Travel Award Recipients to Attend the 2023 Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference (WAISC)

March 10, 2023

Cherissa Dukelow

A person on a boat, silhouetted against a sunset in Dillingham, AK.

Photo courtesy of Sebastian Zavoico.

Alaska EPSCoR granted 11 travel awards for both UA and non-UA affiliates for travel to Dillingham, Alaska to attend the Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference and Forum (WAISC) April 5-6, 2023.

The following applicants were awarded:

Bill Kane
Igiugig Village Council, Alaska Venture Fund
Community-based monitoring capacity

 Kathleen DeMichele
UAA FIREWALL
Wildfire resilience & Alaska's electrical system

Michael Lindemann
UAA FIREWALL
Wildfire forecasting

 Shelby Bacus, PhD Student
UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Climate change impacts to snow crab and Tanner crab

Mack Hughes, MS Student
UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Trophic changes in Alaska's rocky intertidal ecosystem

 Harmony Wayner, Alaska Sea Grant Fellow
NOAA Marine Debris Program on an Alaska, University Centre of the Westfjords
Food sovereignty and well-being in Bristol Bay

Matthew Scragg, MS student
UAF Institute of Northern Engineering, Water and Environmental Research Center (WERC)
Fresh Eyes on Ice

Reyce Bogardus, PhD Student
UAF Geophysical Institute, Tectonics & Sedimentation Group
Climate impact on storm intensity, preparedness & resiliency

 Amy Hendricks
UAF International Arctic Research Center, Atmospheric Sciences
Climate change impacts to wildfire potential and subsistence

Benjamin Americus, Alaska Sea Grant Fellow
Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation
Alaska seafood sustainability certification

Sarah Dempsey, Undergraduate Student
UAF Department of Biology and Wildlife
Moose population & habitat in Togiak National Wildlife Refuge