| 2022 | DR. Robert Colombo Director of the Center for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, and Coordinator of the Environmental Biology program at Eastern Illinois University |
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| 2021 | Dr. Carl R. Ruetz III Grand Valley State University, Annis Water Resources Institute |
Connectivity and movement of fishes inhabiting Lake Michigan drowned river mouths |
| 2020 | No Annual Meeting | |
| 2019 | Samuel Munoz | The Past, Present, and Future of Mississippi River Floods |
| 2018 | Richard Anderson |
50th Anniversary meeting included a panel discussion led by five long-serving members of the MRRC to reflect on the past and future of the organization |
| 2017 | David Strayer |
Treating biological invasions of large rivers like they matter |
| 2016 | John Chick Illinois Natural History Survey |
Asian Carp, Sport Fish Declines, Major Floods and Climate Change: A Lighthearted Romantic Comedy |
2015 |
Robert Jacobson |
Restoration on the Missouri River: A long, strange trip |
2014 |
Emily Stanley Professor of Limnology, University Wisconsin-Madison and Lead Investigator for the North Temperate Lakes Long Term Ecological Research Program |
Lessons from the long view: Challenges and opportunities with long-term research in aquatic ecosystems |
2013 |
Walter Dodds University Distinguished Professor of Biology, Kansas State University |
Understanding freshwaters in the anthropocene: long-term and large-scale approaches |
2012 |
Christopher L. Jerde University of Notre Dame, Environmental Change Initiative |
Conservation by the cup (of water): How indirect DNA surveillance of species distributions may lead to improved resource management |
2011 |
Martin C. Thoms Riverine Landscapes Research Laboratory, University of New England, New South Wales, Australia |
The ecohydrology of large river basins |
2010 |
Paul A. Bukaveckas Department of Biology, Center for Environmental Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University |
Constraints on phytoplankton abundance and their contribution to food webs of the Ohio, Upper Mississippi, and Missouri Rivers |
2009 |
John Lyons Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |
Using fish assemblages to assess the ecological health of the Upper Mississippi River |
2008 |
Matthew D. Dacy Director, Heritage Hall, The Museum of Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic |
A passion for the river: Mayo and the Mississippi |
2007 |
Richard E. Sparks National Great Rivers Research & Education Center |
Why naturalize developed floodplains? An integrated analysis and response |
2006 |
Ken S. Lubinski USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center and The Nature Conservancy |
Learning, believing, and the relevance of river science |