Name | Degree | Areas of Interest | Campus | |
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Zac Aanerud | Ph.D. | Nutrient management in Southwestern Minnesota corn fields, with the specific interest in understanding the nitrogen cycle |
Twin Cities | [email protected] |
Abigail Armstrong Latanich | M.S. | Using eDNA and microscopy in mesocosm studies to investigate efficacious detection and monitoring methods of aquatic invasive species establishment from ballast water |
Duluth | [email protected] |
James Moe Benda | Ph.D. | Duluth | [email protected] | |
Alia Benedict | Ph.D. | Studying how lower trophic groups interact in the winter microbial loop and how these interactions contribute to full-year energy flows |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Lauren Borst | M.S. | Watershed science and management |
Twin Cities | [email protected] |
Katie Bruesewitz | M.S. | Dietary habits of an underperforming walleye population on a northern Minnesota reservoir. |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Benjamin Bugno | M.S. | Erosional processes of rivers on the north shore of Lake Superior |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Jake Callaghan | Ph.D. | Duluth | [email protected] | |
Shauna Capron | M.S. | Tribally directed interdisciplinary project on Wild Rice/Manoomin/Psiη |
Twin Cities | [email protected] |
Zixuan Chen | Ph.D. | Reactive transport modeling of nitrate |
Twin Cities | [email protected] |
Sarah Clauss | M.S. | Examining the spread of didymo (considered an aquatic nuisance species) throughout the streams that feed into Lake Superior and how it affects the biological communities in affected streams |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Megan Corum | M.S. | Examining predatory zooplankton densities along a depth gradient across a day/night and seasonal scale |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Ashlyn Cowgill | Ph.D. | Twin Cities | [email protected] | |
Kelly Duhn | M.S. | Understanding how wetland fungalbiome influences nutrient cycling, especially as it relates to wild rice and the restoration of degraded or dominant species-shifted habitats. |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Bradly Evraets | M.S. | Hydrology |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Charlie Faude | M.S. | Twin Cities | [email protected] | |
Levi Feucht | M.S. | Winter fisheries dynamics in inland Minnesota lakes |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Adam Frankiewicz | M.S. | Using Geometric Morphometric Analysis to Differentiate Two Species of Sphaeriidae clams (Sphaerium simile and Sphaerium striatinum) |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Michael Frett | M.S. | Utilizing fish sensory physiology to manage the spread of invasive species |
Duluth | [email protected] |
David Gallagher | M.S. | Changes in fish community composition of Isle Royale's inland lakes |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Fatemeh Gholizadeh | Ph.D. | Geochemical cycling of sulfur in aquatic sediments and lake waters |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Leah Glimsdal | M.S. | Investigating invasive fish physiology, predator prey relationships, and possible management techniques |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Erica Green | Ph.D. | Observations of wind driven internal waves and turbulence in Lake Superior |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Katie Hembre | M.S. | Effects of alum treatments on native and invasive plant species via lake profiles and surveys in the Twin Cities Metro and portions of Wisconsin |
Twin Cities | [email protected] |
Vadym Ianaiev | Ph.D. | Duluth | [email protected] | |
Lauren Isbell | M.S. | Comparing zooplankton assemblages at Isle Royale National Park |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Mariel Jones | Ph.D. | Examining the intricacies of spring and winter hydrological effects in Minnesota headwaters and peatland landscapes |
Twin Cities | [email protected] |
Andy Kasun | M.S. | The interplay of watershed history and fluvial equilibrium through use of remote sensing/mapping, sediment budgets, and sediment provenance and tracing. |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Britta Larson | M.S. | Examining the microbial and geochemical requirements of wild rice to aid in restoration. |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Jeremy Laurich | M.S. | Investigating the effects of environmental growing conditions on the nutrient content of wild rice seeds |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Brianna Loeks Johnson | Ph.D. | Microbial manipulations of nitrogen in freshwaters to better understand how to manage for the negative impacts of excess nutrients in lakes. |
Twin Cities | [email protected] |
Reane Loiselle | M.S. | Using stoichiometry and genomics to assess limiting factors for diverse Great Lakes algal blooms and their associated toxins |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Leslie Ludtke | Ph.D. | Groundwater modeling of the Pineland Sands aquifer region to better understand the impacts of intensive irrigation on nearby water bodies and wild rice populations. |
Twin Cities | [email protected] |
Emma MacNeill | Ph.D. | Examining modern and paleo-phytoplankton in the Great Lakes |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Philip Margarit | Ph.D. | Using groundwater modeling tools to investigate both the impact of intensive agriculture in the Pineland Sands Aquifer region's water quality and quantity and the impacts of regional groundwater flow and active drainage network dynamics on baseflow recession, solute, and heat transport |
Twin Cities | [email protected] |
Samantha McClung | M.S. | Tracing how that PFAS moves through rivers, streams, and other hydrologic systems |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Rob McManus | M.S. | The role of trace metal nutrient limitation on Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) communities |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Elise Miller | Ph.D. | Thinning trees in a coast redwood dominated forest affects forest hydrology and watersheds. |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Ian Mundy | Ph.D. | Duluth | [email protected] | |
Michael Nagel | M.S. | Temporal/seasonal changes to crustacean zooplankton species found in a ballast-rich port using contemporary and historical samples |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Kaela Natwora | Ph.D. | Nutrient dynamics and community structure that prompt and support harmful algal blooms (HABs) |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Mohamed Ouarani | Ph.D. | Working in collaboration with Mohamed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P, Morocco) on the use of integrated hydrological modeling for sustainable water resources management in arid coastal regions. |
Twin Cities | [email protected] |
Anna Peterson Bauman | M.S. | Impacts of lake associations on water quality |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Lucas Roessler Caram | M.S. | Urban watershed management to improve and protect local water bodies |
Twin Cities | [email protected] |
Daniel Sandborn | Ph.D. | Inorganic carbon biogeochemistry in lakes and oceans, with a focus on observation of CO₂ flux and cycling |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Josh Schrope | M.S. | Investigating the sublethal impacts of deicing salts on fish behavior |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Claire Simmerman | Ph.D. | Twin Cities | [email protected] | |
Liana Sweezer | M.S. | Duluth | [email protected] | |
Bailey Tangen | M.S. | Assess the soil response to rainfall under soil health and conventional management systems, estimate field working days and their economic impacts under soil health and conventional management systems, and explore the importance of field working days for farmer quality of life and stress levels. |
Twin Cities | [email protected] |
Victor Teng | Ph.D. | Test whether using hydrological modeling can downscale the total water storage anomalies monitored by the Gravity Recovery Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE). Currently using machine learning algorithms to simulate the storage-discharge relation with Hydrological Simulation Program-Fortran (HSPF) |
Twin Cities | [email protected] |
Molly Tilsen | M.S. | Using a data-driven approach to networks and dynamics to suggest management strategies for controlling the spread of aquatic invasive species in the Upper Mississippi River Basin |
Twin Cities | [email protected] |
Angela Tippery | M.S. | Extraction and analysis of microplastic samples of multiple sizes from Lake Superior waters |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Anna Totsch | M.S. | Determine effects of lake character and seasonality on AIS detections probability using eDNA. Optimize field and lab methods for maximizing detection probability of multiple AIS. |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Lien Tran | M.S. | Linkage between methanogenesis and the nitrogen cycle in Minnesota's freshwater wetland ecosystem |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Lauren Votava | M.S. | Bioaccumulation of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Great Lakes sediment and benthic organisms |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Quinn Whiting | Ph.D. | Study of organic contaminants in Lake Superior sediments. |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Molly Wick | Ph.D. | Focusing on how aspects of place and identity influence cultural ecosystem services, or the intangible benefits of nature for individuals and communities |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Anu Wille | Ph.D. | Detection and tracing of chronic wasting disease through hydrological transport vectors |
Twin Cities | [email protected] |
Erika Winner | M.S. | Effects of landscape properties on the drought resilience of forested watersheds in northern California |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Jules Witts | Ph.D. | Investigating how communities are heard and can organize to improve access to resources and achieve greater equity in the decision-making process |
Duluth | [email protected] |
Limeimei Xu | Ph.D. | Twin Cities | [email protected] |