Research

David B. Arscott
Vice President, Assistant Director

Aquatic primary production; distribution and diversity of aquatic macroinvertebrates; ecohydrology and the ecology of rivers and flood plains

Anthony Aufdenkampe
Associate Research Scientist
Organic & Isotope Biogeochemistry

Cycling of organic matter through watersheds; composition and ultimate fate of organic matter within river systems

Thomas L. Bott
Emeritus Research Scientist
Microbiology

Aquatic microbial ecology; primary productivity and energy flow; nutrient cycling; population dynamics and ecology of introduced bacteria

Charles L. Dow
Director of Information Services

Land use and land cover impacts and their effects on water quality and quantity

Melinda D. Daniels
Assistant Research Scientist
Ecosystem Processes

Fluvial geomorphology, hydrology and stream ecosystem ecology of both “natural” and human-modified river systems from reach to watershed scales

William H. Eldridge
Assistant Research Scientist
Fish Molecular Ecology

Population boundaries among freshwater fishes; impacts of human activities on the genetic diversity, demographics, and stress response in native fish populations

David H. Funk
Entomologist, Director of Facilities

Aquatic insect biology, especially the resolution of species using genetics, reproductive biology and life history data; photographing aquatic insects in their native habitat

Susan E. Gill
Director of Education

Environmental planning; developing tools for citizen science; geospatial hydrologic models

John K. Jackson
Senior Research Scientist
Entomology

Population and evolutionary ecology of stream insects; energy and nutrient exchange within streams and watersheds; benthic monitoring and water quality assessment

Jinjun Kan
Assistant Research Scientist Microbiology

Environmental microbiology and molecular microbial ecology of aquatic ecosystems, particularly freshwater and estuaries

Louis A. Kaplan
Senior Research Scientist
Biogeochemistry

Dissolved organic matter biogeochemistry, aquatic microbial ecology, and nutrient cycling

J. Denis Newbold
Emeritus Research Scientist
Ecosystem Processes

Flow of nutrients to streams and rivers and how those nutrients are processed, transformed and transported by the stream and river ecosystem

Bernard W. Sweeney
President, Director,
Senior Research Scientist

Role of water quality monitoring in conservation; population and community ecology of temperate and tropical aquatic invertebrates