ND-LEEF Grant Previous Awardees
2022
Abagael Pruitt (BIOS): Exploring the influence of nitrate and carbon availability on nighttime nitrous oxide production via denitrification in streams.
Elise Snyder (BIOS): The role of ponds and macroinvertebrate filterers in the removal of environmental DNA in streams.
Anna Vincent (BIOS): Investigating the effects of ammonium and dissolved organic carbon availability on reach-scale nitrification under nighttime conditions.
Sebastian Chaloner (University of Edinburgh School of Art): Data Shape Collective – The Enviro Tile Project
2021
Abagael Pruitt (BIOS): Exploring the Influence of Biofilm Colonization and Substrate Size on the Primary Pathways of Nitrous Oxide Production at ND-LEEF.
Sabrina Volponi (CEEES): Determining the Replicability of Breakthrough Curve Data and Stochastic Mobile-Immoble Model Results at ND-LEEF.
Elise Snyder (BIOS): The Role of eDNA Particle Size Distribution and Macroinvertebrate Filtration on the Removal of eDNA in Streams.
Anna Vincent (BIOS): Using Nitrapyrin to Isolate the Role of Reach-Scale Nitrification at ND-LEEF.
2020
Junyeol Kim (CEEES).Transport of Micro- and Nano-Plastics in Streams.
Anna Vincent (BIOS): Quantifying the Role of Substrate and Biofilm Colonization in Controlling Stream Nitrification at ND-LEEF.
Elise Snyder (BIOS): Exploring the role of autotrophic versus heterotrophic biofilms in influencing eDNA retention in streams.
2019
Justin Greaves (CEEES): Transport of the fecal indicator marker crAssphage in flowing water.
Dohyoung Kim (BIOS): Investigating stem water storage and growth of two temperate deciduous species.
Kevin Roche (CEEES): Assessing methodological bias in stream tracer studies.
Matthew Trentman (BIOS): Using the SeaBird Scientific HydroCycle PO4 sensor to measure diel phosphorus patterns in ND-LEEF streams and ponds.
Junyeol Kim (CEEES): Transport Behavior of Nanoparticles in a Hydraulically Controlled Stream using a Surface Water Source.
2018
Haley Kodak (BIOS): Estimating ecotypic variation in the foundational plant species, Schoenoplectus amreicanus, for coastal management.
Matthew Trentman (BIOS): Partitioning heterotrophic and autotrophic uptake of simple and complex phosphorus in ND-LEEF streams using a shading experiment.
Shannon Speir (BIOS): Partitioning the uptake of dissolved inorganic nitrogen via assimilatory and dissimilatory processes in streams at ND-LEEF.
Justin Greaves (CEEES): Transport of the fecal indicator marker crAssphage in flowing water.
Junyeol Kim (CEEES): Stream Transport Behavior of Food-Grade Titanium Dioxide and Gold Nanoparticles in a Hydraulically Controlled, Model System.
Kevin Roche (CEEES): DNA-labeled microspheres as novel tracers for identifying the physical controls on fine particle transport in streams.
2017
Matthew Trentman (BIOS): Measuring uptake of organic and inorganic phosphorus using experimental streams.
David Armitage (BIOS): A mechanistic investigation of floating aquatic plant community assembly.
Whitney Conard and Katherine O'Reily (BIOS): Transfer of Microplastic Debris From Mussels to Prey Fish in the Great Lakes.
Martha Dee (BIOS): Floodplain denitrification potential under simulated flood conditions of varying intensity and duration.
Dohyoung Kim and Annette Trierweiler (BIOS): Capturing high resolution changes in stem water storage and growth in a temperate deciduous forest.
Junyeol Kim (CEEES): Stream Transport Behavior of Food-Grade Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles in a Hydraulically Controlled.
Arial Shogren (BIOS): Using ND-LEEF to quantify dispersal and transport of GM proteins.
Jake Zwart and Henri Chung (BIOS): Physical and chemical effects on lake tDOC mineralization and CO2 flux.
2016
Whitney Conard and Katherine O'Reily (BIOS): Investigating Microplastics Transfer Between Great Lakes Aquatic Invaders, Dreissenid Mussels and Round Gobies.
David Armitage (BIOS): Construction of vernal pools as a resource for eco-evolutionary research at ND-LEEF.
Matthew Trentman (BIOS): Developing methods for partitioning the role of biotic and abiotic phosphorus cycling in streams.
Salvatore Curasi and Bethany Blakely (BIOS): Using low cost open source temperature sensors to investigate the effects of vegetation type on snow depth and redistribution at ND-LEEF.
2014
Brittany Hanrahan (BIOS): Validating a novel method to quantify the influence of heterotrophic microbial biofilms on stream ecosystem function at ND-LEEF.
Arial Shogren (BIOS): Using ND-LEEF to quantify dispersal and transport of eDNA.
2013
Alexander Reisinger (BIOS): The roles of pH and cation concentration in apparent phosphate inhibition of stream biofilms and II: A new approach for assessing the effects of climate change on biofilm nutrient limitation.
Antoine Aubeneau (CEEES): Quantifying the influence of substrate heterogeneity on biofilm-mediated nutrient retention and anomalous transport patterns using experimental watersheds at ND-LEEF.