New Staff

CIGLR welcomes new members to our team!

Andrew Camilleri joined CIGLR as a Benthic Ecologist to work with Drs. Ashley Elgin (NOAA GLERL) and Casey Godwin (CIGLR) on research to understand the interactive effects of harmful algal blooms (HABs), hypoxia, and invasive mussels in the Great Lakes. Michael Fraker, PhD, joined CIGLR as an Assistant Research Scientist. His research develops predictive models that link biological to physical processes in aquatic ecosystems. He is currently researching the interactions between piscivores, larval fish, and zooplankton in Lake Erie. Fraker uses a variety of approaches (observational, experimental, mathematical), to understand ecological systems. Hayden Henderson joined CIGLR as an Observing Systems Engineer working with Mechanical Technician Russ Miller (CIGLR), supporting both field and laboratory efforts related to the Synthesis, Observations and Response System (SOAR) project. Yi Hong, PhD, is a CIGLR Postdoctoral Research Fellow collaborating with NOAA GLERL and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, to improve NOAA National Water Model predictions for the Great Lakes basin. Holly Kelchner joined CIGLR as an Aquatic Ecology Research Analyst working with Drs. Casey Godwin (CIGLR) and Reagan Errara (NOAA GLERL) to execute the western Lake Erie harmful algal bloom (HAB) monitoring cruises and laboratory toxin analysis efforts. Clayton Kingdon joined CIGLR as a Modeling Data Analyst working with Dr. Michael Fraker (CIGLR), Dr. Mark Rowe (NOAA GLERL), and Peter Alsip (CIGLR) on the Coordinated Science Monitoring Initiative where he uses programming tools to analyze data and evaluate model performance. Yuchun Lin, PhD, joined CIGLR as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow working with Assistant Research Scientist Dr. Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome. Their research uses numerical modeling and data analyses to understand Great Lakes ice hotspots, ice cover predictions,

and wave-ice interactions. Timothy Maguire, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow working with Drs. Casey Godwin (CIGLR) and Craig Stow (NOAA GLERL). His research uses a variety of frequentist, Bayesian, GIS, and artificial intelligence/machine learning techniques to develop numerical water quality models in the Great Lakes.