| Name | Funding source | Degree | Faculty advisor | Research interests/project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Tangen | WINS | MS | Anna Cates | Assess the soil response to rainfall under soil health and conventional management systems, estimate field working days and their economic impacts under soil health and conventional management systems, and explore the importance of field working days for farmer quality of life and stress levels |
| Denver Link | WRRA | MS | Gretchen Hansen | Zebra mussels effects on walleye food webs in Minnesota lakes to aid agencies and lake associations in management decisions |
| Eduardo Garay Lagos | WINS | PhD | Nitrogen rate, cover crops, and living mulches: their impact on irrigated corn and soybean production and the environment | |
| Garner Kohrell | WRC Fellowship | MS | David Mulla | Quantifying the impacts of future variations in climate and land use management on soil erosion in Minnesota Watersheds. Also trying to Determine the impacts of Kernza (Intermediate Wheatgrass) plantings on water uptake dynamics and nitrate leaching in Southwestern Minnesota wellhead protection areas. |
| Kaela Natwora | WRC Fellowship | PhD | Cody Sheik | Understanding if nitrogen fixation aids cyanotoxin production in low nitrogen environments. Additionally, investigating the distribution of nifH genes across the Great Lakes and measuring nitrogen fixation rates. |
| Kathryn Cassidy | WRC Fellowship | MS | Chan Lan Chun | Environmental impacts of potassium acetate as a road salt alternative. |
| Kirsten Rhude | WRC Fellowship | MS | Robert Sterner | Food or Habitat: Drivers of Diporeia sediment preference on a Lake Superior transect |
| Leslie Ludtke | WINS | PhD | Joe Magner | Groundwater modeling of the Pineland Sands aquifer region to better understand the impacts of intensive irrigation on nearby water bodies and wild rice populations |
| Matthew Belanger | WINS | MS | Melissa Wilson and Erin Corus | Assessing the implications of chloride from land application of manure for Minnesota waterways |
| Mariel Jones | WINS | PhD | Xue Feng | Examining the intricacies of spring and winter hydrological effects in Minnesota headwaters and peatland landscapes |
| Nichole Angell | WRRA | MS | Nicholas Phelps | Understanding the costs and effectiveness of various aquatic invasive species prevention techniques to inform managers how to better place their limited prevention resources across the Minnesotan landscape |
| Zac Aanerud | WINS | PhD | Fabian Fernandez | Nitrogen cycle in corn fields in Lamberton, MN |