AWRI Biddanda

People

	Dr. Bopi Biddanda Principal Investigator/Associate Professor
	Scott Kendall Research Biologist/Muskegon Lake Observatory Manager
	Nicole Horne Graduate Student Role of Biofilms in Biosand Water Filter Systems
	Leon Gereaux Graduate Student Carbon/Plankton Dynamics in Muskegon Lake
	Michael Snider Graduate Student Cyanobacterial Mats of Lake Huron Sinkholes
	Anthony Weinke Undergraduate Student Anthony Weinke is a junior at Grand Valley State. He is majoring in Biology-Aquatic Science as well as a minor in Chemistry. At AWRI he will be assisting Scott Kendall with the Muskegon Lake Observatory Project. He will also be helping graduate student Mike Snider with his project on microbial mats of the Lake Huron sinkholes. He plans to go on to graduate school in Marine Biology after he is done at GVSU.
	Elizabeth Sommers Undergraduate Student

Former Lab Members

Deb Dila

Graduate Student

Carbon and Microbial Gradients in Watersheds

Angie Defore

Graduate Student

Tom Holcomb

Research Technician

Buoy Observatory/IT Specialist

Steve Long

Undergraduate Student

Stephen is a junior biomedical science major at Grand Valley State University. He is on the pre-med track but is leaving the door open to other professions upon graduation. This summer is a great opportunity for him to spend time in the lab and get much needed research experience. Since he is a biomedical science major, he is learning a lot of new information about lake ecosystems and microbial ecology. Stephen will be working on the buoy project in Muskegon Lake and also doing some research on bio-sand filters. He hopes to spearhead a research project of his own this summer, although he is not sure yet what specifically to research.