Here is an excellent guide for how to apply to graduate school.  Give this a read well before applications are due… as in before your senior year.  

Here’s a really fun way to summarize what a professor does – create a wordle from the titles of all published papers.  I got this idea from Dr. Gabriel Yvon-Durocher at the Univ. of Exeter. Here is my research wordle:

A little late to the game, but follow me and my lab on twitter: @DRichardsonLab

This summer, my lab’s research in the Sky Lakes including Lake Minnewaska has gotten some press. Read about our work in the Poughkeepsie Journal (video included) and in the Other Hudson Valley.

Here is a quote from author John Green about students who are sad about returning to school and how lucky they are to have school to attend in first place: “Regardless of where you live, primary education became a requirement

Welcome to my website.  Below find posts with interesting links or explore the rest of my website to see my teaching and research interest.  I am interested in the following topics aquatic ecosystem ecology; invasive species; technology and aquatic ecosystems;