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Sabrina Koetter is defending her MS thesis: “Clarity for Lakes and Communities: Understanding the Communication Practices and Role Perceptions of Volunteer Lake Monitors”

Sabrina Koetter, who was coadvised in the Watershed and WESP labs, is defending her MS thesis on Tuesday, August 25. For those at UVM, Sabrina’s defense will be in Aiken 311. For a Teams link, please contact me or Sabrina in advance. Sabrina’s abstract is below. Using mixed methods– surveys …

Seeking Post Doctoral Scholar at University of Vermont: Stormwater Management Adaptations to Climate Change

We seek a postdoctoral researcher with interest in stormwater, climate change, and how communities are adapting their stormwater management strategies (e.g., green stormwater infrastructure, design standards) to changing precipitation and temperature patterns. The postdoctoral researcher will be a key contributor to a new USGS-funded research project working with communities in …

Watershed Lab’s 2024 in Review

We are one amazing research group. We are a faculty lead (Anne), a technician (Andrea), a post doc (Lakelyn), a PhD student (Suffiyan), 2 MS students (Nurjahan and Sabrina), 6 undergraduates (Casey, Kayleigh, Arden, Morgan, Hope, and Henry), and 1 closely-affiliated faculty member (Liz). We published great science in four …

PhD or MS Assistantship on Microplastics in Freshwater Systems at the University of Vermont

The Watershed Lab in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont seeks a graduate student to work on a fully-funded project on microplastics in Lake Champlain, beginning in June 2024. Lake Champlain is an 1100 km2 lake between Vermont and New York, and this …