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Graduate Students Receive Grants for Summer Research

May 04, 2020

The Graduate School is pleased to announce the Presidential Research Grant Recipients for the Spring/Summer 2020 semester:

Josh Arnold, Biology
Research Advisor: Eric Snyder
Title:  Assessing the Short-term Effects of Translocation on Freshwater Mussels: Is Habitat or Water Quality More Important?

Bert Cary, Biology
Research Advisor: Mark Luttenton
Title: Quantifying Available Trout Habitat in the North Branch Au Sable River. Michigan

Megan Mader, Biology/Annis Water Resources Institute
Research Advisor: Carl Ruetz
Title: Effects of Shoreline Development and Land Cover on Fish Communities Along a Latitudinal Gradient in Eastern Lake Michigan

Maria Weston, Biology
Research Advisor: Paul Keenlance
Title: Using Occupancy Modeling to Estimate American Marten Distribution in Michigan's Lower Peninsula

Derek Bennett, Biology
Research Advisor:  Jennifer Winther
Title: Characterizing AM Fungal Contributions to Soil Quality, Nutrient Absorption and Plant Growth in West Michigan Till and No-Till Corn Fields

Paul Dingman, Biology
Research Advisor: Mark Luttenton
Title: Using Multiple Technologies to Quantify Macroinvertebrate Abundance in Different Substrates of the North Branch of the Au Sable River

William Mulligan, Biology
Research Advisor: Mark Luttenton   
Title: Predicting the Internal Phosphorus Load in Higgins Lake, Michigan

Emily Neuman, Biology
Research Advisor: Sarah Hamsher    
Title: Star Wars: Phenology of Nitellopsis obtusa in Two Michigan Drowned River Mouths

Kathryn Sheets, Biology/Annis Water Resources Institute
Research Advisor: Alan Steinman    
Title: Mining Matters: Predation Pressure and Water Quality in Young Sand Mine Lakes

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