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Dr. Shannon White's framework for the design and analysis of riverscape genetic studies – a novel bidirectional geneflow in riverscapes model – will help us understand the movements of animals in riverine ecosystems. This paper, recently published in Ecological Applications and highlighted in Penn State News, helped identify larger rivers as important movement corridors for brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in a Pennsylvania watershed.
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Danielle is a recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award - considered to be among the most prestigious of the awards given to Penn State graduate students. The award recognizes excellence in master’s-level thesis research in any of the disciplinary areas of the arts and humanities; social sciences - applied and basic; physical and computational sciences - applied and basic; life and health sciences; and engineering.
Congratulations Danielle! Danielle was awarded the Cooper Award by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. The Cooper Award provides travel support for students to present at the chapter’s annual meeting.
Congratulations to Danielle for being awarded the Roger M. Latham Award. The award is given annually to an outstanding graduate student advised by Wildlife and Fisheries Science faculty in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management. The Latham Award memorializes Roger Latham, a lifelong conservationist and the outdoor editor of the former Pittsburgh Press. Great work, Danielle!!
The lab had a great time talking with about 160 students at Gray’s Woods Elementary School about the importance of clean water and how we can tell – by looking at the critters that live in the water – whether or not a stream is healthy. Cat McClure presented her research on contaminants of emerging concern in rivers of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed at the annual U.S. Geological Survey workshop and meeting that's all about Chesapeake Bay Watershed science!  Congratulations to Shannon White on all her accomplishments during her tenure in the Wagner Lab. Shannon received the Distinguished Doctoral Scholar Medal from Penn State President Eric Barron. Wagner Lab research on the eastern brook trout, research led by PhD student Shannon White, made its debut in the film “Expedition Chesapeake, A Journey of Discovery,”- a film developed by the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts. The film premiered on Wednesday, 20 March in Harrisburg, PA. Emmy-award-winning naturalist Jeff Corwin is the guide on this journey - encouraging audiences to be active members of their communities in an effort to conserve and restore the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. We had a great time at the premiere and hope others check it out!  Recent paper on trends in global shark attacks, with collaborators Steve Midway (LSU) and George Burgess (Univ. of Florida), is picked up by several media outlets. In addition to local news outlets, our research was highlighted by CNN, Fox News, and US News and World Reports. There is a nice story by the Star-Advertiser, a Honolulu-based daily newspaper.Shannon White is a recipient of the 2019 Alumni Association Dissertation Award - considered to be among the most prestigious of the awards given to Penn State graduate students.
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Ty WagnerAssistant Unit Leader and Adjunct Professor of Fisheries Ecology, PA Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit and Penn State Archives
June 2020
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