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Postcard from the Field on Students as Citizen Scientists Studying Spanish Sierra Nevada watersheds published on AGU Tumblr

February 23, 2022

While on his Fulbright scholarship in Granada, Spain, Bopi helped high school students learn about their local aquatic resources.

Bopi Biddanda receives University Excellence Award

February 10, 2022

Bopi was one of 10 GVSU faculty members to receive an award as part of GVSU's annual University Excellence Awards.

Article Elucidating Organisms and Metabolic Pathways in a Lake Huron Sinkhole Published in mSystems

December 7, 2021

Dr. Biddanda and co-collaborators from the University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin Stout, and NOAA recently published an article in the journal mSystems describing the major organisms and metabolic pathways of sinkhole microbial mats.

New Postcard from the Field on 2021 Muskegon Lake Algal Blooms now on AGU Tumblr

November 10, 2021

Read about how Muskegon Lake saw intense algal blooms "Like Lawn on a Lake" in 2021.

Study on Diatom domination in Muskegon Lake during 2019 published in the Journal of Great Lakes Research

September 21, 2021

A study on exploring the domination of Diatoms in the Muskegon Lake Algal community will be published in the October issue of the Journal of Great Lakes Research.

Paper on using extreme Earth ecosystems as models for extraterrestrial exploration published in the Journal Life

August 27, 2021

The Biddanda lab, together with members of the TBNMS dive team published a paper in the journal Life about using Earth ecosystems like Lake Huron's sinkholes as models in the search for life throughout the solar system.

Article Linking Earth's Slowing Rotation to Atmospheric Oxygenation Published in Nature Geoscience

August 2, 2021

An article has been published in the Journal Nature Geoscience about the possible link between Earth's slowing rotation and in the increased atmospheric oxygen concentration.

Bopi Biddanda Receives Fulbright Scholar Award

July 28, 2021

Bopi received a Fulbright Scholar award. During winter-spring 2022, Bopi will be a senior Fulbright core research/teaching fellow at the University of Granada in Spain.

Recently Published Review in the Journal Life featured on Homepage

May 1, 2021

Past and Present Members of AWRI�s Biddanda Lab as well as collaborators from Spain�s University of Granada wrote a review on microbial housekeeping in Earth�s aquatic ecosystems which has been featured on Life�s homepage

Recently graduated Master's student Jasmine Mancuso wins award from GVSU for outstanding publication

March 31, 2021

The most recent Graduate student from the Biddanda lab, Jasmine Mancuso recently won the GVSU Graduate Dean's Citation award for Outstanding Publication.



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