The list below are CFL faculty and staff. Click here to see undergraduate and graduate student awards.
- Hilary Dugan – 2024 ASLO Yentsch-Schindler Award Recipient
- Paul Hanson – 2024 ASLO Martin Award Recipient
- Grace Wilkinson – 2024-25 Vilas Associate Competition, recognizing “new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance”
- Hilary Dugan – Meet the 2024 Distinguished Teaching Award winners
- Steve Carpenter recognized by Research.com for Ecology and Evolution Leader Award for 2023; and 2023 Edition of Ranking of Best Scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution cites as ranked #8 in the world ranking and #3 in United States.
- Beatrix (Bea) Beisner, CFL Postdoc 2002 (Carpenter), winner of the 2023 Rigler Award; recognizes and honors major achievements in the field of limnology by Canadians or those working in Canada., Canada’s highest award for excellent limnology research.
- Steve Carpenter named a 2022 Highly Cited Researcher
- Steve Carpenter awarded Asahi Glass Foundation’s 31st “Blue Planet Prize”, 2022
- Grace Wilkinson named an Early Career Fellow (2022-2026) with the Ecological Society of America
- Steve Carpenter named a Fellow of AAAS, 2021
- Steve Carpenter named a 2021 Highly Cited Researcher
- Steve Carpenter named a 2020 Highly Cited Researcher
- 2019 Alfred C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award to Stephen Carpenter. ASLO 2019 presentation and interview after presentation
- Ecological Society of America announces 2019 award recipients – Innovation in Sustainability Science Award for Bright spots: seeds of a good Anthropocene (Bennet, E.M. (lead author), Reinette Biggs, Garry Peterson, Carpenter, Steve, et al.) April 16, 2019
- Madison lake expert wins $90,000 Catalan Prize, Wisconsin State Journal, December 26, 2018 (Steve Carpenter)
- Steve Carpenter received the Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology 2018
- Steve Carpenter named a 2018 Highly Cited Researcher
- Paul Hanson and Hilary Dugan received one of ten 2018 Data Science Initiative (DSI) faculty research support for innovative project of a data pipeline for freshwater science data repositories
- Ellen Hamann received 2018 Academic Staff: Early Career Award from College of L&S recognizing outstanding performance, promise of future contributions and a high degree of professionalism
- Hilary Dugan names one of ten winners in The Winners: Cool Science Images 2018
- Emily Stanley named a 2018 Fellow by the Ecological Society of America; from the Ecological Society of America, recognizing the quality and importance of her contributions to ecology, for her ability to identify and lead new ecological frontiers, and for making connections across boundaries that continue to push our field forward.
- John Lyons is the recipient of 2018 Fellows Award. This award recognizes educators, researchers, mentors, artists, and civic or business leaders from across Wiscon who have made substantial contributions to the cultural life and welfare of our state and its people.
- Emily Stanley awarded the 2018 G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award from the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography. This award honors a limnologist … who has made considerable contributions to knowledge, and whose future work promises a continued legacy of scientific excellence.