Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry meeting in Chicago, IL;  (iii) the Emerging Contaminant meeting in Iowa City, IA.

Upcoming Presentations

Fall 2013 is heating up with multiple scheduled presentations.

Dr. Schoenfuss will present a seminar on Contaminants of Emerging Concern at The College of Wooster (Ohio) on September 26, 2013.  On October 16, 2013 he will speak at the North Central Cheese Association annual conference in Rochester, MN on the impact of dairy industry on aquatic environments.  Finally, the annual meeting of the Society for Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry from November 17 through 21, 2013 looms large with 8 presentations and three symposia associated with the Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory.  Stay posted for more presentation announcements.