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UToledo Lake Erie Center

Former Researchers

Kristopher Barnswell MS 2003 Determining Preliminary Components for a Landfill Evapotranspiration Cover PhD. 2010
Jordan Rofkar, PhD. 2010 MS 2003 An ecologically engineered system for remediation of arsenic-contaminated water: selecting plant species for northwest Ohio PhD. 2010 Curriculum Vitae
Matthew Maher MS 2016 M.S. in Biology, non-thesis track,
Danielle Long Curriculum Vitae Research Interests The Role of Retention Time and Soil Depth on the Survival and Transport of Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp. in Biosolid-amended Agricultural Soil. MS 2013
Candice Brothers Curriculum Vitae The Efficiency of Orthophosphate (SRP) Uptake by Five Biochars and Five Biochar-Soil Mixes MS 2014
Matthew Gorr Arsenic Remediation Using Constructed Treatment Wetlands MS 2011
Steve Choc Steve joined the lab as an REU student in 2005. He continued on to his MS project studying Berger Ditch microbial communities and hydrology.
Colin de Saint Victor Colin first joined the lab as an REU student in 2004 working on source tracking of bacteria within Maumee Bay. He later continued with his MS thesis work studying E. coli densities, sediment loads, and turbidity in Berger Ditch.
Scott Denham Scott was a 2008 and 2011 summer intern from Youngstown State University involved in the monitoring of bacteria and environmental parameters at Maumee Bay State Park.
Sandi Garrett Sandi worked in the ERRL lab during Spring and Summer 2008 as an undergraduate technician. She processed water samples for E. coli, suspended sediment, and turbidity.
Ryan Gorr Ryan worked as an undergraduate assistant in 2009. He aided in evapotranspiration and microcosm studies.	No picture available
Joe Hickey Joe's MS thesis work included a survey of plant species at various brownfield sites within northwest Ohio and investigated the ability of those plant species to uptake heavy metals.
Rajiv McCoy Rajiv interned for the lab in summer 2008 and 2009. In 2008, he helped screen plants for evapotranspiration studies and in 2009, he conducted several experiments for arsenic remediation.
Josh Saunders Josh joined the ERRL lab as an undergraduate technician in 2005 and continued on as a MS student, modeling contaminant transport through field lysimeters.
Myla Skalsky Myla completed her environmental internship in the lab, learning standard methods for determining E. coli densities, turbidity, and suspended sediment in water samples over the summer of 2008.
Eric Snyder To complete his teaching requirements, Eric joined the lab in summer 2008 to gain hands-on experience in a variety of applications, including site characterizations of Maumee Bay and studies of tracers and heavy metals in plants.	No picture available
Adam Waltz Adam worked in the lab as an undergraduate technician from summer 2008 through summer 2009. His duties included microbial monitoring in Maumee Bay and helping in the greenhouse and microcosm studies. He is working on his MS in Occupational Health and Safety.

Former REU students

Student	Project	Update
Lauren (Keinath) Pasutti 2003 Michigan State University	A Brief Survey of the Surface Microbiological Community at King Road Landfill and its Adjacent Floodplain	In 2005, Lauren received a fellowship through the Emerging Infectious Diseases Program, sponsored by the Center for Disease Control. She served her fellowship at the Michigan Department of Community Health in Lansing, MI.
Jona "Rock" Scarbro 2003 Marietta College	Maumee Bay E. coli Study
Colin de Saint Victor 2004 University of Toledo	Locating Sources of Microbial Pollution Around Lake Erie's Beaches
Steven Choc 2005 Elizabethtown College	Towards Arsenic Phytoremediation: Screening of Native Plants Using a Hydroponic System
Audrey (Decker)Demarco 2005 Northern State University	The Fate of E. coli in Local Waters	Audrey began graduate school in 2008 at Arcadia University in Pennsylvania to pursue a physician assistant degree.

Last Updated: 7/15/24