Dr. Mary K. Schubauer-Berigan. 1990. Abundance, Production and Mercury Resistance of Bacteria in the Surface Microlayers and Water Columns of Lake Superior, the Duluth Harbor and the St. Louis River. M.S. Thesis (Biology). University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN. [Currently Research Scientist - National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, Cincinnati, OH]
Dr. Peter Aas. 1992. Factors Affecting the Microbial Degradation of Organic Particles in Lake Superior. M.S. Thesis (Biology). University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN. [Currently a physician, St. Mary's Hospital, Duluth, MN]
Daniel T. Weaver. 1994. Degradation of Organic Matter by Lake Superior Microbial Assemblages. M.S. Thesis (Biology). University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN. [IAGLR-HYDROLAB Award Winner; 1993 Biology Outstanding GTA Award; Currently a physical therapist - St. Cloud, MN]
Mark A. Tapper. 1995. Abundance of Free Viruses in Lake Superior and the Induction of Temperate Phage by Mitomycin C and UV Light. M.S. Thesis (Biology). University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN. [Currently Research Technician - EPA Mid-Continent Ecology Division, Duluth, MN]
Dr. David A. Pascoe. 1997. Community DNA Similarity and Metabolic Diversity of Bacterioplankton Communities. M.S. Thesis (Biology). University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN. [Ph.D. 2009 - University of Minnesota; Currently Innovation Development Manager - Cargill, Elk River, MN.]
Dr. Jonathan W. Pundsack. 2000. Pathogen Removal by Alternative On-Site Systems for Treatment of Single Home Wastewater Flows. M. S. Thesis (Water Resources Science). University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. [Awarded 2000 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship to work at the NOAA Office of Global Programs, Washington, DC; Currently Managing Director - Polar Geospatial Center, University of Minnesota]
Ryan P. Maki. 2000. Effect of Suspended Particles on the Survival and Viability of Salmonella typhimurium in a Freshwater Microbial Community. M. S. Thesis (Biology). University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN. [Currently Aquatic Ecologist - Voyageurs National Park, International Falls, MN]
Brendan P. Keough. 2002. Archaeal Nucleic Acids in Picoplankton from Great Lakes of the World. M. S. Thesis (Biology). University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN. [2001 LiMNology Fellowship; 2001 Biology Outstanding GTA Award; Currently Manager of Next Generation Sequencing Services - Lucigen Corporation in Middleton, WI]
Dr. Matthew R. Olson. 2004. Seasonal Virus Removal from Alternative Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems. M.S. Thesis (Biology). University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN. [Ph.D. - University of Iowa; Currently Research Fellow - University of Melbourne]
Jennifer A. Schreiber. 2004. Effect of pH on the Survival and Invasiveness of Salmonella choleraesuis in a Freshwater Microbial Community. M.S. Thesis (Biology). University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN. [Currently works for DiaSorin, Inc. (in vitro diagnostics company), Stillwater, MN]
Wendy S. Hieb. 2005. Identifying the Sources of Fecal Coliform Bacteria in Lake Superior Watersheds. M.S. Thesis (Water Resources Science). University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. [IAGLR-HYDROLAB Award Winner; Currently NPDES Permit Writer - Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Des Moines, IA]
Winfried B. Ksoll. 2006. Fecal Coliform Bacteria in Lake Superior Epilithic Periphyton Communities. M.S Thesis (Water Resources Science). University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. [Currently Project Manager - Sachsen Wasser GmbH, Leipzig, Germany]
Dennis L. Hansen. 2008. The Sources of Escherichia coli at Great Lakes Beaches and in Fish and Waterfowl Hosts. M.S Thesis (Biology). University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN. [Currently Manager - Kelly Scientific Resources, Independence, OH]
Jason L. Kish. 2010. Planktonic Archaeal Communities Change Seasonally in Lake Superior. M.S Thesis (Water Resources Science). University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. [Currently Research Associate/Lab Manager - Bucknell Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA]
Jonathan R. Bostrom. 2010. Microbiological and Chemical Aspects of Corrosion of Sheet Steel in the Duluth-Superior Harbor. M.S Thesis (Integrated Biosciences). University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. [Currently Molecular Biology Research Associate - Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI]
Ryan J. Oster. 2012. Modeling the Corrosive Loss of Port Infrastructure in the Duluth- Superior Harbor and the North Shore of Lake Superior. M.S. Thesis (Water Resources Science). University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. [Currently a student in the School of Optometry, Minnesota]
Dr. Jessica J. Eichmiller. 2012. The Distribution and Persistence of Genetic Markers of Fecal Pollution on Lake Superior Beaches. Ph.D. Dissertation (Water Resources Science). University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. (co-advised with M. J. Sadowsky) [Currently Researcher - Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Univeristy of Minnesota, in St. Paul, MN]
Jacqueline B. Welch. 2012. Comparison of the Structure and Composition of Bacterioplankton Communities in the Ballast Water of Commercial Ships and the Duluth-Superior Harbor. M.S. Thesis (Water Resources Science). University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. [Currently Ph.D. student - University of Minnesota Duluth]
Juana Muñoz Ucros. 2014. Planktonic Archaeal Diversity and Ammonia-Oxidizer Abundance Change with Depth in Lakes Malawi, Kivu and Superior. M.S. Thesis (Integrated Biosciences). University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN. [currently Ph.D. candidate - Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY]
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