Contributors to the Great Lakes Diatom Home Page include:

Gene Stoermer
B.S., Ph.D. Iowa State University. Principal Investigator. Broad interests in diatom systematics, biology and ecology. Has worked on the Great Lakes for over thirty years.
Norman Andresen
A. B. Taylor University, M.S. Michigan State University, Ph.D. University of Michigan. Broad interests in diatom systematics and ecology. Has worked on the Great Lakes for over twenty years.
Janice Pappas
B.A., B.S. University of Michigan-Dearborn, M.A. Drake University. Previous research in aquatic chemistry and biology, numerical ecology. Current research: design of numerical methods, morphometrics, boundary value problems in ecology, philosophy of ecology, the genus Asterionella. Designer of this home page.
Kelly Ungelbach
University of Michigan. Research interests are in cell biology, microbiology, and the diatom genera Neidium, Opephora, and Diploneis.
Becky Bixby
B.S. Albion College, M.S. University of Cincinnati. Just beginning work on the Great Lakes. Previous research in paleoecology.
Christopher Donar
B.S. Eastern Michigan University, M.S. Eastern Michigan University. Previous research in reservoir paleolimnology. Just beginning work on diatom cell biology and paleolimnological reconstruction.
Matt Julius
B.S. Butler University, M.S. University of Michigan. Primary interests are evolutionary rates and processes. Current research is on the genus Eunotia and the Cyclotella bodanica group within the genus Cyclotella.
Marinette Gonzalez
B.S. University of Michigan. Interests in biomedical and DNA research, and the diatom genera Tabellaria .
Laura Cyrocki
B.S. University of Michigan. A multitude of interests including Didymosphenia.
Heather Carleton
University of Michigan. Research interests are cell biology, microbiology, and the diatom genera Rhopalodia.


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