Alan D. Steinman, Ph.D.

Allen and Helen Hunting Director & Professor
steinmaa@gvsu.edu
(616) 331-3749

Teaching

BIO 651: Emerging Issues in Water Resources

Current Research

• Muskegon Lake Long-Term Monitoring
• Project Clarity: Restoring the Macatawa Watershed
• Lower Muskegon River Pre-Restoration Monitoring
• Muskegon Lake: NOAA Habitat Focus Area Macrophyte and Macroinvertebrate Study
• Raising Water Awareness through Performance Art
• Plastic Debris as an Exposure Source for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Aquatic Biota Specific to Muskegon Lake

Media

• Microplastics: Separating Fact from Hype, a webinar for GVSU's Grand Forum
• Will the Recovery be Sustainable Business?, a COVID-19 webinar hosted by the West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum
• GVSU researchers investigate biological, chemical effects of microplastics, an article and video clip by Nate Hoekstra, GVSU
• With Embrace of the Waterfront, a New Era Comes to Muskegon, an article by Anna Gustafson, Rapid Growth Media
• WGVU-TV Newsmakers interview with Patrick Center on invasive species
• Michigan Blue Economy, an interview on WGVU's West Michigan Week
• Higher Water Levels in the Great Lakes, an interview on Stateside with Cynthia Canty, Michigan Radio (NPR)
• Muskegon Lake AOC Restoration - Recent Progress, presented at the 2014 Healing Our Waters conference (Al's presentation begins at 19:30)
• Toxic Algae, Water, and Climate Change, an interview by Peter Sinclair of Climate Denial Crock of the Week
• Michigan's Blue Economy, an interview on WGVU's West Michigan Week
• Are the Great Lakes Drying Up?, an interview on Here & Now, WBUR Boston (NPR)
• Blue Water Economy, presented at TEDx Muskegon
• Appearances on The WGVU Morning Show with Shelley Irwin:
  • September 18, 2020
  • August 7, 2020
  • May 8, 2020
  • March 13, 2020
  • January 10, 2020
  • November 8, 2019
  • September 13, 2019
  • July 12, 2019
  • May 10, 2019
  • March 13, 2019
  • September 14, 2018
  • July 13, 2018
  • May 11, 2018
  • March 9, 2018
  • January 12, 2018
  • November 10, 2017
  • September 29, 2017
  • July 14, 2017
  • May 12, 2017
  • September 9, 2016
  • July 8, 2016
  • March 11, 2016
  • January 8, 2016
  • November 17, 2015
  • September 30, 2015

Recent Testimony

U.S. House of Representatives. Subcommittee of the Interior. Invasive species and the Great Lakes. Washington, D.C. December 2015.

U.S. Congressional Briefing: Using Geoscience Research to Accelerate Innovation and the Coastal Economy.  Ecosystem Restoration in the Great Lakes Yields Significant Return on Investment. Washington, DC. November 2015.

General Information

Curriculum Vitae
Ph.D., Botany/Aquatic Ecology, 1987 - Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
M.S., Botany, 1983 - University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
B.S., Botany, 1979 - University of Vermont,  Burlington, VT