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Winners of the first EFFS Award for the best PhD Dissertation in Freshwater Sciences
 The EFFS Board of Representatives is proud to announce the successful applicants for the first EFFS Award for the best PhD Dissertation in Freshwater Sciences (2011-2012).
An international jury, composed of five members of the International Representatives of EFFS, have evaluated the pre-selected dissertations, which had been transmitted by the National Societies. Three candidates have been selected for the prizes.
Main prize and winner of the EFFS Award for the best PhD Dissertation in Freshwater Sciences:
Dr. Diego Tonolla
Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), Water Division, Bern, Switzerland
for the doctoral thesis entitled
“Acoustic and thermal characterization of river landscapes”
The two subsidiary prizes go to:
Dr. Sami Domisch
Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F) Frankfurt and Senckenberg
Research Institute and Natural History Museum Gelnhausen
for the doctoral thesis entitled
“Species distribution modelling of stream macroinvertebrates under climate change scenarios”
and to:
David X. Soto, Ph.D.
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
for the doctoral thesis entitled
“Combining trace metal bioaccumulation and stable isotopes to reveal food web structure in freshwater ecosystems”
The prizes will be surrendered at the beginning of the conference in an award ceremony, scheduled for Monday, 1 July. Subsequently, the prize winner will give a dedicated plenary lecture.
Additionally, the winning theses will be exhibited during the symposium at the booth of the association of European Fresh and Young Researchers (EFYR).
Congratulations !
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