AWRI professors serve as teaching faculty for GVSU's College of Liberal Arts and Science as well as graduate faculty mentors and thesis committee members for the M.S. Biology degree. Follow the links below to visit the lab website of each faculty member and learn more about their respective research programs.

• Bopaiah Biddanda, Ph.D. - Microbial Ecology 
• Amanda Buday, Ph.D. - Conservation Social Science  
• Sarah Hamsher, Ph.D. - Phycology  
• Stuart Jones, Ph.D. - Aquatic Ecology
• Mark Luttenton, Ph.D. - Aquatic Ecology 
• Jim McNair, Ph.D. - Ecological Modeling 
• Ryan Otter, Ph.D. - Restoration, Pathogens, and Food Web Contaminants 
• Charlyn Partridge, Ph.D. - Molecular Ecology 
• Carl Ruetz, Ph.D. - Fisheries Ecology 
• Alan Steinman, Ph.D. - Aquatic Ecology, Ecosystem Restoration 
• Kevin Strychar, Ph.D. - Climatology 
• Sean Woznicki, Ph.D. - Watershed Hydrology and Geospatial Analytics