Current Graduate Students

Nicholas Albrecht

Advisor: Mark Luttenton
Research: Muskegon River juvenilesteelhead survival and production

albrenic@mail.gvsu.edu
Deb Dila

Advisors: Bopi Biddanda
and Ryan Thum
Research: Microbial diversity and community composition along a land-to-lake gradient

debdila@gmail.com
Leon Gereaux

Advisor: Bopi Biddanda
Research: Earth's eyes: a time-series lake observatory for tracking ecosystem change

gereauxl@mail.gvsu.edu

Bryan Giordano

Advisor: Mark Luttenton
Research: Au Sable River brown trout telemetry study

giordanb@mail.gvsu.edu

Brandon Harris

Advisor: Carl Ruetz
Research: Lake sturgeon in the Muskegon River, Michigan

harribra@mail.gvsu.edu
Jared Homola

Advisor: Carl Ruetz
Research: Disease ecology of a microsporidian parasite: effects on mottled sculpin population dynamics

homolaj@mail.gvsu.edu
Nicole Horne

Advisor: Bopi Biddanda
Research: Characterization of the structure and function of biofilm in the Biosand water filtration system

hornen@mail.gvsu.edu

Syndell Parks

Advisor: Ryan Thum
Research: Detecting phytocene desaturase resistance to fluridone in Eurasian watermilfoil

syndell.parks@gmail.com

Meagan Sesselmann

Advisor: Jim McNair
Research: Estimating lake metabolism using the free water method and a 1-D hydrodynamic model

sesselmm@mail.gvsu.edu

James Smit

Advisor: Al Steinman
Research: Nutrient fluxes from restored wetlands due to hydrologic reconnection and climate change

smitja@mail.gvsu.edu
Michael Snider

Advisor: Bopi Biddanda
Research: Pigments and physiology of cyanobacterial mats that are analogs of early Earth

snidemic@mail.gvsu.edu

Jessica (Comben) Wesolek

Advisor: Carl Ruetz
Research: Genetic structure of yellow perch populations: drowned river mouths vs. Lake Michigan

jncomben@gmail.com

 

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