Hairston receives award for work in limnology

Nelson Hairston, the Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Environmental Science emeritus, has been awarded the Naumann-Thienemann Medal by the Societas Internationalis Limnologiae (SIL), the highest honor that can be bestowed internationally for outstanding scientific contributions to limnology. Hairston will receive this honor at the next SIL congress in Gwangju, South Korea.