Honors College grad awarded an Environmental Protection Agency STAR Fellowship
by Kathleen McCoy |
Marcus Welker (B.S. Natural Sciences '09, University Honors College) has been awarded an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) STAR Fellowship to continue his Ph.D. at Dartmouth College studying the restoration of Atlantic salmon in Lake Champlain and the mechanisms of salmon migrations. The EPA STAR award is the top-of-the-line fellowship for graduate students in the environmental sciences. Welker will continue to work with state (Vermont and New York), federal (USFWS, USGS and NOAA) and international (Japanese salmon scientists) collaborators to broaden the reach of his impact.
"This award represents years of work and reflects all of the time and energy UAA and the University Honors College contributed to my education," says Welker.
Follow Welker and the other Dartmouth Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship students at http://dartmouthigert.wordpress.com.
Watch Welker on YouTube talking about his Atlantic salmon research in Greenland.
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