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Jasmine Mancuso wins Journal of Great Lakes Research Award
June 15, 2022
Former Biddanda Lab Master's Graduate Jasmine Mancuso won the 2021 award for Most Notable Paper by an Early Career Scientist in Journal of Great Lakes Research.
Microbes Dance to the Beat of the Sun in AGU Postcard
May 19, 2022
As night turns to day, microbial mats in the Middle Island Sinkhole turn from white to purple as photosynthetic cyanobacteria makes their way to the surface to harvest sunlight.
Spain's Doñana Wetlands Under Threat: Postcard from the Field
May 3, 2022
Bopi Biddanda along with colleagues and students at the University of Granada evaluated the Doñana Wetlands in Spain for water quality, changes, and threats.
Postcard from the Field on Massive Mid-March Saharan Dust Storm over Europe published on AGU Tumblr
April 4, 2022
While on his Fulbright Scholarship in Granada, Spain, Bopi experienced a rare dust storm.
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.