AWRI Director

114 Lake Michigan Center
740 West Shoreline Drive
Muskegon, MI 49441
(616) 331-3749
steinmaa@gvsu.edu

AWRI / Teaching Activities:

• Provide scientific and administrative leadership to AWRI
• Conduct research dealing with land use impacts on aquatic resources, nutrient cycling, food web interactions, and long-term ecological trends
• Project manager for multiple projects.  See project webpage for more information.
• Teach BIO 651: New and Critical Issues in Water Resources.

Expertise:

• Aquatic ecology, nutrient cycling, restoration ecology
• Technical editing
• Experimental ecology
• Public speaking for professional and lay audiences

General Information:

• Curriculum Vitae [PDF]
• Ph.D., Botany/Aquatic Ecology, 1987 - Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
• M.S., Botany, 1983 - University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
• B.S., Botany, 1979 - University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
• Postdoctoral Associate - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Member of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Ecological Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, North American Benthological Society, International Association of Great Lakes Research, and Phi Beta Kappa
• Member of the State of Michigan Groundwater Conservation Advisory Council
• Member IJC International Upper Great Lakes Study, Public Interest Advisory Group, and Ecosystem Technical Work Group
• Associate Editor for the Journal of the North American Benthological Society
• Associate Editor for Freshwater Systems (an electronic journal of TheScientificWorld)