Dr. Bopi Biddanda

Principal Investigator/Professor

Anthony Weinke

• Lab/Observatory Manager (2016-Present)
• Graduate Student (2014-2016); Episodic Wind Events on Muskegon Lake and the Ecological Consequences of Hypoxia
• Undergraduate Summer Intern (2011-2013)

Kaylynne Dennis

• Research Technician (2025-Present)
• Graduate Student (2023-2025); Muskegon Lake Metabolism

Andrei Skelly

• Laboratory Technician (2026 - present); Tracking Primary Production Cycles in Muskegon Lake Estuary

• Nate Dugener, Graduate Student (2020-2023); Muskegon Lake Hypoxia
• Qianqian Liu, Postdoctoral Researcher (2016-Present); Modelling Muskegon Lake Hydrodynamics and Intrusion of Lake Michigan into Muskegon Lake
• Jasmine Mancuso, Graduate Student (2018-2020), Lab Technician (2020); Study of Eutrophication and Cyanobacterial Blooms in Muskegon Lake
• Katie Knapp, Graduate Student (2016-2019); Temporal and Spatial Variability of Carbon Metabolism in Muskegon Lake
• Nicole Horne, Graduate Student; Role of Biofilms in Biosand Water Filter Systems
• Deb Dila; Graduate Student Carbon and Microbial Gradients in Watersheds
• Dirk Koopmans, Postdoctoral Research Associate; Muskegon Lake Ecosystem Observatory
• Michael Snider, Graduate Student (2011-2013); Cyanobacterial Mats of Lake Huron Sinkholes
• Leon Gereaux, Graduate Student (2011-2013)
• Angie Defore, Graduate Student
• Garry Sanders, Graduate Student
• Cindy June, Graduate Student

• Scott Kendall, Research Biologist/Muskegon Lake Observatory Manager
• Nicole D'Arienzo, Undergraduate Intern; Tracking microbial production in Muskegon Lake estuary.
• Anna Maki, Undergraduate Intern (2024); Investigating the Role of Microorganisms in the Great Lakes
• Kyle McKee, Undergraduate Intern (2023); Muskegon Lake Acidification and Deoxygenation
• Ian Stone, Undergraduate Intern (2019), Undergraduate Fellow (2020), Lab Technician (2021-2023); Seasonal changes in Muskegon Lake phytoplankton composition; Sinkhole biogeochemistry
• Janelle (Cook) Wittmer, Undergraduate Intern (2021), Laboratory Technician (2022); Sinkhole and Muskegon Lake biogeochemistry using sediment and mat cores
• Riley Duff, Undergraduate Intern (2018); NSF Sinkhole Project - Studying Cyanobacterial Motility in Sinkholes of Lake Huron
• Kailey Keenan-Whitmore, Undergraduate Intern (2018); Using Muskegon Lake Observatory Buoy Data and Incubations to Understand Microcystis cyanobacteria bloom dynamics
• Rachel Ratliff, Undergraduate Intern (2017); NSF Sinkhole Light Project - Cyanobacterial Mat Community Metabolism
• Tom Claffey, NSF-REU Student (2017); Temperature's Potential Impacts on Stratification, Productivity, and Hypoxia in Muskegon Lake
• Zakry O'Brien, Undergraduate Intern (2016-2017); Investigating the Role of Thermal Structure in Muskegon Lake
• Macy Doster, Undergraduate Intern (2015-2016)
• Collin Saunders, Technician (2016)
• Fallon Januska, Technician
• Morgan Lindback, Undergraduate Intern (2015/2016)
• Saddie Vela, Undergraduate Intern (2015)
• Nick Weber, Undergraduate Intern (2015)
• Vingie Ng, NSF-REU Student (2015)
• Christopher Vandenberg, Undergraduate Student (2014)
• Adam McMillan, Undergraduate Summer Intern (2013)
• Ashley Meyer, Target Inquiry Teacher Intern (2013)
• Elizabeth Sommers, Undergraduate Summer Intern (2012)
• Tom Holcomb, Research Technician Buoy Observatory/IT Specialist (2011-2012)
• Steve Long, Undergraduate Summer Intern (2011)
• Kaitlyn Driza, Undergraduate Student (2009)
• Tom Holcomb, Undergraduate Summer Intern (2008) 
• Maggie (Wienert) Oudsema, Undergraduate Summer Intern (2008) 
• Eric Strickler, Undergraduate Student (2006)
• Sarah Barnhard, Undergraduate Student (2006)
• Daniel Kroll, Undergraduate Student (2003)
• Kate Coveney (2010)
• Mimoza Grajqevci (2009)
• Chad Meece (2005)
• Stephanie Gamble (2005)
• Stephanie Januchowski (2002)