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The AEL is welcoming three new graduate students in Autumn 2026!
Manao Kato, a research technician at the AEL until very recently, will be working with Stu Ludsin on a master's project…
AELers gathered for a pig roast to celebrate the end of summer. Stu Ludsin hosted and roasted the pig with the help of graduate students Seth Drake and James Dowling, as well as technician Sawyer…
Peyton Marks, undergraduate researcher with Stu Ludsin, presented her research at the SROP Research Symposium on July 23.
Peyton worked all summer with Stu and graduate student David Drinko…
Congratulations to three graduate students advised by Jim Hood on successfully defending their research for the completion of their degrees.
Lyndsie Collis defended her dissertation on July…
On Monday, July 13, the AEL once again hosted the participants of the Youth STEM Institute. Halley Miller led a presentation on aquatic ecosystems and a tabletop exercise in which the students…
Two AEL doctoral students, James Dowling and Megan Herbruck, attended and presented at the North American Native Fish Association Annual Convention at Deer Creek State Park on July 10.
The AEL maintained our great tradition of annually cleaning out our shared spaces on July 9, 2026. This hallowed event has been improving our working environment and overall efficiency since at…
Three AEL graduate students were honored with awards for the annual conference for the International Association for Great Lakes Research.
Demetra Williams, doctoral student with Stu Ludsin,…
Congratulations to all of the AEL students who graduated May 10!
Kayla Geller, Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science, with Honors Research Distinction, having successfully defended her…
Dr. Jim Hood attended the Spring Meeting of the International Joint Committee (IJC) in Washington, D.C. the week of April 20, 2026. Jim serves as a member of the Science Priority Committee for the…
Dr. Zach Steele, postdoctoral researcher, traveled with his advisor Dr. Stuart Ludsin to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission Council of Lake Committees meeting in Windsor, Ontario, on April 21. The…
Devan Mathie was honored to be named the 2026 Center for Life Sciences Education Outstanding Lab Instructor. Devan has been a dedicated TA for many semesters and is being recognized for his…
Abby Duimering, master's student with Casey Pennock, was acknowledged with an Honorable Mention in the 2026 U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) competition…
Graduate students Megan Herbruck and Demetra Williams attended the meeting for the Great Lakes Chapter of the Ecological Society of America in Cleveland on April 11. Both students gave oral…
Two recent AEL graduates have published research from their master's theses:
Jacob Bentley, advised by Stuart Ludsin, published work from his thesis in the North American Journal of…
Nearly two dozen Aquatic Ecology Lab members including graduate students, staff, undergraduates, and faculty, participated in the return of the Museum of Biological Diversity Open House.
Kylee Wilson and Demetra Williams, both doctoral students, attended the Lake Erie Committee Meetings with their advisor, Stu Ludsin, March 26-27 in Ypsilanti, Michigan. All three enjoyed…
Dr. Stuart Ludsin has been named a 2025 Fellow of the American Associate for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). This lifetime recognition is one of the most prestigious honors for researchers…
LEPAS technician, Haley Miller, presented at Freedom Trail Elementary's Enrichment Day on Friday March 20. Haley led three groups of 20+ children in grades 1 through 5 in an activity on foodwebs…
Mack White, postdoctoral scholar with Casey Pennock, presented a seminar for the Biology Department at Tennessee Tech University. Mack engaged with colleagues and presented for a broad audience…
Dr. Stu Ludsin presented the weekly seminar for the Department of Biological Sciences at Kent State University on March 6. His talk focused on Lake Erie as a lens through which to explore human…
Dr. Jim Hood presented in the Purdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources seminar series on March 2. His talk touched on the threats faced by aquatic ecosystems and the services…
The Aquatic Ecology Lab was very well-represented at the Ohio Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (OCAFS) winter meeting February 19-20 in Newport, Kentucky. Faculty members Lindsey…
Dr. Casey Pennock presented the brown-bag seminar at the University of New Mexico Department of Biology on February 11. His talk was titled, From the Arid West to the Rust Belt: Divergent…
Braden Charles DeMattei, PhD student with Dr. Jim Hood, has been selected for the Ecological Society of America's Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award. Brady is one of 20 students…
Dr. Lindsey Bruckerhoff travelled to University of New Mexico last week to deliver the departmental seminar for the Department of Biology. She met with colleagues and collaborators while she was…
Jim Hood and Stu Ludsin were both recently awarded Ohio Department of Higher Education Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative (ODHE HABRI) grants.
Dr. Hood's grant is titled: …
Dr. Stuart Ludsin was honored with the Meritorious Service Award from the North Central Division of the American Fisheries Society at the Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference in Fort Wayne,…
James Dowling, PhD Student with Casey Pennock, was recently featured alongside several of our Ohio Department of Natural Resources-Division of Wildlife collaborators in a video documenting…
The AEL enjoyed gathering with friends and family to celebrate the holiday season and the end of the semester. Even the falling snow didn't stop a large crowd from gathering at Stu's home to take…
The AEL is proud of our many graduates this semester, including Andrew Foley, who successfully defended his master's thesis November 21.
Graduates Graduate Students: Andrew Foley, Master's of…
The AEL once again hosted the annual Lake Erie & Inland Waters Research Review meeting at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center December 11 and 12. The meeting had over 150 attendees from…
Seth Drake, PhD student with Casey Pennock, presented at the 3rd Annual Interdisciplinary Water Research Symposium on Wednesday, October 29. This is a "collaborative event that brings together…
The 3rd Annual AEL Chili Cookoff was a success! Nearly three dozen people gathered to share and sample eleven different chilis. With multiple vegan, meat only, and beany varieties, no one left…
PhD student Lyndsie Collis, advised by Jim Hood, has two new first author publications in recent months.
The first of these papers was part of a large NSF-funded study that examined…
Welcome to Fall Semester and another AEL Group Photo in the books! A few folks were unable to participate due to the demands of field work and they are missed, but we are blown away by our…
The AEL welcomed seven new graduate students this fall!
Abby Duimering, Sophia Holupka, and Reagan Oller are all new master's students with Casey Pennock. Abby will be studying arctic…
Dr. Lindsey Bruckerhoff presented as part of a the Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Lab Science Writers Workshop on August 27. Her presentation was titled, "Water quality improvements in Ohio are linked…
The AEL sent four students and one faculty member to the Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society in San Antonio, Texas, August 10-15. They were joined by many colleagues from the Ohio…
The AEL once again hosted three students for our Aquatic Ecology & Fisheries Management Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. We continue to be grateful for our partnership with…
AELers gathered for another successful Work Day to clean out the detritus of the year on July 16.
Left to fester and grow, dirt and disorganization spread to unyielding proportions…
The AEL hosted participants in the Youth STEM Institute organized by our Kinnear Road neighbors, the Ohio Supercomputer Center. LEPAS head technician Haley Miller welcomed the students with an…
AELers attended the Ohio Chapter of the American Fisheries Society summer business meeting at Thomas More University Biology Field Station on Thursday, July 10. Justin Furby, Kylee Wilson, Neal…
On July 10, Lindsey Bruckerhoff presented an Ohio Sea Grant webinar in person at Stone Lab.
Her talk was titled, Lifecycle of a stream: how fishes respond to variable environmental…
Jim Hood travelled to Stone Lab to contribute to the Ohio Sea Grant Lake Erie HABS Forecast for 2025. Dr. Hood contributed information on the behavior of phosphorus in the sediments of the Maumee…
The AEL was very well represented at the annual meeting for the Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico in May 2025. Three faculty, three postdocs, and two graduate…
AEL postdoc, Nayan Mallick, graduated with his PhD from University of South Carolina earlier this month. Nayan was advised by Dr. Joshua Stone who was once a postdoc here at the AEL.
The AEL was well represented at commencement with 8 undergraduates and 3 graduate students all graduating at the May 4 ceremony.
Undergraduates Michael Begines was an undergraduate technician…
On Thursday, May 1, Jacob Bentley, master's student with Stu Ludsin, successfully defended his thesis.
His talk was titled, Understanding the Ecological Niche of Introduced Blue Catfish…
After a recess of quite a few years, the annual AEL pig roast has returned!
For many years, AELers gathered at the home of Roy Stein, former director of the AEL, for a fall picnic and pig…
Dr. Jim Hood was elected to the International Joint Commission Science Priority Committee which is part of the Great Lakes Science Advisory Board. The Science Advisory Board exists to provide…
Five AEL graduate students have been recently honored with awards!
Megan Herbruck, master's student with Lindsey Bruckerhoff, was awarded the Helen M. and Milton O. Lee Fellowship based on…
Four AEL students successfully defend their master's theses this semester:
Madeline Schumacher, student with Lindsey Bruckerhoff, defended their thesis on April 1, Multiscale drivers of…
Allie Litmer, postdoctoral researcher with Casey Pennock, presented at the bi-monthly Graduate Women in Science's Science 'n' Suds event at Parsons North Brewery on April 4, 2025. She presented on…
On March 20th, AELer Sophie Dziekan presented to a zoology class at New Albany High School. Her presentation was titled, "Excess Phosphorus from the Maumee River leads to Harmful Algal Blooms in…
AELers Kylee Wilson and Andrew Foley attended the Great Lakes Fishery Commission Lake Erie Committee meeting in Niagara Falls, Ontario on March 19. Kylee and Andrew enjoyed participating in the…
Dr. Ludsin will be teaching Ecology of Inland Waters, EEOB 5420 in Fall semester 2025 (4 credits)
The Aquatic Ecology Lab artwork has had an upgrade!
To better represent the diversity of research interests an activities of the AEL, we sought new artwork. In working with the College of Arts &…
AEL Manager Jenny Pfaff was honored with an Arts and Sciences Outstanding Staff award for the 2024-2025 academic year. These are awarded annually by the ASC Staff Advisory Council to recognize…
The AEL was very well represented with attendance and presentations at the Ohio Chapter of the American Fisheries Society joint meeting with Pennsylvania and West Virginia chapters. The meeting…
Joel Steinbicker, undergraduate thesis student with Casey Pennock, presented a poster on his research at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum on March, 4, 2025. His poster was titled,
AELers are officially in the field for the season! Megan Herbruck, a master's student with Lindsey Bruckerhoff, has begun her field season in the Cuyahoga River tributaries. She is conducting…
Two AEL postdocs were honored by their selection to the President’s Postdoctoral Scholar Program. This program gives full support to researchers for up to two years and includes funds to cover…
Madeline Schumacher represented the AEL at the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society in Asheville, North Carolina, February 18-21.
They presented a talk titled, "Multiscale…
Four AELers represented the Aquatic Ecology Lab at the Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, January 19-22.
Shaley Valentine presented two talks and hosted a workshop,…
The 2024 Lake Erie & Inland Waters Research Review meeting was held December 12-13 at the Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center. Presenters representing 27 different universities or agencies…
AELers and their families and loved ones gathered for another wonderful holiday party on December 14 at the home of Jim Hood. We were grateful to be able to celebrate the season (and the end of…
Dr. Ludsin's recent publication, "Water quality-fisheries tradeoffs in a changing climate underscore the need for adaptive ecosystem-based management," was featured in an Ohio State News article…
Kylee Wilson, advised by Stuart Ludsin, successfully passed her candidacy exam on November 22.
Great job, Kylee!
Last month, AELers James Dowling, Sawyer Olson, and Demetra Williams travelled to the USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC) in Missouri to attend a fish surgery and tagging workshop…
The 2nd Annual AEL Chili Cook-off was a success!
There were nine entrants to the competition and nearly 30 judges. Every judge had three votes to bestow on their favorites, and every chili…
Dr. Ludsin worked with a team of researchers to explore the relationships between nutrient loading, fish populations, hypoxia, and temperatures in Lake Erie. While current nutrient loading favors…
AELers Meredith Bennett, Justin Furby, and Megan Herbruck all ran the Cleveland Towpath Half Marathon last weekend. They were joined by Oklahoma State colleague Vanessa Rendon who helped with…
Rachael Finigan was selected as a Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship finalist for 2025. This fellowship program provides graduate students the opportunity to work on federal policy in Washington, D.C…
The 154th meeting of the American Fisheries Society took place September 15-19 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The AEL was represented by Jacob Bentley, Andrew Foley, Kylee Wilson, and Monica Woodruff, who…
Rachael Finigan visited the 3rd grade classes at Bluffsview Elementary School in Worthington, Ohio, on Thursday, September 26. She presented on life-cycles of caddisflies, freshwater mussels,…
Dr. Ludsin was featured in news reporting twice as the summer of 2024 came to a close. The Toledo Blade covered his remarks at a meeting of researchers at Stone Lab in August. He discussed how…
Congratulations to two AELers who defended last week!
Joe Gentine defended his master's thesis on Thursday, "The quantity, form and location of phosphorus across a small agricultural…
Three new publications from the Ludsin Lab group this summer, including press around the publication of Zoe Almeida's dissertation research.
Almeida, L.Z., S.A…
The Aquatic Ecology Lab is very excited to welcome seven new graduate students this fall!
Dr. Lindsey Bruckerhoff is welcoming Megan Herbruck and Meredith Bennet Dr. Stu Ludsin is welcoming…
Dr. Casey Pennock and his collaborators were honored with not one, but two journal cover stories this summer.
In the June issue of Ecosphere, a photo taken by Dr. Pennock of their study site…
AELers Andrew Foley, Jacob Bentley, Kylee Wilson, Stuart Ludsin, and Steven Gratz attended the Ohio Chapter of the American Fisheries Society business meeting on August 9th at Magee Marsh in Oak…
The AEL's annual tradition of Work Day was completed on Tuesday, July 30.
Left to fester and grow, dirt and disorganization spread to unyielding proportions throughout the AEL during…
This summer the AEL had the honor to once again host three students for our Aquatic Ecology & Fisheries Management Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. We continue to be grateful…
On July 12, Morgan Shaw successfully defended her master's thesis. Morgan is advised by Jim Hood. The title of her thesis presentation was, "Sediment source shapes interactions between dissolved…
When the folks at the Ohio Supercomputer Center reached out to see if the AEL could talk about aquatic ecosystems for a group of 6th & 7th graders, we said, ABSOLUTELY! Their annual Youth…
PhD candidate, Rachael Finigan, has her first first-author paper with advisor, Libby Marschall. The paper titled, Population life-history differences and their correlates across a regional spatial…
On June 11 the summer REU students visited the Ohio Division of Wildlife Inland Fisheries Research Unit (IFRE). The students and their advisors, Lindsey Bruckerhoff and Casey Pennock, enjoyed a…
At the Annual Meeting of the Society for Freshwater Science in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 2-6, 2024, AELers contributed three talks and two posters.
Lindsey Bruckerhoff - Recovery…
The AEL was well represented by the Hood Lab at the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Meeting in Madison, Wisconsin, June 2-7, 2024. The group contributed five…
Dr. Stu Ludsin hosted the Annual Meeting of the Early Life History Section of the American Fisheries Society in Huron, Ohio, May 12-16. Over four days 70+ researchers from at least 10 different…
AELers gathered for a wonderful picnic potluck hosted by Jim Hood. A great time was had by all, especially everyone who got to watch the new lab members who hadn't yet learned how difficult it is…
Congratulations to the AEL undergraduates on completion of their degrees!
Sabriyah Abdullah (Zoology), undergraduate research aide with Joe Gentine Olivia Houpt (Evolution & Ecology),…
Olivia Houpt and Paula Joseph are both undergraduate researchers with Dr. Stu Ludsin here at the AEL. Both of these accomplished and hard-working students have successfully defended their…
The work published by former AEL undergraduate thesis student, Jenna Bailey, and Dr. Jim Hood was covered in the Ohio State News this week. The article, titled, In Lake Erie, climate change…
AELers Kylee Wilson and Andrew Foley attended the 9th World Fisheries Congress in Seattle at the beginning of March. Kylee and Andrew also met with Jarrod Ludwig, a master's student at Kylee's…
The AEL was very well represented at the Ohio Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting March 14-15, 2024. The meeting was organized by current Ohio Chapter of AFS president, AELer…
Dr. Stu Ludsin gave an invited talk to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission’s Board of Technical Experts on Tuesday, March 5th. The talk presented findings from a recently completed GLFC project,…
AEL undergraduate thesis students Paula Joseph and Olivia Houpt, both advised by Stu Ludsin, presented at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum on March 5, 2024. Both students presented in the…
Dr. Jim Hood presented a seminar for the Michigan State University Department of Integrative Biological on Tuesday, February 20. His talk was titled, "50 years of ecosystem change in Lake Erie:…
Dr. Lindsey Bruckerhoff travelled to Bowling Green State University on February 21 to give a talk for the BGSU Biological Sciences Seminar Series. Dr. Bruckerhoff's talk was titled, The life…
The AEL was represented at the 84th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, January 28-31, 2024.
Jacob Bentley, MS student studying under Stu Ludsin, and his…
Stu Ludsin is hosting the 47th Annual Larval Fish Conference (LFC47) of the Early Life History Section of the American Fisheries Society in May, 2024.
The conference will be held at Sawmill…
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The Aquatic Ecology Lab successfully hosted the Lake Erie - Inland Waters Annual Research Review in December 2023. The two-day event had 20 speakers and 13 posters, with presentations on topics…
Jenna Bailey, who completed her undergraduate thesis in December 2022 with Jim Hood, recently had the paper on her thesis work accepted. The title is, Biotic and thermal drivers alter…
AELers and their loved ones gathered for a holiday party and potluck in mid-December. The white elephant gift exchange resulted in some winners (a happy preschooler with a bag full of buckeyes)…
Dr. Jim Hood was invited to speak at Michigan's State of the Western Lake Erie Basin Conference in Adrian, Michigan, on December 12, 2023. The conference was organized and hosted by the University…
On December 8, 2023, Joe Gentine, Kylee Wilson, and Madeline Schumacher visited Dublin City Schools Emerald Campus for high school students. They visited Doug Arden's International Baccalaureate…
Dr. Lindsey Bruckerhoff presented a virtual seminar for the University of Minnesota Conservation Sciences Seminar Series on Friday, December 1. Her talk was titled, "Dry, drying, drought: How do…
The AEL is excited to announce that we will once again be hosting students for the Aquatic Ecology & Fisheries Management Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in the summer of 2024!
AEL alumna Alexandra Cabanelas Bermudez (MS 2023) was recently profiled on the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution website. Alex's master's work explored the distributions and feeding ecology of…
Dr. Casey Pennock gave an invited seminar to the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Cincinnati on Monday, November 20. While in Cincinnati he visited with other researchers and…
Dr. Jim Hood presented a seminar for the Bowling Green State University Department of Biological Sciences last Wednesday, November 15. His talk was titled, "50 years of ecosystem change in Lake…
Last Thursday, November 9, AEL's newest faculty members, Lindsey Bruckerhoff and Casey Pennock, attended the Lake Erie & Aquatic Research Network First Annual Meeting.
The Lake Erie and…
Andrew Foley, Joe Gentine, & Kylee Wilson participated in Gourdy's Pumpkin 5K fun run last weekend, along with some other EEOB friends. Joe & Andrew are more seasoned runners, while the rest of…
On 15 September, Dr. Jim Hood gave a presentation on Ecosystem Ecology to 5th graders at Worthington Estates Elementary school.
We are always grateful when someone from the AEL has the…
Mike Fraker was a postdoctoral researcher at the AEL from 2012 until 2019. He was a wonderful colleague and friend, working with many graduate students on improving their work and mentoring…
On August 29, Stu Ludsin presented a webinar for the USGS Great Lakes Science Center in Ann Arbor.
Title: Meeting the challenge of implementing ecosystem-based management…
AELers gathered together last weekend for the first annual AEL Chili Cook-off!
Hosted by faculty members Casey Pennock and Lindsey Bruckerhoff, there were three categories of competition:…
Kylee Wilson guest lectured for Dr. Matthew Altenritter's Fisheries Science and Management course at SUNY Brockport on September 11, 2023. Kylee's lecture was titled "From frogs to fisheries: the…
Dr. Jim Hood gave an Ohio Sea Grant Seminar August 29 as part of the Research Webinar Series. His talk was titled, "A new modeling approach for estimating stream phosphorus cycling from high…
The AEL was well represented at the 153rd Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society in Grand Rapids, Michigan, August 20-24.
Rachael Finigan presented a talk about her dissertation…
The AEL is excited to welcome five new graduate students this fall!
Jacob Bentley is continuing his time at the AEL to pursue a master's degree building on his undergraduate…
We congratulate Alex Cabanelas Bermudez on completing her exit seminar last week! Her project used hydroacoustic monitoring to explore commercial and sport catch of yellow perch in the context of…
The AEL, in partnership with the Ohio Division of Wildlife (ODOW) embarked on an Aquatic Ecology & Fisheries Management Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program this summer. In this…
USGS Great Lakes Science Center team has deployed the Saildrone Explorer into Lake Erie through September. This uncrewed surface vehicle along with a long-range autonomous underwater vehicle to be…
We congratulate Devan Mathie on passing his candidacy exam! His project is titled, "Determining the patterns and drivers of phosphorus transformation across the agricultural river continuum."…
Dr. Stu Ludsin will be teaching two courses this fall: Fish Ecology and a graduate seminar, Foundations of Ecology.
EEOB 5430 has been cancelled for this semester -- 8/14/2023…
AELers completed the grueling task of cleaning up after ourselves last week, and the results are amazing!
We scoured sinks, scrubbed pool lids, and cut back honey suckle. We rearranged…
AELers had a wonderful time bringing their families and loved ones together with their colleagues for a summer picnic last weekend. Thank you to Jim Hood for hosting and grilling, and to everyone…
Dr. Stuart Ludsin gave a keynote address at the 1st Annual Centre for Ecosystem Management Symposium.
His talk was titled, "Meeting the challenge of implementing ecosystem-based management…
Last week, the students participating in the Aquatic Ecology and Fisheries Management Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) visited the Ohio Division of Wildlife's Inland Fisheries Research…
We congratulate Dr. Jim Hood on his promotion to associate professor with tenure!
This promotion recognizes his hard work and dedication to scholarship and his students.
The AEL has recently welcomed seven new folks including:
2 new technicians for Kylee Wilson's Lake Erie yellow perch project: Neil Hamrick, research asst Addie…
Congratulations to our AEL undergraduates who graduated this past weekend!
Michelle Auvil: In the fall, Michelle will begin a master's degree in sustainable food systems at…
AEL undergrads Jacob Bentley and Kristina Fite recently defended their undergraduate theses. Additionally, AEL undergrad Jenna Bailey defended her thesis last December. We congratulate all three…
Last week, EEOB alumnus Isaac Logicki visited the AEL from his home institution, Millersville University.
He and two of his undergraduate researchers came to learn how to remove and process…
Lyndsie Collis received the 2023 Robert H. Edgerley Toxicology Summer Fellowship for her proposal titled, "Examining the transfer of cyanobacterial toxins through the western Lake Erie food web." …
Kylee Wilson attended the Great Lakes Fishery Commission Lower Lakes Committee Meetings March 29-30. This the Lake Erie Committee's annual public meeting to review progress towards fishery…
Kylee Wilson participated in a Women in STEM panel for her alma mater, Le Moyne College, on Monday, February 27. She joined three other alumnae to give young women in STEM majors information on…
Dr. Stu Ludsin co-chaired the Scientific Committee for the Great Lakes of the World (GLOW) Conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania this week. The conference was titled, "GLOW10: Celebrating 25 years…
Dr. Libby Marschall is retiring today! It might just be impossible to describe Libby's impact, importance, and value to this lab and to the field of fisheries ecology. Please take a moment to…
Faculty, students, and staff at the AEL successfully hosted another Lake Erie and Inland Waters Research Review in partnership with the Ohio Division of Wildlife and other research institutions…
AELers enjoyed our traditional holiday party and white elephant gift exchange. Many AELers showed off their amazing culinary prowess (macarons! caramels! jambalaya!) and we all left well-fed and…
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 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 on…
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! …
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:…
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 in…
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…
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…
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…
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!
The AEL represented us well as the Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM) May 14-20 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. See below for a list of presentations by our amazing faculty and students:
…
The AEL is incredibly proud of our many graduates this spring!
Justin Gillilan, BS - undergrad and full time research tech for Rachael Finigan's largemouth bass project Masha Manilchuk, BS -…
Dr. Stu Ludsin presented a Freshwater Science webinar through Ohio Sea Grant entitled, "Using Genetics to Manage Lake Erie Walleye Fisheries."
Stu's presentation described the work he and…
New publications this spring at the AEL!
Temporal scope influences ecosystem driver-response relationships: A case study of Lake Erie with implications for ecosystem-based management
Welcome to Matthew Sens and Justin Gillilan!
Matthew is joining the Hood Lab group. He is joining us after completing his master's at the University of Michigan SEAS program.
Justin…
IAGLR State of Lake Erie (SOLE) Conference, 2022
AELers participated in the International Association for Great Lakes Research State of Lake Erie Conference March 16-17, 2022 by giving talks,…
We were honored to once again host an in-person (and online) Lake Erie and Inland Waters Annual Research Review December 9 and 10 at the Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center. This event is an…
AEL technician Cathy Doyle along with emeritus faculty Dave Culver, AEL alum Jesse Filbrun and colleague Mort Pugh of St. Marys State Fish Hatchery have contributed a chapter to the book