AWRI Environmental Chemistry

Richard R. Rediske, Ph.D.

Rick RediskeSenior Program Manager

202 Lake Michigan Center
740 West Shoreline Drive
Muskegon, MI 49441
(616) 331-3047
redisker@gvsu.edu

AWRI / Teaching Activities:

  • Provide technical oversight for the environmental chemistry program
  • Conduct research dealing the fate and transport of chemicals in the environment, sediment toxicity, ecological effects of contaminants, and chemical/biological processing of nutrients in watersheds
  • Principal Investigator for sediment quality investigations
  • Teach Environmental Toxicology (Winter)
  • See project page for more information

Expertise:

  • Fate and transport of heavy metals and organic chemicals in the aquatic environment
  • Hazardous waste site assessment and remediation
  • Biogeochemical cycling and processing in watersheds
  • Environmental toxicology
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Public speaking for professional and lay audiences

General Information:

  • Resume [PDF]
  • Ph.D., Environmental health Sciences, 1986 - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • M.S., Water Resources Science, 1975 - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • B.S., Biology, 1974 - Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
  • Research Fellow. Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Visiting Scientist. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Adjunct Instructor. School of Natural Resources. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Member of the American Chemical Society, American Society of Testing Materials, Water and Environment Federation, and the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry