SDAFS Reservoir Committee

Recent Robert M. Jenkins Memorial Reservoir Research Scholarship Winners

2004:
Lori Davias, North Carolina State University "Bioenergetic and Ecosystem Modeling of Striped Bass in North Carolina Reservoirs: Solving the Temperature-Oxygen-Forage Paradox and Evaluating Management Options"
Jessica S. Thompson (2nd year), North Carolina State University "The Implications of Habitat Selection within a Bioenergetics Framework: Growth, Trophic Demand, and Spatially-explicit Modeling of a Top Aquatic Predator in a Constructed Ecosystem"

2003:
Jessica S. Thompson, North Carolina State University "The Implications of Habitat Selection within a Bioenergetics Framework: Growth, Trophic Demand, and Spatially-explicit Modeling of a Top Aquatic Predator in a Constructed Ecosystem"
Kevin J. Hoffman, Tennessee Tech University "Recruitment Variability and Stocking Efficacy for Largemouth Bass Populations in the Tennessee River System"

See the entire scholarship history

Scholarship Committee

Kurt Kuklinski, Chair:
Oklahoma Fishery
Research Lab,
500 E. Constellation,
Norman, OK 73072
(V) 405-325-7288
(F) 405-325-7631
kkuklinski@odwc.state.ok.us

Mike Wood
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
368 Century Park Boulevard
Monroe, LA 71203-8732
(318) 343-4044
wood_mg@wlf.state.la.us

Neal Jackson
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
1044 Central Road
Mayfield, KY 42066
(270) 759-5295
neal.jackson@ky.gov

Brent Hess
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
4738 Mooty Bridge Road
La Grange, GA 30240
(706) 845-4180
Brent_Hess@dnr.state.ga.us

Steve Sammons
Auburn University
203 Swingle Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849-5419
(334) 844-4058
ssammons@auburn.edu

Robert M. Jenkins Memorial Reservoir Research Scholarship Application Form

Fill in the information requested on following form using only the space provided. Limit your answers to cover the period of your college career only.

General Information

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1. Education, including degree(s) earned and major field of study.
Include overall GPA and GPA in major for each degree earned.
 

2. List work experience in fisheries or related life science professions
since beginning college-level studies.
 

3. List publications on which you were the first author (only those published
or in-press); and presentations made at professional meetings.
 

4. List professional, scientific, and honor society memberships and
positions held.
 

5. Provide a statement describing your career goals.
 

Other Required Documentation

6. Provide a copy of your research proposal indicating its relevance to
reservoir fisheries science in the southeastern United States. It can be
submitted via email or hardcopy to the scholarship committee chair
(Kurt Kuklinski, Oklahoma Fishery Research Lab, 500 E. Constellation,
Norman, OK 73072; GGillOkla@aol.com). The committee chair will
distribute copies to the entire review committee.

7. Application must accompanied by a letter of introduction and recommendation
from the applicant's major professor of faculty advisor. This letter should state
how long and in what capacity they have known the applicant. In addition, the letter
should address the applicant's promise as a future fisheries scientist. It can be
submitted via email or hardcopy to the scholarship committee chair (Kurt Kuklinski,
Oklahoma Fishery Research Lab, 500 E. Constellation, Norman, OK 73072;
GGillOkla@aol.com). The committee chair will distribute copies to the entire
review committee.

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