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Environmental Studies Student Research Group Members |
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Todd
Anderson
Degree: Environmental
Studies, B.E.S.
Research group membership:
Fall 2006
Study: Survey of
riparian property owner (2006)
Advisor: Mitch Bender
Honors
» Honorable Mention, Denise M. McGuire Student Research
Award, 2007
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2007 |
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Erin
Bastyr
Degree: Environmental
Studies, B.S.
Research group membership:
Fall 2007-Spring 2009
Studies: Vegetative
survey and water quality analysis of Little Birch Lake
(2007-2008) and BOD study of the Sauk River (2008-2009)
Advisor: Mitch Bender
Honors
» Recipient of the Denise M. McGuire Student Research
Award, 2008 & 2009
Leadership Positions
» Group Co-Leader, Environmental Studies Student
Research Group, 2008-2009
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2008
Memberships
» Friends of the Sauk River
» American Society of Agronomy
» Crop Science Society of America
» Soil Science Society of America |
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Pallav
Bhattarai
Major: Environmental Studies
Research group membership:
Fall 2008-present
Study: Water quality analysis
of the Sauk River and Mississippi River confluence in
Minnesota (2008-present)
Advisor: Mitch Bender
Honors
» Recipient of the Denise M. McGuire Student Research
Award, 2009
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2009
» Annual Meeting of the Association
for Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2009
Memberships
» Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences |
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Tara
Borgerding
Major:
M.S. candidate (Special Studies)
Research group membership:
Fall 2009-present
Study:
Restoration of Battle Point Park on Lake Osakis,
Minnesota (2008-present)
Advisor: Mitch Bender
Leadership Positions
» Group Mentor, Environmental Studies Student Research
Group, 2009-present
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2009
» Annual Meeting of the Association
for Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2009
Memberships
» Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences |
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Andrew
Dotseth
Degree: Environmental Studies,
B.S.
Research group membership:
Fall 2007-Spring 2008
Studies: Vegetative survey and
water quality analysis of Little Birch Lake (2007-2008)
Advisor: Mitch Bender
Honors
» Recipient of the Denise M. McGuire Student Research
Award, 2008
Leadership Positions
» President of the Board of Directors, Friends of the
Sauk River, 2007-2008
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2008
Memberships
» Friends of the Sauk River
» American Society of Agronomy
» Crop Science Society of America
» Soil Science Society of America |
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Kala
Fisher
Degree: Environmental Studies,
B.S.
Research group membership:
Fall 2007-Spring 2008
Studies: Avon Hills
conservation action plan with The Nature Conservancy
(2007-2008)
Advisor: Mitch Bender
Honors
» Recipient of the Denise M. McGuire Student Research
Award, 2008
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2008 & 2009
Memberships
» Friends of the Sauk River
» American Society of Agronomy
» Crop Science Society of America
» Soil Science Society of America |
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Jake
Galzki
Degree: Environmental Studies,
B.S.
Research group membership:
Fall 2005-Spring 2007
Study: Nutrient loading and
coliform contamination of the Sauk River (2005-2007)
Advisor: Mitch Bender
Honors
» Recipient of the Denise M. McGuire Student Research
Award, 2006 & 2007
» Lewis R. Royer Award for Quality and Excellence, 2006
» Raymond Larson Leadership Award,
2006
» Jackie Hanson Environmental
Scholarship, 2006
» Minnesota Geographic Information
Systems/Land Information Systems Award, 2006
Grants
» Student Research Grant, 2006
» Travel Grant, 2006
» Student Research Grant, 2005
Leadership Positions
» Group Leader, Environmental Studies Student Research
Group, 2006-2007
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2006 & 2007
» International Meeting of the Soil
Science Society of America, 2006 & 2007
Memberships
» Friends of the Sauk River
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American Society of Agronomy
» Soil Science Society of America |
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Zach
Gutknecht
Major: Environmental
Science
Research group membership:
Fall 2008-present
Study: Stream bank assessment
of Kinzer Creek (2008-present)
Advisor: Mitch Bender
Honors
» Recipient of the Denise M. McGuire Student Research
Award, 2009
Leadership Positions
» Group Co-Leader, Environmental Studies Student
Research Group, 2009-2010
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2009
» Annual Meeting of the Association
for Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2009
Memberships
» Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences |
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Ashley
Hansen
Degree: Environmental Studies,
B.S.
Research group membership:
Fall 2005-Spring 2006
Study: Analysis of fecal
coliform contamination in tributaries of Sauk Lake
(2005-2006)
Advisor: Chuck Rose
Honors
» Honorable Mention, Denise M. McGuire Student Research
Award, 2006
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2006 |
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Dawn
Hawkins
Major: Environmental Studies
Research group membership:
Fall 2009-present
Studies: Analysis of sediment
pond effectiveness near Lake Osakis, Minnesota
(2008-2009) and stream bank assessment of Kinzer Creek
(2009-present)
Advisor: Mitch Bender
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2009
» Annual Meeting of the Association
for Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2009
Memberships
» Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences |
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Mike
Hayman
Degree: Environmental Studies,
B.S.
Research group membership:
Fall 2007-Spring 2009
Studies: Avon Hills
conservation action plan with The Nature Conservancy
(2007-2008) and Stream bank assessment of Kinzer Creek
(2008-2009)
Advisor: Mitch Bender
Honors
» Recipient of the Denise M. McGuire Student Research
Award, 2008 & 2009
Grants
» Travel Grant, 2008
Leadership Positions
» Group Co-Leader, Environmental Studies Student
Research Group, 2008-2009
» President, Friends of the Sauk
River, 2008-2010
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2008 & 2009
» International Meeting of the Soil
Science Society of America, 2008
Memberships
» Friends of the Sauk River
» American Society of Agronomy
» Crop Science Society of America
» Soil Science Society of America |
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Matt Lenz
Degree: Environmental Studies,
B.S.
Research group membership:
Fall 2006-Fall 2007
Study: Analysis of nutrient
loading of Johnson Creek (2006-2007)
Advisor: Chuck Rose
Honors
» Raymond Larson Leadership Award, 2007
» Honorable Mention, Denise M.
McGuire Student Research Award, 2007
Grants
» Student Research Grant, 2006
Leadership Positions
» Board of Directors, Friends of the Sauk River,
2006-2007
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2007
Memberships
» Minnesota Association of Professional Soil Scientists
» Friends of the Sauk River
» American Society of Agronomy
» Soil Science Society of America |
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Kate
Maxwell
Major: Undecided
Research group membership:
Fall 2005-Spring 2006
Study: Amino sugar nitrogen
leachate study (2005-2006)
Advisor: Mitch Bender
Honors
» Honorable Mention, Denise M. McGuire Student Research
Award, 2006
» Honors Program, 2004 to present
Grants
» Student Research Grant, 2005
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2006 |
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Dan Nadeau
Major: Environmental Studies,
B.S.;
M.S. candidate (Environmental and Technological Studies)
Research group membership:
Fall 2006-present
Studies: Analysis of Sauk
River sediment and shore soil (2007-2008) and study of
nutrient loading of Johnson Creek (2008)
Advisor: Mitch Bender
Honors
» Recipient of the Denise M. McGuire Student Research
Award, 2007 & 2008
Grants
» Travel Grant, 2007
Leadership Positions
» Group Leader, Environmental Studies Student Research
Group, 2007-2008
» Group Mentor, Environmental Studies
Student Research Group, 2009-present
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2007 & 2008
» International Meeting of the Soil
Science Society of America, 2007
Memberships
» Minnesota Association of Professional Soil Scientists
» American Society of Agronomy
» Soil Science Society of America |
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Suresh
Niraula
Major: Environmental Studies
Research group membership:
Fall 2008-present
Study: Water quality analysis
of the Sauk River and Mississippi River confluence in
Minnesota
(2008-present)
Advisor: Mitch Bender
Honors
» Recipient of the Denise M. McGuire Student Research
Award, 2009
Leadership Positions
» Group Co-Leader, Environmental Studies Student
Research Group, 2009-2010
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2009
» Annual Meeting of the Association
for Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2009
Memberships
» Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences |
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Amit
Pradhananga
Major: Environmental Studies,
B.S.;
M.S. candidate (Environmental and Technological Studies)
Research group membership:
Fall 2006-Spring 2009
Studies: Soil amino sugar
nitrogen concentration of residential lawns (2006-2007),
UV transmission through plastics: implications in water
purification (2006-2007) and E. coli study of the Sauk
River (2007-2009)
Advisors: Mitch Bender and
Chuck Rose
Honors
» Honorable Mention, Denise M. McGuire Student Research
Award, 2006
Grants
» Student Research Grant, 2008
Leadership Positions
» Group Mentor, Environmental Studies Student Research
Group, 2007-2009
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2006, 2008, 2009
Memberships
» American Society of Agronomy
» Crop Science Society of America
» Soil Science Society of America |
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Jamison Reginek
Degree: Environmental Studies,
B.S.
Research group membership:
Fall 2008-Spring 2009
Study: BOD study of the Sauk
River (2008-2009)
Advisor: Mitch Bender
Honors
» Recipient of the Denise M. McGuire Student Research
Award, 2009
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2009 |
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Jeff Reinhart
Degree: Environmental Studies,
B.S.
Research group membership:
Fall 2008-Spring 2009
Study: GIS analysis of lakes
in the Boundary Waters (2008-2009)
Advisor: Chuck Rose
Honors
» Recipient of the Denise M. McGuire Student Research
Award, 2009
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2009 |
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Brian
Sanoski
Major: Environmental Studies,
B.S.;
M.S. candidate (Environmental and Technological Studies)
Research group membership:
Spring 2007-Fall 2008
Study: GIS analysis of
Getchell Creek (2007-2008)
Advisor: Mitch Bender
Honors
» Recipient of the Denise M. McGuire Student Research
Award, 2007
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2007
Memberships
» Friends of the Sauk River
» American Society of Agronomy
» Soil Science Society of America |
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Nick
Schumacher
Degree: Environmental Studies,
B.S.
Research group membership:
Fall 2005-Spring 2006
Study: Analysis of fecal
coliform contamination in tributaries of Sauk Lake
(2005-2006)
Advisor: Chuck Rose
Honors
» Honorable Mention, Denise M. McGuire Student Research
Award, 2006
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2006 |
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Sarah
Sewell
Degree: Environmental Studies,
B.S.
Research group membership:
Spring 2003-Spring 2005
Study: Analysis of nutrients
in lawns and their influence on nutrient loading in the
Sauk River (2003-2005)
Advisor: Mitch Bender
Honors
» Graduate assistantship at the University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, 2005
» Recipient of the Denise M. McGuire Student Research
Award, 2005
» Second place, individual student poster presentation
contest International Meeting of the Soil and Water
Conservation Society, 2004
Grants
» Travel grant to attend the
International Meeting of the Soil Science Society of
America, 2005
Leadership Positions
» Group Leader, Environmental Studies Student
Research Group, 2003-2005
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2004 & 2005
» International Meeting of the Soil Science Society of
America, 2004
» International Meeting of the Soil and Water
Conservation Society, 2004
Memberships
» American Society of Agronomy
» Soil Science Society of America |
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Joe Stafne
Degree: Environmental Studies,
B.S.
Research group membership:
Fall 2007-Spring 2009
Study: Analysis of nutrient
loading of Johnson Creek (2007-2009)
Advisor: Chuck Rose and Mitch
Bender
Honors
» Recipient of the Denise M. McGuire Student Research
Award, 2008 & 2009
Grants
» Travel Grant, 2008
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2008 & 2009
» International Meeting of the Soil
Science Society of America, 2008
Memberships
» American Society of Agronomy
» Crop Science Society of America
» Soil Science Society of America |
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Joe
Storlien
Degrees: Environmental Studies,
B.S.;
Environmental and Technological Studies, M.S.
Research group membership:
Spring 2005-Spring 2008
Studies: Environmental
management systems for agriculture, environmental
planning, and effects of land use on ecosystems and
freshwater systems (2005-2008)
Advisor: Mitch Bender
Honors
» Graduate assistantship at Texas A&M University, 2008
» Dennis M. Thayer Leadership Award, 2008
» University Award for Excellence in
Leadership, 2008
» Raymond Larson Leadership Award,
2007
» Recipient of the Denise M. McGuire
Student Research Award, 2006
» Floyd Forsberg Environmental Scholarship, 2004
Grants
» Graduate Student Research Grant, 2008
» Student Research Grant, 2006
» Travel Grant, 2006
» Student Research Grant, 2005
Leadership Positions
» Graduate Assistant, Department of Environmental and
Technological Studies, 2006-2008
» Board of Directors, Friends of the
Sauk River, 2006-2008
» Group Mentor, Environmental Studies
Student Research Group, 2006-2008
» Group Leader, Environmental Studies
Student Research Group, 2005-2006
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2005, 2006, 2007,
2008
» International Meeting of the Soil
Science Society of America, 2006, 2007
Memberships
» Minnesota Association of Professional Soil Scientists
» Friends of the Sauk River
» American Society of Agronomy
» Soil Science Society of America |
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Abbi Wittman
Degree:
Community Development, B.S.
Research group membership:
Fall 2004-Spring 2005
Study: Historical land use
surrounding the Sauk River (2004-2005)
Advisor: Mitch Bender
Presentations
» SCSU Student Research Colloquium, 2005 |
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