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Koch awarded SETAC / EA Engineering Jeff Black Award

Koch (left) receives award from EA Engineering's Bill Goodfellow.

14 November 2004

The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) has awarded Brain T. Koch the 2004 SETAC/EA Engineering Jeff Black Award.

Koch is a graduate student at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and has been a graduate research assistant in the Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center for the past two years.  He will receive the award during the Fourth SETAC World Congress and 25th Annual Meeting in North America to be held Nov. 14-18, 2004, in Portland, Ore.

"I am very pleased and honored to be selected as the award winner and wish to thank SETAC North America and EA Engineering for their contributions," says Koch, who will earn a master's degree in zoology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, with a projected spring of 2005 graduation.  Along with being a member of SETAC, Koch is a member of the American Fisheries Society.

This award is in recognition of Jeff Black's life in science and his contributions to SETAC.  EA Engineering will contribute $1,000 to the 2004 award, which will be matched by the Society.  This award is given to a SETAC member who is a student or entering student pursuing a master's degree in a field of study encompassed by the Society.

SETAC is a not-for-profit, worldwide professional society consisting of individuals and institutions dedicated to the study, analysis, and solution of environmental problems; the management and regulation of natural resources; environmental education; and research and development.  Visit www.setac.org for more information.

Contact:
April M. Phillips
T 850 469 1500 x 28
aprilp@setac.org