Angela Giuliano's internship provided her with an opportunity to expand her GIS skills and to learn how to use satellite imagery in ArcGIS.
Conservation Ecology
Michael S. Jastremski interned with the Manlius Greenspace Coalition.
The New Jersey-size Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" will likely grow in coming years unless federal policies to control it change, in part because the demand for corn-based ethanol fuel will worsen the problem, University of Michigan scientists say. The dead zone forms each spring off the Louisiana and Texas coast when oxygen levels drop too low to support most life in bottom and near-bottom waters. This summer the oxygen-starved zone swelled to 7,900 square miles, the third-largest Gulf of Mexico dead zone recorded since measurements began in 1985.
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Educational Background:
-Ph.D. Ecology. 2006. Duke University
-M.S. Range Sciences. 1998. Utah State University
-B.S. Biology (Botany). 1993. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Licenciatura de Grado. 1994.
My major research interests focus on the current challenges that plant communities are facing in the context of global change, i.e. climate change, invasive species, and landscape fragmentation. These challenges are interconnected as they form the novel environment under which plants are growing. The fact that forest communities are highly dependent on recruitment dynamics makes the study of early demographic stages critical for understanding the impact of global change on the natural ecosystems around us.
Associate Research Scientist, Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research
Associate Research Scientist, Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research
Educational Background:
1992, Ph.D., Physical Limnology/ Oceanography, Institute of Limnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St.Petersburg, Russia.
1982, M.S., Marine Engineering, Russian State Hydrometeorological University, St.Petersburg, Russia.
Dr. Beletsky has been with the SNRE Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (joint Institute between University of Michigan and NOAA) since 1995. His research expertise lies in the hydrodynamics of lakes and coupling lake physics with biological processes. Since the beginning of his career in limnology in Russia, he has worked on hydrodynamics and climatology of several large lakes in Europe (Ladoga and Onega), North America (Lake Champlain, Lake St. Clair, Lakes Michigan, Erie, Ontario and Huron), and the Baltic Sea. His major scientific interest is climatology and long-term changes of circulation patterns in the Great Lakes
Professor and Director of the Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute
Professor and Director of the Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute
Educational Background:
Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, 1980
MS, Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1974
BS, Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1973
Research interests include the effects of natural and anthropogenic stresses on Great Lakes and marine ecosystems, with a focus on the use of models and integrated assessments in transferring knowledge to the decision-making process. Teaching interests include the roles of conveying uncertainty, peer review, stakeholder input, interpreting trends, prediction, scale, and government interaction in developing and applying Integrated Scientific Assessments.
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Educational Background:
Ph.D., Natural Resources, 1995, University of New Hampshire M.Sc., Environmental Sciences, 1992, University of Virginia Sc.B., Physics, 1983, Brown University
Bill studies the linkages among carbon, nutrient, and water cycling and energy flows and transformations in terrestrial ecosystems and human-environment systems. He is interested in using our current understanding of ecosystems to explore creative, new understanding of the two-way interactions in human-environment systems. He works at scales from field plots to landscapes, collaborating with other researchers and students to integrate understanding and build models for synthesis. The goal of this research is to contribute to the developing field of sustainability science using an approach that grows out of ecosystem science.
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Educational Background:
Ph.D. Zoology, 1999, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Masters of Science, Zoology, 1995, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Science, Biology, 1991, University of Illinois-Urbana
Research in the lab focuses on conservation biology issues and on the ecology and evolution of infectious diseases. Major research projects address questions regarding the impact of diseases on wildlife populations and the environmental causes leading to disease emergence. Other projects examine how habitat fragmentation and global climate change result in species extinction.
Associate Research Scientist & Director of Academic Programs, Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research
Associate Research Scientist & Director of Academic Programs, Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research
Dr. Johengen is an Associate Research Scientist and Associate Director of the Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER), which is a NOAA Joint Institute program at the University of Michigan with the NOAA-Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory serving as the host lab. CILER's research activities are focused around five themes including: Climate and Large-Lake Dynamics, Coastal and Nearshore Processes, Lare-Lake Ecosystem Structure and Function, Remote Sensing, and Marine Environmental Engineering. Dr. Johengen's individual research interests focus on nutrient cycling and lower food-web dynamics in the Great Lakes, controlling the introduction of invasive species, and development of in situ water quality sensors and observing systems.
Contact:
4840 South State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48108-9719
734-741-2203
G110 Dana
734-764-2426
734-660-1345
Professor
Professor
Educational Background:
Ph.D. Geography, 1992, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A. Geography, 1989, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A. Geoenvironmental Studies, 1987, Shippensburg University
Research interests focus on land use change and its effects on ecosystems and on human vulnerability. This work connects a computer-based simulation (e.g., agent-based modeling) of land-use-change processes with GIS and remote sensing based data on historical patterns of landscape change and social surveys. We are working to couple these models with GIS-based data and other models to evaluate consequences of change. We are also working to understand the ways in which land-use decisions are made. Collaborative research investigate the effects of spatial and social neighborhoods on the physical and social risks on human health.
