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The Institute promotes the education and training of water resources research professionals through its fellowship program. Profiles of each graduate fellow, and summaries of her or his thesis research project, and publications from this project are accessed through the links below. Visitors are invited to contact the student, research advisor, or the Institute Director for further information on the projects.
Fellows, Projects and Advisors
Graduate Student |
Project Title |
Advisor |
| William Lenarz, M.S. (Geology) student at the UND | Effect of flow path processes on the geochemistry and quality of water discharged along the seepage face at Pigeon Point, Sheyenne Delta aquifer, Ransom County, North Dakota | Dr. Phil Gerla, Geology and Geological Engineering, UND |
| Chistina Melaas, M.S. student, Natural Resource Management | Evaluation of an Index of Plant Community Integrity for Assessing Wetland Plant Communities in the Prairie Pothole Region |
Dr. Don Kirby, Interim Chair of the Department of Animal and Range Sciences, NDSU |
| Michael Newbrey, Ph.D. candidate, Geology, NDSU | Evolution of Fish Growth and its Response to Climate | Dr. Allan Ashworth, Professor, Geology, NDSU |
| Jennifer Newbrey, Ph.D. candidate, Zoology, NDSU | Effects of West Nile Virus Infection, Immune Function, and Age on Female Yellow-headed Blackbird | Dr. Wendy Reed, Assistant Professor, Biology, NDSU |
| Dan McEwen, PhD Student Department of Biological Sciences | Benthic macroinvertebrate stoichiometric implications for North Dakota and Minnesota fisheries |
Malcolm Butler, Professor of Zoology Department of Biological Sciences, NDSU |
| Ali Gene Tackett, M.S.Student, Environmental and Conservation Sciences, NDSU | Molecular Phylogeoraphy of Etheostoma nigrum (Rafinesque) in the Upper Midwest | Dr. Craig Stockwell, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, NDSU |
| Tedros Tesfay | Scott Korom | |
| Brajesh Gautam, M.S. candidate, Department of Civil Engineering, NDSU | Analysis and Model Simulation of Storm Water Runoff - A Study of Land Use and System Design on Discharge and Water Quality | Dr. Wei Lin, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, NDSU |
| Kendall Goltz , M.S. student in the Natural Resource Management program, NDSU | The Impact of Wetlands and Wetland Easements on North Dakota Land Values | Dr. Jay Leitch, Professor of Agricultural Economics, NDSU |
For program information:
Dr. G. Padmanabhan, Director: G.Padmanabhan@ndsu.edu
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