CILER-GLERL Seminar Series

CILER-GLERL Seminar Series

This jointly-sponsored seminar series attracts regional, national and international speakers to Ann Arbor in order to facilitate Great Lakes research collaborations in a variety of research areas. Through an online webinar system, this venue has expanded its outreach to stakeholders and the public even beyond the Great Lakes basin. Seminar topics within this past year alone have included:

Hydrological and water-air climate modeling
Nutrient loading impacts
Environmental contaminants and risk assessment
Bioindicators of Great Lakes health
Invasive species impacts
Lake benthification

For more information about this seminar series, to be included on a list-serv, or to request a visit to Ann Arbor to present your research, please contact Sander Robinson at sanderdr@umich.edu

Contact Us:

CILER
G110 Dana Building
440 Church Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1041
Phone: (734) 763-3010

Vision and Mission:

CILER's vision is to enhance the quality of the Great Lakes and its related ecosystem services, through a partnership of universities, NOAA scientists, and other stakeholders.

CILER's mission includes: 1) translating research into productive outcomes through outreach and education; 2) facilitating productive interactions between scientists in the Great Lakes basin, with a primary focus on NOAA partnerships; 3) identifying and characterizing emerging areas of concern for the Great Lakes ecosystem, with applications to all coastal ecosystems; 4) providing a forum for better linking ecosystem responses, sustainable ecosystem services, and decision-making, and; 5) advancing our understanding of, and ability to predict, complex ecosystem processes, responses, and dynamics.