
Professional Title
Associate Director of Research
What I do for Sea Grant
- Coordinate Minnesota Sea Grant's biennial requests for proposals (RFP).
- Coordinate Minnesota Sea Grant's participation in a joint Minnesota-Wisconsin Sea Grant RFP.
- Minnesota applicant contact for the National Sea Grant John A. Knauss Fellowship.
- Serve on Minnesota Sea Grant's leadership team.
Research Interests
- Aquatic ecology, specializing in wetland ecology and aquatic macroinvertebrates
- Human land use and its affects on Great Lakes coasts, including wetlands and streams draining into the Great Lakes
Education
- Ph.D. - Zoology/Wetland Ecology & Invasive Species
- Michigan State University
- M.S. - Zoology/Aquatic Ecology & Aquatic Macroinvertebrates
- Michigan State University
- B.S. - Biology & Environmental Science
- Taylor University