2017 Summer Fellows
Angelika Kurthen
Affiliation: University of Michigan
Mentor: Ed Rutherford (NOAA)
Project: Invasive Species, Fisheries, and Foodweb Dynamics
Chelsea Weiskerger
Affiliation: Michigan State U.
Mentors: Mark Rowe & Hongyan Zhang (UM CILER); Craig Stow & Tim Davis (NOAA GLERL)
Project: Water Quality Statistical Modeling
Deanna Fyffe
Affiliation: Miami University
Mentors: Tom Johengen (UM CILER); Tim Davis (NOAA)
Project: In situ fluorometers for detection of harmful algal blooms (HABs)
Franky Hang
Affiliation: University of Michigan
Mentors: Jia Wang (NOAA); Haoguo Hu & James Kessler (UM CILER)
Project: Great Lakes Ice Climate Study
Huayun Zhou
Affiliation: University of Michigan
Mentors: Dima Beletsky (UM CILER); Eric Anderson (NOAA)
Project: Data Analysis / Hydrodynamic Modeling
Kennedy Connolly
Affiliation: Oakland University
Mentor: Kim Kulpanowski (NOAA)
Project: Safety and Environmental Management System
Kylan Hopper
Affiliation: Western Washington U.
Mentors: Ed Rutherford (NOAA GLERL); Felix Martinez (NOAA NOS); Rochelle Sturtevant (NOAA Sea Grant)
Project: Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System (GLANSIS)
Mary Grace Thibault
Affiliation: Ohio State University
Mentors: Beth Hall (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign); Jennifer Day (NOAA GLERL)
Project: Climate Decision Support Services (DSS) Workshop Coordinator, NOAA GLRC
Rae Fadlovich
Affiliation: Arizona State University
Mentors: Hongyan Zhang (UM CILER), Doran Mason & Ed Rutherford (NOAA)
Project: Ecosystem Modeling
Tom Hercula
Affiliation: University of Michigan
Mentors: Chuliang Xiao (UM CILER); Brent Lofgren & Drew Gronewold (NOAA GLERL)
Project: Intercomparison of Precipitation Datasets in the Great Lakes Region
Tom Makled
Affiliation: University of Michigan
Mentors: Ed Rutherford (NOAA GLERL), Felix Martinez (NOAA NOS), Rochelle Sturtevant (NOAA Sea Grant)
Project: Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System (GLANSIS)
Verena Lucke
Affiliation: Indiana University
Mentors: Hank Vanderploeg, Ed Rutherford, & Doran Mason (NOAA)
Project: Biotic and Abiotic Drivers of Diel Vertical Migration in Post-dreissenid Lakes Michigan and Huron