Brianna Ellis

As a project coordinator, Brianna works with Casey Godwin, PhD, to track milestones and oversee reporting for CIGLR and NOAA GLERL’s harmful algal bloom monitoring work in Lake Erie and Saginaw Bay. With a passion for engagement, Brianna also serves as the conference coordinator for IAGLR’s Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. Prior to CIGLR, she earned a master’s degree at the University of Michigan and completed a capstone project to develop a long-term data management strategy for a Great Lakes environmental education nonprofit.
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Education:

• • M.S., Environment and Sustainability (Specializations: Ecosystem Science and Management; Geospatial Data Sciences), University of Michigan, 2022
  • B.S., General Biology, University of Michigan, 2017

Research Interest/Area of Expertise:

• • Algal Ecology
  • Conference Planning
  • Data and Report Management
  • General Biology
  • Environment, Sustainability, Natural Resources

Publications:

• • 2024 Hartig, J.H., Godwin, C.M., Ellis, B., Allan, J.W., Sinha, S.K., Hall, T.S., 2024. Co-production of knowledge and co-innovation of solutions for contaminated sediments in the Detroit and Rouge Rivers. Journal of Great Lakes Research 50(20):102304. DOI:10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102304.
  • 2023 Hartig, J.H., Godwin, C.M., Ellis, B., Allan, J.W., Sinha, S.K., Hall, T.S., 2023. The Contaminated Sediment Remediation Challenge: Complicated Problems that Require Interdisciplinary and Creative Solutions. Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research Occasional Publication No. 12, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. ISSN 1715-3980.
  • 2022 Batterbee, C., Ellis, B., Qin, X., Roessler, C., 2022. Maximizing the Value of Schoolship Data: Recommendations for a Long-term Citizen Science Monitoring Strategy. Deep Blue Documents, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/4295.