NOAA Science Research Review of the
Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

GLERL Awards & Honors 2010-2015

Department of Commerce

• DOC Bronze Medal Award 2013 – George Leshkevich
  For research and development of an algorithm for automatic lake ice classification utilizing satellite radar data.
• DOC Bronze Medal 2011 - Greg Lang, Dave Schwab, Hendrik Tolman, Patrick O’Reilly, Rebecca Cosgrove, Christine Caruso Magee, John Kelley, Eugene Wei, Greg Mott, Aijun Zhang, Mark Vincent
  Implementation of the Great Lakes Operational Forecast System in NOAA’s high performance computing environment

NOAA

• NOAA Technology Transfer Award 2015 – Tim Hunter
  Transferring hydrometeorological research to operations which was well beyond his programmer and IT specialist role
• NOAA Research Employee of the Year 2014 – George Leshkevich
  Harmful Algal Bloom crisis in the western Lake Erie basin and record Great Lakes ice cover
• NOAA Research Outstanding Science Communicator Award 2013 – Margaret Lansing
  Communicating the meaning and value of NOAA-related science and research to non-scientific audiences
• NOAA’s Administrator Award 2012 - Greg Lang, Dave Schwab, Mark Vincent , Hendrik Tolman, John Kelley, Greg Mott, Frank Aikman, Aijun Zhang, Gregg Mann, Richard Wagenmaker, Michael Dutter
  Integration of Great Lakes marine forecasts from NOAA line offices, assuring consistency throughout the NOAA marine product suite.

International Association For Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) Awards and Recognition

• IAGLR Chandler Misener Award 2015 - Donald Scavia (Graham Sustainability Institute, University of Michigan) with co-authors including: J. David Allan, Kristen Arend, Steven Bartell, Dmitry Beletsky, Nate Bosch, Steven Brandt, Ruth Briland, Irem Daloglu, Joseph DePinto, David Dolan, Mary Anne Evans, Daisuke Goto, Haejin Han, Thomas Hook, Roger Knight, Stuart Ludsin, Doran Mason, Anna Michalak, Peter Richards, James Roberts, Daniel Rucinski, Edward Rutherford, David Schwab, Timothy Sesterhenn, Hongyan Zhang, Yuntao Zhou, Dmitry Beletsky, Ed Rutherford, Hongyan Zhang, Doran Mason
  Most notable paper: “Assessing and addressing the re-eutrophication of Lake Erie central basin hypoxia”
  
• IAGLR Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 – David J. Schwab
  Recognizes important and continued contributions to the field of Great Lakes research over a period of 20 years or more
• IAGLR Editor’s Award 2013 – Edward Rutherford
  Presented for "outstanding support of the journal's review process"
• IAGLR Anderson - Everett Award 2011 – ALL GLERL
  Recognized for important and continued contributions to the Association over a period of years.
• IAGLR Chandler- Misener Award 2011 - W. Charles Kerfoot, Foad Yousef, Sarag A. Green, Judith W. Budd, David J. Schwab, Henry Vanderploeg
  For the most notable paper: “Approaching storm: Disappearing winter bloom in Lake Michigan”
• IAGLR Editor’s Award 2011 – Gary Fahnenstiel
  Presented for "outstanding support of the journal's review process"

Additional Honors

• Eastern Great Lakes Region – American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing – 2015 - George Leshkevich
  Presented for “Dedicated Service as Secretary / Treasurer”
• Council under the Executive Office of the President of the United States – 2015 – Kimberly Kulpanowski -
  Performance Ambassador Program at the Performance Improvement
• NASA Group Achievement Award - 2015 - Harmful Algal Blooms Airborne Hyperspectral Team - George Leshkevich, Steve Ruberg
  “For outstanding achievement in conducting airborne campaigns and enabling new remote sensing and analytical capabilities for monitoring harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie.”