Current research projects
Using satellite-derived water color to test whether lakemounts are biological hotspots. Great Lakes Fishery Commission Project Pilot Proposal, Fishery Research Program
Role: co-PI
Harnessing Machine Learning and Satellite Remote Sensing to Assess the Impact of Best Management Practices in Water Quality. Harry R Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, State of Maryland
Role: co-PI
Mind the GAP: Integrating In-Situ and Earth Observation Data to Assess Climate Change Impacts on African and Latin American Lakes. The Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network
Role: co-PI
Flow Imaging Microscopy (FlowCam) for Enhancing Monitoring of Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms (CyanoHABs) in Missouri Water Bodies. Environmental Protection Agency
Role: PI
Completed research projects
Using above-water radiometric measurements in Crow Pond to validate satellite retrievals from small eutrophic waters. Prairie Fork Charitable Endowment Trust
Role: PI
Retrospective analysis of anthropogenic change in Midwest reservoirs: Integrating earth observing data with statewide reservoir monitoring programs. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Role: Key Personal
International and national collaborations
2023-present: RAdCor - Early Adopters Team
2021-present: Zooplankton International Geospatial - Data Harmonization Team
2022: Eco-evolutionary dynamics and its impacts on community structure and ecosystem functioning along gradients of river intermittence and anthropogenic impacts - Project Collaborator
2021: Effects of wildfires and ash on freshwater biodiversity: ecological assessment using responses of fish, amphibians, zooplankton, and macrophytes to the disorder - Project Collaborator
2021: Projeto Abrace o Rio Vermelho - Data analysis and visualization
2019: DayNNightZproject - Data provider
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Bowdoin’s Schiller Coastal Study, Maine, US
Ocean Optics Summer Class 2023
This is an intensive, four-week, cross-disciplinary, graduate-level workshop in Optical Oceanography located at the Bowdoin College’s SCSC, Orr's Island, ME. The major theme of the course is the calibration and validation of ocean color remote sensing.
Sponsored by NASA, the University of Maine, and Bowdoin College
Casco Bay, Maine, US
Little Dixie Reservoir, Missouri, US
Smithville Reservoir, Missouri, US
Guarda do Embaú, Brazil
Lagoa do Peri, Brazil
Lagoa da Conceição, Brazil
Fieldwork at Lagoa da Conceição
Florianópolis - SC, Brazil
Zooplankton grazing experiment
KU Leuven - Belgium
Leuven, Belgium
Leuven, Belgium
Laguna, Brazil
Brussels, Belgium
Parque São Joaquim, Brazil