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Dr. Ludsin lectures at Ball State
Dr. Stuart Ludsin was invited to give a talk to the Biology Department at Ball State University on Friday, November 18.
He presented a talk titled, "Past and anticipated impacts of human-…

Kylee Wilson talk at Millersville Univ
Kylee Wilson was invited to give a talk at Millersville University in Pennsylvania by Dr. Isaac Ligocki, a one-time technician for Stu Ludsin at the AEL.
Kylee briefly presented via Zoom…

AEL Fall Group Photo
This week we continued the annual AEL tradition of taking a lab group photo. Thanks to Rachael Thomas for bringing in her camera, and for everyone else toughing it out as we stared into the sun!…

Jim Hood gives EEOB seminar
Dr. Jim Hood presented at the weekly EEOB departmental seminar this week. He presented on the breadth of his work on Lake Erie in a talk titled, 50 Years of Ecosystem Change in Lake Erie:…

Welcome to our new Graduate Students
The AEL is welcoming three new graduate students this fall:
Morgan Shaw and Joe Gentine are both joining Jim Hood as master's students. Morgan is transitioning from being a technician…

Happy trails, Rich!
Long-time AEL postdoc, Dr. Rich Budnik is off to join the Ohio EPA's fish contaminants division. We are excited to have another AEL alum at the Ohio EPA, and we look forward to see the great…

Great Lakes FST workshop a success!
The AEL hosted the Great Lakes Fisheries Science Training (FST) Workshop in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics from July 29 through August 6 of this summer.
Participants arrived in Columbus…

"Work Day" at the AEL!
On July 13 AELers came together to improve our work spaces. Our crew of two dozen cleaned up the offices and labs, reorganized our field gear, cut back a year's growth of honeysuckle (with…

Local 6th Graders Visit the AEL!
In mid-May the AEL welcomed the 6th graders from the Indianola Informal School for first time since the pandemic. The students had a day packed with learning about aquatic ecosystems!
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