Biography
Faculty member in Biology Department since 2002.
Open Field
Recommended Websites
Society of Wetland Scientists
Minnesota Wetland Professional Association
North American Lake Management Society
Society for Freshwater Science
Aquatic Plant Management Society
Ducks Unlimited
Teaching
- Aquatic Plants
- Phycology
- Wetland Ecology
- Wetland Delineation
- Limnology
- General Ecology
- Advanced Research
Research Interests
- Wetlands ecology
- Aquatic plants
- Microbial ecology
- Nutrient cycling
- Aquatic invertebrates
- Ecosystem ecology
Degrees
- University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
PhD in Environmental Science, 2001
Factors regulating phytoplankton and bacterial activities in large rivers and their impoundments.
PhD advisor: P.A. Bukaveckas - University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
MS in Biology, 1996
Hydrological influences on autochthonous production and benthic macroinvertebrate heterogeneity of an Ohio River floodplain, southeast Indiana.
MS Advisor: M.C. Miller - Thomas More College, Crestview Hills, KY
BA in Biology, 1990