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Our new peer-reviewed paper is in the September issue of the journal Freshwater Science. We have been studying Lake Minnewaska for many years now and found successive (serial) introductions of two fish species – first a minnow (Golden shiner) followed

This past year, Livi Carlen and Luke Barnell (SUNY New Paltz Graphic Design ’19) worked with my lab to create a short documentary titled “Algal Growth in Freshwater Lakes.” We detail how the synergy of climate change and excess nutrients

Heather Wander (Biology ’18) just recently graduated after a long and successful time in my lab. Just to highlight some of her accomplishments, Heather presented her research at multiple national meetings including the Ecological Society of America 2017 meeting in

In 2011, two large tropical cyclone passed over northeastern North America. We examined the effects of the large storm systems had on lakes along the storm tracks from the Atlantic coast inland through our region. We collected data on the

Two Digital Media and Journalism students, Conor Donachie (DMJ ’18) and Alana Roolaart (DMJ ’18) completed two different documentaries on my lab’s local and regional research. The documentaries are titled ‘Acid Rain and Ecological Change – A Brief History of

Here are two new data publications out of the Mohonk Preserve Daniel Smiley Research Center (DSRC) in collaboration with my lab. The publications came about as a result of the NSF-funded internship I co-hosted along with the DSRC.  This internship

We recently held our 4th annual NE GLEON meeting at the Cary Institute, Apr 2018. This conference brings together researchers and students from all over northeastern North America to present science, discuss professional development, plan experiments, and more. Three of

I am the lead author of a new paper titled “Watershed management and underlying geology in three lakes control divergent responses to decreasing acid precipitation,” which was published in the journal Inland Waters. The paper was a collaborative effort between

Click this link to hear my NPR Academic Minute about warming lakes, based on this paper. “The Academic Minute features researchers from colleges and universities around the world, keeping listeners abreast of what’s new and exciting in the academy and of

I was a co-host and co-chair of the planning committee for the 19th meeting of the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network. ~240 scientists from 31 countries around the world gathered at the Mohonk Mountain House November 2017 to discuss global