Lynn Kalfsbeek co-managed the Bioreserve Program.
Conservation Ecology
Through Lauren Pidot's Weinberg Fellowship, she was able to spend the summer working with two Belize-based NGOs focused on ecosystem-based management of coastal resources.
In this internship, Matt McMurtry was responsible for helping develop a sustainable supply strategy for The Coca-Cola Company.
Erika Hasle worked with another intern to create a database of benches and trees within MBG and NA.
Stacy Mates' internship was to co-coordinate Cultivating Community, which provides hands-on gardening and food system education for UM students.
Bryan Sederberg accepted an internship that focused on Great Lakes Restoration.
While working for SFPT, Allison documented and analyized the environmental benefits associated with Street Parks in the city of San Francisco.
Katie Pethan spent summer 2008 in Madagascar, working on a USAID Eco-Regional Initiatives project concerning invasive species management and the question of the invasiveness of Jatropha curcas in the New Protected Areas (NAPs) of the Ranomafana-Andringitra Corridor. Her home base was in Fianarantsoa, at the DAI / ERI USAID office.
Elizabeth Nellums organized the volunteer teams for the Bioreserve Assessments. She also spent time in the field conducting assessments herself. She organized the data that was collected.
Professor and Director, Cooperative Institute for Limnology & Ecosystems Research; Director of the University of Michigan Water Center
Professor and Director, Cooperative Institute for Limnology & Ecosystems Research; Director of the University of Michigan Water Center
Educational Background:
University of Texas at Dallas, M.S. 1980, Ph.D. 1984. Major: Environmental Science (Aquatic Toxicology)
Auburn University, M.S. 1978. Major: Microbiology
Ouachita Baptist University, B.S. 1976. Majors: Biology and Chemistry
Dr. Burton is a Professor in the School of Natural Resources & Environment and also in the Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, and Director of both the Water Center and the Cooperative Institute of Limnology and Ecosystems Research at the University of Michigan. His research on ecological risk assessment and aquatic ecosystem stressors has taken him to all seven continents with Visiting Scientist positions in New Zealand, Italy and Portugal. His research has focused on sediment and stormwater contaminants and understanding bioavailability processes, effects and ecological risk at multiple trophic levels, and ranking stressor importance in human dominated watersheds. He is Editor-in-Chief of the international journal, Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, past president of the Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, and has served on numerous national and international panels with over 160 peer-reviewed publications.
