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Straub awarded SETAC / EA Engineering Jeff Black Award

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

November 2005

The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) awarded Crista Straub the 2005 SETAC/EA Engineering Jeff Black Award at the SETAC North America annual meeting in November 2005.

Straub was selected to receive the 2005 award for her thesis work studying the impacts of PCB exposures on the reproductive success of great blue heron at Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in Illinois. She is pursuing a master's degree in zoology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and has been a graduate research assistant in the Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center since 2003.

"It is an honor to receive the Jeff Black award, especially knowing how many other qualified master's students there are," says Straub, who earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Southeast Missouri State University in 2002. "I would also like to thank EA Engineering and SETAC for their contributions."

This award is in recognition of Jeff Black's life in science and his contributions to SETAC. The award is co-sponsored by SETAC and EA Engineering. This $2,000 (USD) 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