ICRS Officers and Council are pleased to announce the following 2022 ICRS Award Winners:
Eminence in Research Award
- Virginia Weis, USA
- Nicholas Polunin, UK
Mid-Career Award
- Christian Voolstra, Germany
Early Career Award
- Georgina Gurney, Australia
Coral Reef Conservation Award ($2500)
- David Obura, Kenya
World Reef Award ($2500)
- Safira Warili Hawari Djohani, Indonesia
ICRS Fellow
In addition to the winners listed above, who automatically receive ICRS Fellow status, the following nominees were also awarded ICRS Fellow status:
- Caroline Rogers, USVI
- Lisa Rodrigues, USA
- Madeleine van Oppen, Australia
- Michael Lesser, USA
- Raquel Peixoto, Saudi Arabia
- Sarah Davies, USA
We are also pleased to announce the following Fellowship winners. These fellowships provide financial support for student research projects (Ruth Gates and Graduate Research Fellowships) and the development of science communication skills for a society member (Science Communications Fellowship). The awardees are:
Ruth Gates Fellowship ($5000)
- Natalia Uribe-Castaneda, Colombia
- Liam Lachs, UK
Graduate Research Fellowship ($2500)
- Alexandra Pierre, Haiti
- Bibiana Nassongole, Mozambique
- Danielle Becker, USA
- Li Lee, Malaysia
- Michelle Taylor, UK
- Shakeel Jogee, Mauritius
Science Communication Fellowship ($2000)
- Hannah Rempel, USA
Thank you to all nominees, nominators, and writers of letters of support. You all help make the ICRS a thriving Society. The ICRS supports diversity and inclusivity and we are happy to be able to award the most diverse cohort of awardees to date, representing scientists and students from across the globe.
Thank you for all that you do to investigate, protect, and conserve coral reef ecosystems.
Sincerely,
Dr. Carly J Randall, ICRS Honors and Awards Committee Chair
Dr. Andréa Grottoli, ICRS President
