2023 E.J. Crossman Award Winners – Erik Dean & Timothy Fernandes, University of Toronto

There were dual recipients of the E.J. Crossman Award for Best Student Oral Presentation at the 2023 AFS-OC Annual Meeting. Erik Dean and Timothy Fernandes, from the University of Toronto, were judged equally deserving of the 2023 award.  Erik’s presentation was titled “Bighead Carp overwintering under climate change — spawning, survival, and implications for invasion” and Timothy’s presentation was titled “A Fish out of winter: Winter energy acquisition and storage influence spring reproduction in a warm-water fish”. Abstracts are available in the 2023 Annual Meeting Program. Timothy (left) and Erik (right) “share” the award.