CIGLR announces 2017 Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient!

Yuanyuan Jia is completing her postdoctoral fellowship research at the Ohio State University (OSU) School of Earth Sciences, working with C.K. Shum at OSU and Philip Chu at NOAA GLERL. During her 2-year fellowship, she is investigating the use of satellite data to complement the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) and improve the forecast reliability of the Great Lakes Operational Forecasting System (GLOFS). Yuanyuan received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Geodetic Sciences from the Ohio State University.

The CIGLR Postdoctoral Fellowship program provides salary and research support for early-career researchers to work closely with CIGLR University Partners and GLERL scientists on a project of mutual interest. The competitive call for 2018 proposals will be issued in October 2017. More information is available on the CIGLR website.

CIGLR Annual Partners Meeting

More than 60 scientists from the CIGLR Research Institute, CIGLR Regional Consortium, and NOAA GLERL will convene on September 26 to coordinate research goals and foster new research collaborations. As a kick off of the new CIGLR, the 1-day meeting will include overviews of major ongoing research programs at NOAA GLERL and CIGLR, 3-minute “lightning” presentations summarizing Regional Consortium members’ expertise and infrastructure, presentations and discussions that identify Great Lakes research needs, and opportunities to form new research teams. The meeting will be held at NOAA GLERL and closed to the public.

Charter Captains Use NOAA Tool to Teach about Algae

Lake Erie charter captains aren’t just taking customers fishing -- they’re educating them about harmful algal blooms (HABs). The Lake Erie HAB Tracker is a useful tool for planning trips, for reassuring customers that the lake is still suitable for fishing, and for explaining the negative impacts of harmful algal blooms to their passengers. READ MORE

Understanding Muskegon Lake – a Great Lakes Estuary under Stress

With funding from a 2016 CIGLR Postdoctoral Fellowship, Dr. Qianqian Liu of Grand Valley State University is developing an advanced model to better understand the physical and biogeochemical processes at work in Muskegon Lake. Her 3-dimensional model will systematically investigate the Muskegon Lake estuary ecosystem and track changes in primary production, HABs, hypoxia. READ MORE

Tackling the HAB Problem in Green Bay, Lake Michigan

Sarah Bartlett, a 2016-17 CIGLR Great Lakes Graduate Research fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences, has been studying Green Bay to identify the toxins being produced by harmful algal blooms (HABs) and what algal species are responsible for producing them. Information from her study will be used to develop HAB prediction tools similar to those currently being used in Lake Erie.  READ MORE