DISTINGUISHED MASTER’S THESIS AWARD

Water Resources Graduate Student Named Recipient of the U of M’s
2007 Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award

Adam W. Sealock was named recipient of the U of M 2007 Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award.  The Graduate School has nominated him for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) master’s thesis award.  

His MS thesis – An Investigation of Disturbance, Sampling Methods, the River Continuum Concept, and Hydroseres in Hardwood Creek, a Ditched Stream in Minnesota, USA has important implications for biomonitoring and bioassessment of disturbed stream systems.  His work is being used by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. 

Sealock received the M.S. degree in September 2007 under the direction of Professor Leonard Ferrington and is employed by the Metropolitan Council in the Environmental Services Division.

To learn more about Adam's research, go to http://www.entomology.umn.edu/midge/Sealock.htm.