| Zachary Aanerud | Doctoral | Dialing in the Most Corn-Profitable and Environmentally Responsible Nitrogen Rate | Fabian Fernandez | Summer 2025 |
| David Adams | Masters | The Effect of Annual and Seasonal Variation in Precipitation on Temporal Water Storage Dynamics in Six Headwater Peatland Catchments: Marcell Experimental Forest, Minnesota | Salli Dymond | August 2023 |
| Nichole Angell | Masters | Cost-effectiveness of aquatic invasive species prevention techniques | Nick Phelps | Sept. 2023 |
| David Baldus | Masters | | Karen Gran and John Swenson | Sept. 2023 |
| Matthew Bambach | Masters | The Land of Blue Green Waters? Describing the Algal Community Dynamics of Six Minnesota Lakes by Examining Cyanobacterial Dominance and Toxicity | Andrew Bramburger | March 2020 |
| Hannah Behar | Masters | Modeling Stream Thermal Dynamics: The Influence of Beaver Dams in a Minnesota Watershed | Karen Gran and Salli Dymond | August 2020 |
| Matthew Belanger | Masters | Assessing the Implications of Chloride from Land Application of Manure for Minnesota Waterways | Melissa Wilson and Erin Cortus | June 2023 |
| Peter Birschbach | Masters | Optimizing a long-term monitoring program to track toxic algal blooms in a Great Lakes estuary | Euan Reavie and Chris Filstrup | Summer 2025 |
| Brian Bohman | Doctoral | Investigating Nitrogen and Irrigation Management Strategies to Improve Agronomic and Environmental Outcomes for Potato Production | David Mulla and Carl Rosen | August 2021 |
| Elizabeth Boor | Masters | Chemicals of Emerging Concern in Minnesota Subsurface Sewage Treatment Systems | Sara Heger | July 2023 |
| Amanda Brennan | Doctoral | Increasing Transparency in the Implications of Variability in Contaminant Partitioning | Nathan Johnson | November 2021 |
| Katie Bruesewitz | Masters | Dietary Habits of an Underperforming Walleye (Sander vitreus) Population in a Northern Minnesota Reservoir | Donn Branstrator | April 2025 |
| Benjamin Bugno | Master | Controls on landscape evolution in post-glacial bedrock rivers, Lake Superior basin | Karen Gran | Summer 2025 |
| David Burge | Doctoral | Modern Limnological and Paleolimnological Applications of Diatoms in Minnesota Lakes | Mark Edlund | April 2021 |
| Emma Burgeson | Masters | Hydrologic Responses to Beaver Dam Removal in the Knife River Watershed | Karen Gran and Salli Dymond | October 2022 |
| Katie Cassidy | Masters | The Environmental Impacts of the Use of Potassium Acetate as an Alternative Deicer | Chan Lan Chun | November 2022 |
| Sarah Clauss | Masters | Assessment of Microbial Nutrient Cycling Capacity in Didymosphenia Geminata Mats in Nearshore Lake Superior and Stream Populations | Cody Sheik | Spring 2025 |
| Ayooluwateso Coker | Masters | Phosphorus in Riverine and Lake Bottom Sediments: Role in the formation of Cyanobacterial Blooms in Lake Superior | Robert Sterner | August 2022 |
| Peter Conowall | Masters | A Comparison of The Microplastic Burden on the Ecosystems of Four Inland Lakes in Minnesota, USA | Katie Schreiner | June 2022 |
| Megan Corum | Masters | Diel and horizontal patterns in the densities of Bythotrephes, Chaoborus, and Leptodora in a Minnesota Reservoir | Donn Branstrator | Nov. 2023 |
| Lisa Deguire | Masters | From Shipping to Swimming: Bacterial Monitoring and Diversity in Ballast Treatment Systems and Recreational Waters | Randall Hicks and Chan Lan Chun | August 2021 |
| Nichole DeWeese | Masters | Long-term population growth and food web impacts of the Spiny Water Flea (Bythotrephes longimanus) revealed from sediment records | Donn Branstrator and Euan Reavie | March 2020 |
| Chelsea Delaney | Masters | Estimating Lake Water Volume Using Scale Analysis | John Nieber | Dec. 2019 |
| Jack Distel | Masters | Identifying the Impact and Efficacy of Watershed Management on an Urban Stream | John Nieber | Feb. 2020 |
| Kelly Duhn | Masters | Unveiling the Role of Fungal Communities in Wild Rice Wetlands | Chan Lan Chun and Nate Johnson | April 2025 |
| Devin Edge | Masters | Photodegradation of Natural Organic Matter in Plume Versus Non-plume Waters in Lake Superior | Liz Austin-Minor | August 2021 |
| Leah Egan Schleppenbach | Masters | Cyanobacteria phenology and toxicity across six Minnesota temperate lakes | Chris Filstrup and Cody Sheik | October 2022 |
| Mark Ellman | Masters | Effects of Winter Hypoxia on Fish Communities in Northern Wisconsin | Thomas Hrabik | July 2023 |
| Jasmine Eltawely | Masters | Plan B Project | Ray Newman | Dec. 2019 |
| Zachary Ethier | Masters | Plan B Project | Jay Bell and Chris Lenhart | Feb. 2020 |
| Bradly Evraets | Masters | Channel Realignment Restoration Impacts on Flow and Microbial Activity in the Hyporheic Zone | Karen Gran and John Swenson | Dec. 2024 |
| Emily Fleissner | Masters | Investigating the Changes in Fish Behavior in Response to Anthropogenic Sound | Allen Mensinger | August 2021 |
| Adam Frankiewicz | Masters | Assessing the Effectiveness of Geometric Morphometric Analysis in the Identification of Sphaeriidae (Bivalvia: Veneroida) | Val Brady and John Pastor | April 2024 |
| Lara Frankson | Masters | Measurement of Antibiotics in Water and Sediment: Determining Our Antibiotic Footprint | Bill Arnold | June 2020 |
| Michael Frett | Masters | Evaluating CO 2 and sound as an invasive bigheaded carp deterrent in a model lock and dam | Allen Mensinger | Spring 2025 |
| Jacob Fredrickson | Masters | Spatial and Temporal Variability During Radiatively-Driven Convection in Lake Superior | Jay Austin | July 2021 |
| David Gallagher | Masters | Characterizing spatial and temporal trends in fish community diversity in the inland lakes of Isle Royale, MI, USA | Thomas Hrabik | Summer 2025 |
| Shelbi Hammerschmidt | Masters | Understory Transpiration Rates Following Stand Density Reduction in a Coast Redwood Forest | Salli Dymond | October 2020 |
| Kerri Hawk | Masters | | Larry Baker | December 2019 |
| Katie Hembre | Masters | The Response of Native and Invasive Aquatic Macrophytes to Water Quality Conditions after Aluminum Sulfate Treatments | Ray Newman | September 2024 |
| Elizabeth Hill | Masters | A High-Throughput Microfluidic qPCR Platform for the Simultaneous Quantification of Fecal Indicator Bacteria, Microbial Source Tracking Markers, and Pathogens in Surface Waters and Municipal Wastewater | Satoshi Ishii and Chan Lan Chun | July 2022 |
| Audrey Huff | Doctoral | Dreissenid-Mediated Energy and Nutrient Cycling in Profundal Regions of the Laurentian Great Lakes | Ted Ozersky | August 2023 |
| Emily Hyde | Masters | | Cody Sheik | August 2020 |
| Mitchell Ihlang | Masters | Groundwater recharge in formerly glaciated terrain: Exploring the relationship between frost dynamics, precipitation, and snowmelt in a Northeastern Minnesota deranged drainage basin | John Swenson and Salli Dymond | August 2021 |
| Andrew Kasun | Masters | How much can we farm: a stakeholder objective tradeoff exploration modeling framework for nitrate leaching land management decision-making | John Nieber | Summer 2025 |
| Adelle Keppers | Masters | Characterization of Antibiotic Resistant Genes in Two Unique City Sewer Systems | Chan Lan Chun | Dec. 2020 |
| Payton Kittaka | Masters | Temporal Fluctuations in Carbonate System Variables of Lake Superior Tributaries | Liz Austin-Minor | June 2023 |
| Douglas Klimbal | Masters | Methods for Monitoring and Mitigating the Use of Chloride Deicers | Larry Baker and Bruce Wilson | Jan. 2020 |
| Garner Kohrell | Masters | Quantifying the Impacts of Climate Change on Soil Erosion and Runoff in Minnesota Agricultural Watersheds using the WEPP Model | David Mulla | August 2022 |
| Katie Kramarczuk | Masters | Optimizing Biofiltration Media for the Capture of Phosphate and the Support of Vegetation Growth | Andy Erickson and Jacques Finlay | June 2022 |
| Sophia LaFond-Hudson | Doctoral | Biogeochemical interactions and ecological consequences of sulfur in stands of wild rice | Nathan Johnson and John Paster | May 2020 |
| Britta Larson | Masters | Effects of a Sediment Microbiome Augmentation on the Biogeochemistry of Wild Rice | Nathan Johnson and Chan Lan Chun | July 2024 |
| Abigail Latanich | Masters | A Risk-release Assessment of Aquatic Invasive Species Using Protist Surrogates In Mesocosm Studies | Euan Reavie | April 2024 |
| Jeremy Laurich | Masters | Natural Growing Conditions Related to the Size and Nutritional Contents of Wild Rice Seeds | Nathan Johnson | Dec. 2023 |
| Xiang Li | Doctoral | Data Driven Discoveries in Streamflow, Vadose zone, and Baseflow | John Nieber | June 2023 |
| Denver Link | Masters | Mercury concentration and aquatic food web alterations associated with zebra mussel invasion in Minnesota lakes | Gretchen Hansen | August 2023 |
| Brianna Loeks | Doctoral | Closing the knowledge gap surrounding nitrogen cycling in Minnesota lakes | James Cotner | August 2024 |
| Reane Loiselle | Masters | A taxon for every treatment: Influence of nutrient and temperature shifts on Great Lakes phytoplankton community composition | Robert Sterner | September 2024 |
| Maqsood Mansur | Masters | Observation and Prediction of Seiches in Lake Superior | Sam Kelly | Oct. 2020 |
| Samantha McClung | Masters | Observations and Source Apportionment of Targeted Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Wet Deposition and their Importance to Secluded Lake Sediments | Alex Frie and Brudget Ulrich | Summer 2025 |
| Elizabeth (Betsy) McKay | Masters | Ecology of Giant, Sulfur-Oxidizing Thioploca Bacteria in Great Lakes Sediments | Ted Ozersky | June 2021 |
| Robert McManus | Masters | | Robert Sterner | August 2024 |
| Shawnee McMillian | Masters | Water Chemistry and Microbial Nitrogen Cycling in Wild Rice Wetlands | Chan Lan Chun | December 2021 |
| Ashley Murr | Masters | Acoustic Observations of Zooplankton Migration in Lake Superior | Jay Austin | July 2023 |
| Kaela Natwora | Masters | Plan B Project | Cody Sheik | Aug. 2020 |
| Mohamed Ouarani | Doctoral | Integrated Hydrological Modeling for Sustainable Water Resources Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Coastal Regions: Essaouira Basin (Morocco) | David Mulla | Dec. 2023 |
| Alycia Overbo | Doctoral | Sources of Chloride to Minnesota Waters | Sara Heger and John Gulliver | April 2024 |
| Tongyao Pu | Masters | Stratification stability of tropical lakes and their responses to climatic changes: Lake Towuti (Indonesia) | Sergei Katsev | Jan. 2023 |
| Cole Reagan | Masters | Plan B Project | John Nieber | April 2023 |
| Kaitlin Reinl | Doctoral | The Intersection of Climate Change, Watershed Influence, and Phytoplankton Dynamics in Lake Superior | Robert Sterner | July 2021 |
| Kirsten Rhude | Masters | Food or Habitat: Drivers of Diporeia sediment preference on a Lake Superior transect | Robert Sterner | August 2021 |
| Kasey Rundquist | Masters | Plan B Project | John Nieber | December 2021 |
| Daniel Sandborn | Doctoral | Inorganic carbon cycling in Lake Superior and responses to anthropogenic carbon dioxide | Elizabeth Austin-Minor | Oct. 2024 |
| Benjamin Schleppenbach | Masters | Inventory of spawning redd locations and habitat partitioning among five co-occurring salmonids in the Bois Brule River, Wisconsin | Thomas Hrabik | July 2023 |
| Larissa Scott | Masters | Habitat Quality in the Floodplain Following a Channel Reconfiguration Project: Stewart River, MN | Lucinda Johnson and Karen Gran | Feb. 2021 |
| Kirill Shchapov | Doctoral | Seasonal community and food web dynamics of planktonic and benthic | Ted Ozersky | Dec. 2022 |
| Claire Simmerman | Doctoral | Microplastic Pollution in Agricultural Watersheds | John Baker | May 2024 |
| Geordee Spilkia | Masters | Mercury removal in municipal wastewater: The role of TSS and DOM in meeting Great Lakes discharge limits | Nathan Johnson | June 2021 |
| Bailey Tangen | Masters | Soil health system impacts on soil hydraulic functions in southern Minnesota | Anna Cates | Dec. 2023 |
| Victor Teng | Doctoral | DOWNSCALING WATER STORAGE: FORECASTING FLOODS IN THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI BASIN UTILIZING DOWNSCALED GRACE DATA | John Nieber | Dec. 2024 |
| Gloria Thomas | Masters | Plan B Project | Sebastian Behrens | Oct. 2020 |
| Anna Totsch | Masters | Optimization of Environmental DNA Methods for Detecting Multiple Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) in Freshwater Ecosystems | Chan Lan | Summer 2025 |
| Lien Tran | Masters | Investigating Nitrogen Fixation Activities Under Methanogenic Conditions in Freshwater Temperate Wetlands | Chan Lan | Summer 2025 |
| Jason Ulrich | Doctoral | The Varying Effects of Climate and Landscape Changes on Increased River Flows in Minnesota Watersheds | Bruce Wilson | May 2023 |
| Tyler Untiedt | Masters | Influence of Water Chemistry and Microbiome on Macrophyte Composition in Wild Rice Wetlands in NE Minnesota | Chan Lan Chun | Feb. 2023 |
| Tamara Walsky | Masters | Occurrences and Temporal Dynamics of Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Different Stormwater Reuse Systems | Satoshi Ishii | December 2021 |
| Karina Weelborg | Masters | Field-scale evaluation of MN-sourced biochar for comprehensive contaminant removal from parking lot runoff | Joe Magner and Bridget Ulrich | April 2023 |
| Amber White | Masters | Identification of Methylmercury Export Hotspots in an Industrially-Influenced Great Lakes Coastal Wetland | Nathan Johnson | Dec. 2020 |
| Molly Wick | Doctoral | Influence of identity on human well-being benefits of blue space | Karen Gran and Lucinda Johnson | July 2024 |
| Erika Winner | Masters | Past Precipitation, Watershed Characteristics, and Drought: Interactive Effects on Watersheds of Northern California | Salli Dymond | April 2025 |
| Julia Zimmer | Masters | Analyzing Commercial Shipping Docks as a Source for Human and Wildlife Pathogens in the St. Louis River Estuary | Randall Hicks and Chan Lan Chun | August 2022 |
| Jake Zunker | Masters | Characterizing Terrestrially-Derived Organic Matter in Sediments of Laurentian Great Lakes Superior and Huron | Kathryn Schreiner | August 2023 |
