GVSU Annis Water Resources Institute

AWRI is hiring a research assistant to work with NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab (@NOAA_GLERL) staff at their Lake Michigan Field Station in Muskegon. Find the full job ad online at gvsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/careers/…. Application closes by June 1, 2026.

On this day in 1986, the @GVSU Board of Control voted unanimously to approve the creation of... us! Happy 40th to AWRI and thank you to the donors, collaborators, faculty, staff, students, and community supporters whose hard work has built the institute that we have today!

AWRI's water bottle refilling station hit a landmark number of uses, eliminating plastic waste from 12,345 single-use water bottles. Congrats to Muskegon Conservation District executive director Chelsea Lawton for getting the lucky number and winning a reusable metal bottle!

LAKE METABOLIC REGIMES: A NEW GLOBAL SYNTHESIS OF GPP AND ER PATTERNS AND DRIVERS - Christopher Solomon, Paul Hanson, Stuart Jones*, Bennett McAfee*, Isabella Oleksy, Kathleen Weathers - May 15, 3:15 PM, Room 520E

INVESTIGATING TIMESCALE VARIABILITY IN LAKE WATER QUALITY USING KNOWLEDGE-GUIDED MACHINE LEARNING - Emma Marchisin, Sepideh Fatemi, Bennett McAfee*, Robert Ladwig, Abhilash Neog, Anuj Karpatne, Paul Hanson - May 15, 2:45 PM, Room 525AB

Conference season continues next week with AWRI faculty and staff attending the joint meeting for @aslo_org and @SIL_limnology! If you’re going to #ASLOSIL26 in Montreal, don't miss these talks from our own Stuart Jones, Bopi Biddanda, and Bennett McAfee!

Help us welcome our 2026 AWRI summer students! This diverse group of undergraduates, graduate researchers, and technicians looks forward to a productive field season while gaining essential research and communication skills. #summer2026 #GVSU #STEM

AWRI is hiring a postdoctoral researcher to work with Dr. Stuart Jones to lead a collaborative global lake biogeochemistry project! Find the full job ad online at gvsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/Mu…. Application reviews begin on May 15, 2026!

WORKING WITH UNIVERSITY PARTNERS - Charlyn Partridge*, Al Steinman*, Jeremy A Hartsock, Erin Dreelin, and Sarah Hamsher* - Friday 5/1, 1:00 PM WEST MICHIGAN INLAND LAKE SALT SURVEY - Mike Hassett*, Katie Tyrrell*, Sean Woznicki*, Al Steinman* - Saturday 5/2, 1:30 PM

Presentations (AWRI presenters or coauthors noted with *): THE NEW INTERSECTION BETWEEN NUTRIENTS AND ALGAL BLOOMS - Mark Kieser and Mark Luttenton* - Friday 5/1, 10:30 AM

GVSU’s semester is still wrapping up, but AWRI students, staff, and faculty are already preparing for the summer research and conference season! If you’re attending the Michigan Lakes and Streams Association Conference in Muskegon this week, check out these talks!

West Michigan high school student scientists met at AWRI last week for the first Stream Team summit, presenting their research monitoring water quality in local streams. Read more at: gvsu.edu/forum/view.htm….