People
Current Lab Members
![Dr. Bopi Biddanda, professor of water resources](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/biddanda_march_2019[1565707791].jpg)
Principal Investigator/Professor
![Anthony Weinke holds subsurface buoy sensors in Muskegon Lake](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/anthony_weinke_with_buoysensors_on_muskegon_lake_7.2011_mod[1402682109].jpg)
Lab/Observatory Manager (2016-Present)
Graduate Student (2014-2016) Episodic Wind Events on Muskegon Lake and the Ecological Consequences of Hypoxia
Undergraduate Summer Intern (2011-2013)
![Kaylynne Dennis stands on board the R/V WG Jackson](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/kaylynne_for_web[1685720991].jpg)
Kaylynne Dennis
Graduate Student (2023-Current)
Muskegon Lake Metabolism
![Conor Gabel poses with a YSI Sonde (left) and BOD bottle (right)](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/conor_for_web[1692901158].jpg)
Conor Gabel
High School Summer Volunteer (2023)
Former Graduate Students
![Nate Dugener tends to the buoy's underwater sensors](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/nate_photo_for_website[1655477841].jpg)
Nate Dugener
Graduate Student (2020-2023)
Muskegon Lake Hypoxia
![Qianqian Liu](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/qianqian3[1496944903].jpg)
Qianqian Liu
Postdoctoral Researcher (2016-Present) Modelling Muskegon Lake Hydrodynamics and Intrusion of Lake Michigan into Muskegon Lake
![Jasmine Mancuso holding a mussel covered buoy](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/jasmine_2[1551455795].jpg)
Jasmine Mancuso
Lab Technician (2020-Present)
Graduate Student (2018-2020)
Study of Eutrophication and Cyanobacterial Blooms in Muskegon Lake
![Katie Knapp holding a sensor marker buoy](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/katie[1496942769].jpg)
Katie Knapp
Graduate Student (2016-Present)
Temporal and Spatial Variability of Carbon Metabolism in Muskegon Lake
![Nicole Horne at a microscope](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/nicole084_200x150[1402682113].jpg)
![Deb Dila poses near Muskegon Lake](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/deb_dila_small[1402682110].jpg)
![Dirk Koopmans on board the R/V W.G. Jackson](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/wg_jackson_620p[1444831636].jpg)
Dirk Koopmans
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Muskegon Lake Ecosystem Observatory
![Michael Snider next to microscope in grad lab](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/mike_p9080686[1402682113].jpg)
![Leon Gereaux in AWRI's Lake Michigan center](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/leon_p9080687[1402682111].jpg)
Leon Gereaux
Graduate Student (2011-2013)
![Angie Defore lowering a water quality sonde into Muskegon Lake](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/angie_defore_2[1402682037].jpg)
![Garry Sanders on Lake Huron](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/garry[1402682106].jpg)
Garry Sanders
Graduate Student
Cindy June
Graduate Student
Former Interns/Technicians
![Scott Kendall in Laguna Bacalar, Mexico](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/scott_bacalar_jpeg[1418919789].jpg)
![Kyle Mckee stands on board the R/V WG Jackson](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/kyle_mckee_for_web[1685721033].jpg)
Kyle McKee
Summer Intern (2023)
Muskegon Lake Acidification and Deoxygenation
![Ian Stone poses next to Muskegon Lake Buoy Observatory](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/ian_stone[1565709269].jpg)
Ian Stone
Lab Technician (2021-Present)
Undergraduate Fellow (2020)
Undergraduate Intern (2019)
Seasonal changes in Muskegon Lake phytoplankton composition; Sinkhole biogeochemistry
![Undergraduate Intern Janelle Cook](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/janelle[1620747850].jpg)
Janelle Cook
Undergraduate Intern (2021)
AWRI Summer Intern
Studying sinkhole and Muskegon Lake biogeochemistry using sediment and mat cores
![Riley Duff kayaking on Fish Lake](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/riley[1551456125].jpg)
Riley Duff
Undergraduate Intern (2018)
NSF Sinkhole Project
Studying Cyanobacterial Motility in Sinkholes of Lake Huron
![Kailey Keenan-Whitmore in grad lab](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/kailey[1551456872].jpg)
Kailey Keenan-Whitmore
Undergraduate Intern (2018)
Using Muskegon Lake Observatory Buoy Data and Incubations to Understand Microcystis cyanobacteria bloom dynamics
![Rachel Ratliff on a jon boat on Muskegon Lake](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/rachel(2)[1496945024].jpg)
Rachel Ratliff
Undergraduate Intern (2017)
NSF Sinkhole Light Project
Cyanobacterial Mat Community Metabolism
![Tom Claffey on Muskegon Lake](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/tom_claffey[1551456751].jpg)
Tom Claffey
Summer REU Student (2017)
Temperature's Potential Impacts on Stratification, Productivity, and Hypoxia in Muskegon Lake
Zakry O'Brien
Undergraduate Intern (2016-2017)
Investigating the Role of Thermal Structure in Muskegon Lake
![Macy Doster holding subsurface buoy sensors](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/macy[1551456270].jpg)
Macy Doster
Undergraduate Intern (2015-2016)
Collin Saunders
Technician (2016)
![Fallon Januska on board the R/V W.G. Jackson](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/fallon[1441731220].jpg)
Fallon Januska
Technician
![Morgan Lindback next to the Muskegon Lake Observatory Buoy](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/morgan[1441727088].jpg)
Morgan Lindback
Undergraduate Summer Intern (2015/2016)
![Saddie Vela on a jon boat on Muskegon Lake](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/saddie[1441727089].jpg)
Saddie Vela
Undergraduate Summer Intern (2015)
![Nick Weber on a jon boat on Muskegon Lake](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/nick[1441727018].jpg)
Nick Weber
Undergraduate Summer Intern (2015)
![Vingie Ng holds a sonde cage next to subsurface sensors](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/vingie[1441727094].jpg)
Vingie Ng
Summer REU Student (2015)
![Chris Vandenberg next to a pontoon boat](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/chris_1[1418935411].jpg)
Christopher Vandenberg
Undergraduate Student (2014)
![Adam McMillan on the R/V/ Storm in Lake Huron](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/adam[1402682109].jpg)
Adam McMillan
Undergraduate Summer Intern (2013)
![Ashley Meyer working on the Muskegon Lake Observatory](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/ameyer_pic_56[1402682041].jpg)
Target Inquiry Teacher Intern (2013)
![Elizabeth Sommers in waders near a sulfur spring in Alpena, Michigan](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/liz[1402682112].jpg)
Elizabeth Sommers
Undergraduate Summer Intern (2012)
![Tom Holcomb with subsurface buoy](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/tom_2[1402682116].jpg)
Tom Holcomb
Research Technician Buoy Observatory/IT Specialist (2011-2012)
![Steve Long with underwater camera system](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/steve_long_getting_underwater_camera_ready_in_lake_huron_6.2011_mod[1402682115].jpg)
Steve Long
Undergraduate Summer Intern (2011)
Stephen was a junior biomedical science major at Grand Valley State University. He is on the premedical track but is leaving the door open to other professions upon graduation. This summer is a great opportunity for him to spend time in the lab and get much needed research experience. Since he is a biomedical science major, he is learning a lot of new information about lake ecosystems and microbial ecology. Stephen will be working on the buoy project in Muskegon Lake and also doing some research on bio-sand filters. He hopes to spearhead a research project of his own this summer, although he is not sure yet what specifically to research.
![Kaitlyn Driza on board the R/V W.G. Jackson](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/kaitlyn_driza_pic[1402682111].jpg)
![Tom Holcomb and Maggie Weinert hold BOD bottles](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/maggie__tom_reduced[1402682108].jpg)
Tom Holcomb and Maggie Wienert
Undergraduate Summer Interns (2008)
![Eric Strickler holds a water quality sonde near the Muskegon Lake Channel](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/eric_[1402682106].jpg)
Eric Strickler
Undergraduate Student (2006)
![Sarah Barnhard holds a water quality sonde near a stream](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/sarah_barnhard[1418918953].jpg)
Sarah Barnhard
Undergraduate Student (2006)
![Bopi Biddanda and Dan Kroll along the Muskegon Lake shoreline](/cms4/asset/DF95FB16-B682-B852-02A71A9D67890447/biddanda_and_kroll_msgc_2003[1418933581].jpeg)
Daniel Kroll (pictured right)
Undergraduate Student (2003)
Not Pictured
Kate Coveney (2010)
Mimoza Grajqevci (2009)
Chad Meece (2005)
Stephanie Gamble (2005)
Stephanie Januchowski (2002)