Directory of team members
From CNH Lake Catchments
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Project Leadership
- Kelly Cobourn, Virginia Tech, lead Principal Investigator. Cobourn is an agricultural and resource economist with experience in bio-economic modeling.
- Cayelan Carey, Virginia Tech, Principal Investigator. Carey is a freshwater ecologist whose research focuses on understanding the causes and effects of eutrophication in lakes.
- Kevin Boyle, Virginia Tech, Principal Investigator. Boyle is an environmental economist who specializes in the development of hedonic models of the impacts of changes in lake water quality on property values.
Co-Principal Investigators
- Chris Duffy, The Pennsylvania State University, Hydrologist
- Armen Kemanian, The Pennsylvania State University, Biological Systems Engineer
- Paul Hanson, University of Wisconsin, Aquatic Ecologist
- Michael Sorice, Virginia Tech, Social Scientist
- Patricia Soranno, Michigan State University, Landscape Limnologist
- Kathleen Weathers, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Biogeochemist
Research Associates, Postdoctoral Researchers, and Graduate Students
We are fortunate to have a number of excellent research associates and postdoctoral researchers involved in the project:
- Amy Hetherington, Virginia Tech, Postdoctoral Associate, Limnologist
- Hilary Dugan, University of Wisconsin, Postdoctoral Associate, Limnologist
- Yuning Shi, The Pennsylvania State University, Research Associate, Hydrologist
- Charlie White, The Pennsylvania State University, Research Associate, Soil Scientist and Biogeochemist
Our project is driven forward by our hardworking and talented graduate students:
- Julia Hart, University of Wisconsin, Ph.D. student, Limnology
- Lele Shu, The Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D. student, Water Resources Engineering
- Nicole Ward, Virginia Tech, Ph.D. student, Limnology
- Weizhe Weng, Virginia Tech, Ph.D. student, Environmental Economics
- Yu Zhang, The Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D. student, Environmental Engineering
Contributing and Participating
Our extended collaborative includes several scientists and lake associations:
- Lars Gosta Rudstam, Cornell University
- Jennifer Klug, Fairfield University
- Michael Vanni, Miami University
as well as lake associations:
- Clean Lakes Alliance, Lake Mendota, WI
- Lake Sunapee Protective Association, Lake Sunapee, NH
- Oneida Lake Association, Lake Oneida, NY