Council of Fellows

Web Profile	Affiliation	Email	Research Interests
Joe Atkinson	State University of New York - University at Buffalo	atkinson@buffalo.edu	Environmental fluid mechanics & water quality modeling, including nested hydrodynamic-nearshore and finer scale models
Jay Austin	University of Minnesota-Duluth	jaustin@d.umn.edu	Coastal physical oceanography & limnology Long-term effects of climate change on large lakes How wind moves water around these systems
Niladri Basu	University of Michigan	niladri@umich.edu	Toxic pollutants in relation to health of wildlife, humans and ecosystems
Stuart Batterman	University of Michigan	stuartb@umich.edu	Ambient air quality & epidemiology Emerging chemical threats & environmental measurements Environmental and occupational exposures Infectious water-related disease International health Energy environment & sustainability Human health risk assessment
Dima Beletsky	Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER)	beletsky@umich.edu	Hydrodynamic modeling of lakes Physical--biological coupling in lakes
Bopi Biddanda	Grand Valley State University, Annis Water Resources Institute	biddandb@gvsu.edu	Understanding the role microorganisms play in mediating the journey of carbon Microbial Ecology
John Bratton	NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL)	john.bratton@noaa.gov	Coastal & marine geology Coastal groundwater systems Impacts of climate change on coastal environments
Brad Cardinale	Univerisity of Michigan	bradcard@umich.edu	Biodiversity & ecosystem processes Community assembly Restoration ecology
Hunter Carrick	Central Michigan University	hunter.carrick@cmich.edu	Ecology of freshwater protists Role of phytoplankton and microzooplankton in aquatic food webs Nutrient limitation in aquatic streams and lakes Causes and consequences of hypoxia in large lakes Developing biogeochemical metrics to set nutrient load limits for aquatic ecosystems
Steve Colman	University of Minnesota-Duluth	scolman@d.umn.edu	Quaternary stratigraphy & geochronology in terresterial, lacustrine & nearshore marine environments Paleoclimatic & paleoenvironmental records from large lake/estuary sediments Use of biogenic silica, radio carbon dating & high-resolution seismic-reflection stratigraphy in paleoenvironmental research
Jim Cotner	University of Minnesota	cotne002@umn.edu	How bacteria & dissolved organic matter affect biogeochemical processes in aquatic systems How variation in microbial metabolism can affect ecosystem dynamics Impacts of humans on ecosystem & global biogeochemical processes
Drew Gronewold	NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL)	drew.gronewold@noaa.gov	Hydrological & water quality modeling with a focus on propagating uncertainty & variability into model-based management decisions Predicting runoff in ungauged basins Recreational water quality dynamics on Great Lakes beaches Incorporating probability and theory & Bayesian statistics into watershed-scale forecasting
Nathan Hawley	NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL)	nathan.hawley@noaa.gov	Modern process sedimentology & sediment transport Sediment trap dynamics Boundary layer flow Internal & surface waves
Thomas Hook	Purdue University	thook@purdue.edu	Fish & fisheries ecology in the Laurentian Great Lakes Lower trophic level organisms Small and large freshwater & marine ecosystems
Tom Johengen	Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER)	johengen@umich.edu	Nutrient cycling and lower food-web dynamics in the Great Lakes Ecological impacts of non-indigenous species on nutrient cycling and water quality Prevention and control of non-indigenous species introductions associated with shipping activities Anthropogenic influences on watershed-scale nutrient loading. Development and application of in situ sensors for research and management applications in the Great Lakes and coastal oceans.
Donna Kashian	Wayne State University	dkashian@wayne.edu	Role of contaminants & how multiple disturbances at the community & ecosystem levels impact toxicity Nutrient cycling by invasive species
Peter Lavrentyev	University of Akron	peter3@uakron.edu	Ecology & biology of the microbial food web in aquatic ecosystems
Brent Lofgren	NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL)	brent.lofgren@noaa.gov	Modeling of atmospheric systems & their coupling to terrestrial & water surfaces
Nancy Love	University of Michigan	nglove@umich.edu	Fate of chemical stressors (metals, organics, emerging contaminants) in complex microbiological systems Bacterial metabolism of nitrogen (nitrification, denitrification, anaerobic ammonia oxidation) Nitrogen:trace contaminant-linked metabolisms Wastewater effluent stressors, including effluent-derived organic nitrogen fate
Rex Lowe	Bowling Green State University	lowe@bgsu.edu	Algal ecology and biodiversity
Stuart Ludsin	Ohio State University	ludsin.1@osu.edu	Fish population and community dynamics Fisheries ecology (recruitment, stock structure) Food web ecology Ecosystem modeling Physical-biological modeling Aquatic-terrestrial interactions
Phanikumar Mantha	Michigan State University	phani@egr.msu.edu	Process-based hydrologic modeling Modeling coupled (physical-chemical-biological) processes Ecosystem forecasting Coastal water quality
Peter McIntyre	University of Wisconsin-Madison	pmcintyre@wisc.edu	Great Lakes of North America & Africa Freshwater fish diversity Conservation Fisheries Nutrient dynamics
Guy Meadows	University of Michigan	gmeadows@umich.edu	Field & analytical studies of marine environmental hydrodynamics Active microwave remote sensing of ocean dynamics Development of in situ & remote oceanographic instrumentation & data acquisition systems
Cheryl Murphy	Michigan State University	camurphy@msu.edu	Environmental toxicology Reproductive physiology Ecology Modeling Behavior
Scott Peacor	Michigan State University	peacor@msu.edu	Ecology Predator-Prey interactions Nonconsumptive effects Modeling Invasive species Behavior
Lutgarde Raskin	University of Michigan	raskin@umich.edu	Environmental biotechnology and molecular microbial ecology, with a focus on biological water and watewater treatment. Examples of application areas include anaerobic biological treatment for bioenergy production, membrane bioreactors, sustainable aquaculture systems, biofiltration and biofilm systems for drinking water treatment
Jen Read	Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS)	jread@glos.us	Scientific & policy aspects of binational water and natural resource management
Carl R. Ruetz III	Grand Valley State University, Annis Water Resources Institute	ruetzc@gvsu.edu	Fisheries ecology & management Experimental design & statistics Population & community ecology Stream ecology
Paul Seelbach	USGS Great Lakes Science Center	pseelbach@usgs.gov	Water management policy Natural resource agency leadership Watershed & fisheries research Landscape ecology approach to aquatic ecosystems Regional aquatic information & mapping systems Environmental philosophy Dynamics of anadromous fishes
Carol Stepien	University of Toledo	carol.stepien@utoledo.edu	Fish population & community ecology emphasis Genetic & evolutionary strategies of invasive species Evolutionary biology Biogeography Phylogenetic systematics Population genetics of marine & freshwater fishes Genetics of invasive species
Robert Sterner	University of Minnesota	stern007@umn.edu	Plankton ecology Lake Superior limnology Ecological stoichiometry Urban limnology
Cary Troy	Purdue University	troy@purdue.edu	Physical limnology Turbulence and mixing Internal waves Circulation and dispersion
Mike Wiley	University of Michigan	mjwiley@umich.edu	Watershed management Community dynamics & population regulation Trout stream food webs Modeling complex systems Fisheries management

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