GRACE M. WILKINSON
Iowa State University
243 Bessey Hall [email protected]
2200 Osborn Drive (515) 294-3421
Ames, IA 50010 USA https://iowalimnology.weebly.com/
EDUCATION
Ph.D. 2015 University of Virginia, Environmental Sciences
B.A. 2010 Saint Olaf College, Biology
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2017-present Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management, Iowa State University
2015-2016 Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
2010-2015 Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
HONORS & AWARDS
2017 Elected Fellow of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology & Oceanography (ASLO)
2015 Maury Environmental Prize, University of Virginia
EXTERNAL GRANTS & CONTRACTS [total: $3,115,885]
2020-2024 National Science Foundation $776,673
“CAREER: Control Points on Nutrient Cycling in Hypereutrophic Lakes”
PI: Grace Wilkinson
2019-2020 Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources $24,465
"Study of Green Valley Lake Stratification and Phosphorus Cycling",
PI: Grace Wilkinson
2018-2020 National Science Foundation $275,430
“EAGER Collaborative Research: Synchronization between terrestrial and aquatic
ecosystems” , Lead PI: Grace Wilkinson ($136,225 to ISU), Co-PIs: Michael Pace &
Jonathan Walter (UVA)
2018-2019 Center for Global & Regional Environmental Research $35,000
"Developing early warning tools of harmful algal blooms in lakes"; PI: Wilkinson
2018-2022 Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources $459,138
"Quantifying phosphorus dynamics in shallow lakes"
PI: Grace Wilkinson, Co-PI: Michael Weber (all funds to Wilkinson)
2018-2020 Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources $560,209
"Ambient Lake Water Quality Monitoring 2018-2020"; PI: Grace Wilkinson
2018-2019 Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources $26,858
"Analytical Support of Shallow Lakes Monitoring Program"; PI: Grace Wilkinson
2017-2022 US Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District $705,438
"Water quality monitoring of the Des Moines and Iowa Rivers and Reservoirs"
PI: Grace Wilkinson, Co-PIs: William Crumpton, Chris Rehmann
2017-2018 Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources $188,465
"Ambient Lake Water Quality Monitoring 2017"; PI: Grace Wilkinson
2017-2018 Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources $28,873
"Analytical Support of Shallow Lakes Monitoring Program"; PI: Grace Wilkinson
2017-2018 Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources $24,150
"Plankton Analysis for Ambient Water Quality Monitoring 2016"; PI: Wilkinson
2017-2018 Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources $6,731
"Analytical Support of Wetland Monitoring Program"; PI: Grace Wilkinson
2017 Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources $4,500
"Sediment Core Analysis of Lake Geode, Iowa"; PI: Grace Wilkinson
FELLOWSHIPS TO PERSONNEL
2018-2020 Dr. Eric Moody ̶ USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellowship Program $165,000
2018-2021 Ellen Albright ̶ NSF Graduate Research Fellowship $138,000
2018-2021 Tyler Butts ̶ NSF Graduate Research Fellowship $138,000
GRANTS UNDER REVIEW
2020-2022 Iowa State Presidential Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grant $50,000
“Microfluidics for monitoring harmful algal blooms”
PIs: Nicole Hashem & Grace Wilkinson
2020-2023 Environmental Protection Agency STAR Program $990,903
“From in-field practices to in-lake consequences: Linking watershed nutrient flux to
harmful algal blooms” PIs: Matthew Helmers, Thomas Isenhart, Grace Wilkinson,
Peter Wolter, Emily Zimmerman
2020-2023 Environmental Protection Agency STAR Program $999,839
“Investigating the effectiveness of terrestrial nutrient reduction practices to reduce
harmful algal blooms through an integrative monitoring-remote sensing-modeling
platform” PIs: Chaoquan Lu, Grace Wilkinson, Yuyu Zhou, Zhengyuan Zhu
PUBLICATIONS §Wilkinson Lab Graduate Student *Undergraduate Co-Author
1. Weber, M, GM Wilkinson, M Balmer, MC Bevil. In press. Environmental changes in eutrophic
lakes following restoration. Hydrobiologia
2. Moody, E.K., E. Albright§, K. Cope*, R. Fleck, H. Grigel, D. Ortiz§, G.M. Wilkinson. 2019.
Taxomonic and geograophic gaps in the functional importance of imperiled fishes. Fish and
Fisheries 20: 795-801
3. Moody, E and GM Wilkinson. 2019. Functional turnover of zooplankton communities in
eutrophic lakes. Freshwater Biology 64: 608-616.
4. Pace, ML, SR Carpenter, GM Wilkinson. 2019. Long term studies and reproducibility: Lessons
from whole lake experiments. Limnology and Oceanography 64: 22-33.
5. Wilkinson, GM, A Besterman, CD Buelo, JA Gephart, ML Pace. 2018. A synthesis of modern
organic carbon burial rates in coastal and inland ecosystems. Scientific Reports.
6. Wilkinson, GM, SR Carpenter, JJ Cole, ML Pace, RD Batt, CD Buelo, J Kurtzweil. 2018. Early
warning signals precede cyanobacterial blooms in multiple whole-lake experiments. Ecological
Monographs, doi: 10.1002/ecm.1286
7. Oreska, M, GM Wilkinson, KJ McGlathery, M Bost, BA McKee. 2018. Non-seagrass carbon
contributions to seagrass sediment blue carbon. Limnology and Oceanography. doi: 10.1002/lno.10718
8. Tanentzap, AJ, BW Kielstra, GM Wilkinson, M Berggren, N Craig, PA del Giorgio, J Grey, JM
Gunn, SE Jones, J Karlsson, CT Solomon, ML Pace. 2017. Terrestrial support of lake food webs:
synthesis reveals controls over cross-ecosystem resource use. Science Advances 3, e1601765.
9. Pace, ML, RD Batt, CD Buelo, SR Carpenter, JJ Cole, J Kurtzweil, GM Wilkinson. 2017. Reversal
of a Cyanobacterial Bloom in Response to Early Warnings. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences USA 114: 352-357.
10. Wilkinson, GM, C Buelo, JJ Cole, ML Pace. 2016. Exogenously produced CO2 more than doubles
the flux of greenhouse gases from three north temperate lakes. Geophysical Research Letters, doi:
10.1002/2016GL067732
11. Greiner, JT, KE Emery, GM Wilkinson, KJ McGlathery. 2016. Identifying carbon source
contributors to restored seagrass sediment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 551: 95-105.
12. Carpenter, SR, JJ Cole, ML Pace, GM Wilkinson. 2016. Response of plankton to nutrients,
planktivory, and terrestrial organic matter: A model analysis of whole-lake experiments. Ecology
Letters 19: 230-239, doi: 10.1111/ele.12558
13. Wilkinson, GM, JJ Cole, ML Pace, RA Johnson, M Kleinhans*. 2015. The contribution of
biological and physical processes to the formation and persistence of oxygen maxima in lakes.
Limnology and Oceanography 60: 242-251.
14. Wilkinson, GM, JJ Cole, ML Pace. 2015. The sensitivity of deuterium based allochthony estimates
to the dietary water correction and lipid content. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 13(5): 213-
223.
15. Emery, KA, GM Wilkinson, FG Ballard*, ML Pace. 2015. Use of allochthonous resources by
zooplankton in reservoirs. Hydrobiologia 758: 257-269.
16. Emery, KA, GM Wilkinson, VF Camacho-Ibar, ML Pace, KJ McGlathery, JM Sandoval-Gil, J
Hernádez-López. 2015. Resource use of a cultured oyster (Crassostrea gigas) in the reverse estuary
Bahía San Quintín, Baja California, Mexico. Estuaries and Coasts, doi: 10.1007/s12237-015-0021-9.
17. Batt, RD, SR Carpenter, JJ Cole, ML Pace, RA Johnson, JK Kurtzweil, GM Wilkinson. 2015.
Altered energy flow in the food web of an experimentally darkened lake. Ecosphere 6: Article 33.
18. Wilkinson, GM, SR Carpenter, JJ Cole, ML Pace. 2014. Metalimnetic 13C addition reveals minor
support of metalimneitc resources to pelagic consumers. Limnology and Oceanography 59: 986-996.
19. Yang, C*, GM Wilkinson, JJ Cole, SA Macko, ML Pace. 2014. Determining the isotopic values
of resource end members in freshwater food web studies. Inland Waters 4: 233-242.
20. Wilkinson, GM, ML Pace, JJ Cole. 2013. Terrestrial dominance of organic matter in north
temperate lakes. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 27: 43-51.
21. Wilkinson, GM, SR Carpenter, JJ Cole, ML Pace, C Yang*. 2013. Terrestrial support of pelagic
consumers among lakes: Patterns and variability revealed from a multi-lake study. Freshwater
Biology 58: 2037-2049.
BOOK CHAPTERS
1. Wilkinson, GM. 2017. Eutrophication of Freshwater and Coastal Ecosystems. In the
Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies, Springer.
2. Emery, KA, JA Gephart, GM Wilkinson, AF Besterman, ML Pace. 2016. Modeling drivers of
trophic cascades and food-web alterations in a lake ecosystems. Learner-Centered Teaching Activities
for Environmental and Sustainability Studies
UNDER REVIEW OR REVISION (drafts available upon request)
1. Wilkinson, GM, JA Walter, R Fleck, ML Pace. In revision. Beyond the trends: The need to
understand multi-annual dynamics in aquatic ecosystems. Limnology and Oceanography Letters
2. Moody, EK, TJ Butts§, R Fleck, PD Jeyasingh, GM Wilkinson. In review. From Glycolysis to
Green Lakes: Anthropogenic Evolution of a Keystone Herbivore (Daphnia pulicaria) Weakens
Trophic Cascades. Ecology Letters
3. Walter, JA, R Fleck, JH Kastens, ML Pace, GM Wilkinson. In review. Temporal coherence
between lake and landscape primary productivity. Ecology Letters.
4. Ortiz, DA§, J Palmer, GM Wilkinson. In review. Detecting statistical early warning indicators of
algal blooms in shallow eutrophic lakes. Ecosphere
5. Walter, JA, R Fleck, ML Pace, GM Wilkinson. In review. Scaling relationships between lake
surface area and catchment area. Aquatic Science
6. Wilkinson, GM, R. Wagner*, E. Albright§, R. Fleck. In review. Evaluating shallow lake sediment
resuspension as a potential source of microcystin to the water column. Hydrobiologia
In Preparation (drafts available upon request)
1. Wilkinson, GM, EA Albright. [INVITED] In preparation. Phosphorus Cycling in Lakes in The
Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, Volume 2.
2. Wilkinson, GM, JA Walter, E Albright, DA Ortiz, R Fleck, E Moody. In preparation. Predicting
which lakes likely have toxic algal blooms. Target Journal: Harmful Algae
NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
1. Wilkinson, GM. 2018. "Is this lake healthy? And other difficult questions to answer." Getting into
Soil and Water.
2. Wilkinson, GM and JJ Cole. 2017. “How many limnologists does it take to fix the plumbing?”
Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 98 (2): 99-100
3. Wilkinson, GM. 2015. “Transcript of the Address of the President at the 150th Annual ESA
Meeting” ESA Centennial Writing Contest, Runner Up. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 13
(5): 283.
4. Menden‐Deuer, S, L Bristow, C Filstrup, A Johnson, K Rose, X Xi, A Burgess, GM Wilkinson.
2015. "Big Data on Important Issues: Assessing the Needs of Student and Early Career Aquatic
Scientists" Bulletin of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology & Oceanography 24: 77-79.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA
1. Wilkinson, GM (2018) “Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms” Prairie Lakes Conference (Okoboji,
Iowa) [invited talk]
2. Wilkinson, GM (2018) “Toxic algal blooms in eutrophic lakes” Environmental Sciences Graduate
Program Research Symposium (Ames, Iowa) [plenary speaker]
3. Wilkinson, GM (2018) “Lake and reservoir water quality monitoring” 12th Annual Iowa Water
Conference (Ames, Iowa) [invited panelist]
4. Wilkinson, GM (2017) “Early Warnings of Harmful Algal Blooms in Lakes” Iowa Public Health
Conference (Des Moines, Iowa) [plenary speaker]
5. Wilkinson, GM, SR Carpenter, JJ Cole, ML Pace, C Buelo, J Kurtzweil. (2017) “Ecosystem
Alarms: Early warnings of cyanobacterial blooms in lakes” Ecological Society of America
(Portland, Oregon) [invited talk]
6. Wilkinson, GM (2016) “Ecosystem alarms: Searching for early warnings of large changes in lakes”
Prairie Lakes Conference (Okoboji, Iowa) [plenary speaker]
7. Wilkinson, GM, SR Carpenter, JJ Cole, ML Pace (2014) “Use of deep algal resources by
zooplankton: Results of a metalimnetic addition of 13C to a small lake” Joint meeting of the British
Ecological Society and the French Ecological Society (Lille, France) [invited talk]
8. Wilkinson, GM, JJ Cole, ML Pace (2012 ) “Terrestrial dominance of organic matter in north
temperate lakes” American Geophysical Union (San Francisco, California)
DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS
2020 Cornell University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2020 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for Limnology
2019 Drake University, Environmental Sciences Seminar Series
2018 University of Iowa, Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar Series
2018 University of Notre Dame, Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Series
2018 University of Kansas, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series
2017 Duke University, River Center in the Nicholas School Seminar Series
2017 UC Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute Seminar Series
2017 Iowa State, Civil & Environmental Engineering Water Resources Seminar Series
2016 University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of the Environment
2016 Iowa State University, Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
2016 Longwood University, Biology Department Seminar Series
2015 Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Seminar Series
2014 Université du Québecà Montréal, GRIL Seminar Series
2014 University of Virginia, Dept. of Environmental Sciences Seminar Series
PUBLIC & AGENCY ENGAGEMENT SEMINARS
2018 North Central Water Network (Webinar)
2018 EPA Region 7 Harmful Algal Blooms Working Group (Webinar)
2018 NRCS Eldred Sherwood Annual Stakeholders Meeting (Goodell, IA)
2017 Iowa Water Resources Coordinating Council (Des Moines, IA)
2017 American Fisheries Society, Iowa Chapter (Ames, IA)
2016 Iowa Lakeside Laboratory Regents Seminar Series (Okoboji, IA)
2016 University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center Seminar Series (Gogebic, MI)
CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS
*Wilkinson Lab Member
ORAL PRESENTATIONS – continued count from invited presentations
9. Wilkinson, GM, JA Walter, R Fleck*, ML Pace. (2019) “Synchronization among terrestrial and
aquatic ecosystems” Great Plains Limnology Conference (Ames, Iowa)
10. Wilkinson, GM, JA Walter, R Fleck*, ML Pace. (2019) “Synchronization among terrestrial and
aquatic ecosystems” ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
11. Wilkinson, GM, J Walter, E Albright*, R Fleck*, H Grigel*, E Moody*, D Ortiz*, A Zmich*
(2018) “Predicting toxic blooms in eutrophic lakes” Great Plains Limnology Conference
(Lawrence, Kansas)
12. Wilkinson, GM, J Walter, R Fleck*, H Grigel*, E Moody* (2018) “Predicting toxic algal blooms
in eutrophic recreational lakes” Association for the Sciences of Limnology & Oceanography
Annual Meeting (Victoria, British Columbia)
13. Wilkinson, GM, E Albright*, R Fleck* (2018) Spatial variability of sediment phosphorus fractions
in eutrophic shallow lakes. Geological Society of America (Ames, Iowa)
14. Wilkinson, GM, SR Carpenter, JJ Cole, ML Pace, RD Batt, CD Buelo, JKurtzweil (2017)
“Statistical early warning indicators predict algal blooms in lakes” ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting
(Honolulu, Hawaii)
15. Wilkinson, GM, A Besterman, JA Gephart, CD Buelo, ML Pace (2017) “A synthesis of modern
organic carbon burial rates in coastal and inland ecosystems” Great Plains Limnology Conference
(Columbus, Missouri)
16. Wilkinson, GM, C Buelo, JJ Cole, ML Pace (2016) “Exogenous CO2 doubles emissions from
three small north temperate lakes” ASLO Summer Meeting (Santa Fe, NM)
17. Wilkinson, GM, JJ Cole, ML Pace, RA Johnson, M Kleinhans (2015) “The contribution of
biological and physical processes to metalimnetic oxygen maxima in lakes” ASLO Aquatic
Sciences Meeting (Granada, Spain)
18. Wilkinson, GM, SR Carpenter, JJ Cole, ML Pace (2014) “Use of deep algal resources by
zooplankton: Results of a metalimnetic addition of 13C to a small lake” Joint Aquatic Sciences
Meeting (Portland, Oregon)
19. Wilkinson, GM, SR Carpenter, JJ Cole, ML Pace, C Yang (2013) “Terrestrial support of pelagic
consumers among lakes: Patterns and variability revealed from a multi-lake study” Ecological
Society of America 98th Annual Meeting (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
20. Wilkinson, GM, JJ Cole, ML Pace (2013) “Terrestrial dominance of organic matter in north
temperate lakes” ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting (New Orleans, Louisiana)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
21. Wilkinson, GM, K Emery, V Camacho-Ibar, M Pace, K McGlathery, J Sandoval Gil, J
Hernandez-Lopez (2016) “Resource use of an aquacultured shellfish in the reverse estuary Bahía
San Quintín, Baja California, México” Ocean Sciences Meeting (New Orleans, Louisiana)
22. Wilkinson, GM, S Dunn, AP Hinrich, M Marty, SN Schmidt, J Schade (2010) “Nitrogen
dynamics along a moisture gradient in a restored wetland” ASLO and NABS Joint Meeting (Santa
Fe, New Mexico)
CO-AUTHORED CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS
*Wilkinson Lab Member
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
23. Albright, EA*, R Fleck*, Q Shingai*, GM Wilkinson. (2019) "Identifying potential hotspots of
internal phosphorus loading in Iowa lakes" ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting (San Juan, Puerto
Rico)
24. Ortiz, DA*, GM Wilkinson. (2019) "Detecting Early Warnings of Harmful Algal Blooms in
Shallow Lakes" ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
25. Fleck, R*, E Albright*, H Grigel*, E Moody*, D Ortiz*, J Walter, GM Wilkinson. (2019)
“Predicting toxic algal blooms in lakes located in a highly eutrophic landscape.” ASLO Aquatic
Sciences Meeting (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
26. Moody, EK*, TJ Butts*, R Fleck*, P Jenasingh, GM Wilkinson. (2019) “From glycolysis to green
lakes: Evolution of Daphnia alters ecosystem function in hypereutrophic lakes.” ASLO Aquatic
Sciences Meeting (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
27. Hansen, C, GM Wilkinson, S Burian. (2019)“Developing and implementing an early warning
system for HABs in Utah Lake” ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
28. Albright, EA*, R Fleck*, Q Shingai*, and GM Wilkinson. (2018) "Identifying potential hotspots
of internal phosphorus loading in Iowa lakes" Great Plains Limnology Conference (Lawrence,
Kansas)
29. Moody, EK*, E. Albright*, K. Cope*, R. Fleck*, H. Grigel*, D. Ortiz*, & G.M. Wilkinson. (2018)
"Severely underestimated impacts of fishes in North America’s aridland aquatic ecosystems"
Desert Fishes Council Annual Meeting (Death Valley, California).
30. Moody, EK* and GM Wilkinson. (2018) "Eutrophication Elicits Evolution: Variation in Daphnia
Traits Links Glycolysis to Green Lakes " Great Plains Limnology Conference (Lawrence, Kansas)
31. Moody, EK* and GM Wilkinson. (2018) "Zooplankton stoichiometric trait responses to
hypereutrophication" Society for Freshwater Science (Detroit, Michigan)
32. Pace, ML, GM Wilkinson, SR Carpenter. (2018) "Long term ecological research and
reproducibility: Lessons from whole-lake experiments" ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting
(Honolulu, Hawaii)
33. Moody, EK*, GM Wilkinson. (2017) "Zooplankton stoichiometric trait responses to
hypereutrophication" Great Plains Limnology Conference (Columbus, Missouri)
34. Pace, ML, SR Carpenter, JJ Cole, RD Batt, GM Wilkinson, CD Buelo, J Kurtzweil. (2016) "A
whole-lake test of early warnings: Reversal of a cyanobacteria bloom" ASLO Summer Meeting
(Santa Fe, New Mexico).
35. Buelo, C, ML Pace, GM Wilkinson. (2015) "Storm events and algal blooms in a local drinking
water supply" Water Resources Conference of the Virginias (Blacksburg, Virginia)
36. Carey, CC, JP Doubek, AB Gerling, KD Hamre, ZW Munger, GM Wilkinson, PA Gantzer, JC
Little, ML Pace, ME Schreiber. (2015) "Whole-ecosystem oxygenation demonstrates that episodic
anoxic events promote internal loading of metals and carbon burial in a eutrophic reservoir"
Ecological Society of America 100th Annual Meeting (Baltimore, Maryland)
37. Pace, ML, RD Batt, C Buelo, SR Carpenter, JJ Cole, JJ Kurtzweil, GM Wilkinson. (2015) "Early
warnings of phytoplankton blooms? A whole lake experiment" ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting
(Granada, Spain)
38. Pace, ML, GW Wilkinson, JJ Cole, SR Carpenter. (2014) "Watershed inputs, aquatic food webs,
and ecosystem stability" Joint meeting of the British & French Ecological Societies (Lille, France)
39. Batt, RD, SR Carpenter, JJ Cole, M.L. Pace, RA Johnson, JK Kurtzweil, GM Wilkinson. (2013)
"Altered energy flow in the food web of an experimentally darkened lake" Ecological Society of
America 98th Annual Meeting (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
40. Pace, ML, JJ Cole, SR Carpenter, GM Wilkinson. (2013) "Are inputs of terrestrial organic carbon
to lakes large or small relative to primary production" ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting (New
Orleans, Louisiana)
41. Welter, JR, PC Furey, JA Cormier, AJ Rosendahl, BL Weigel, GM Wilkinson. (2011) "Abiotic
and biotic constraints on nitrogen fixation and producer species assemblages in an N limited river
ecosystem" Ecological Society of America 96th Annual Meeting (Austin, Texas)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
42. Butts, TJ, GM Wilkinson. (2018) "Changes in Zooplankton Communities Following Fishery
Renovations" Great Plains Limnology Conference (Lawrence, Kansas)
43. Ortiz, DA, GM Wilkinson. (2018) "Detecting Early Warnings of Harmful Algal Blooms in
Shallow Lakes" Great Plains Limnology Conference (Lawrence, Kansas)
44. Albright, E*, GM Wilkinson. (2018)"Intra-lake variability in internal phosphorus loading
potential" Iowa Water Conference (Ames, Iowa)
45. Fleck, R*, GM Wilkinson. (2017) "Water quality effects of dredging in Iowa Lakes" Great Plains
Limnology Conference (Columbus, Missouri)
46. Albright, E*, GM Wilkinson. (2017) "Intra-lake variability in internal phosphorus loading
potential" Great Plains Limnology Conference (Columbus, Missouri)
47. Ortiz, D*, GM Wilkinson. (2017) "De-stratification from aeration: oxygen redistribution or
metabolic reduction? Great Plains Limnology Conference (Columbus, Missouri)
48. Grigel, H*, GM Wilkinson. (2017) "What explains the sudden decrease of percent cyanobacteria
in Iowa lakes?" Great Plains Limnology Conference (Columbus, Missouri)
49. Besterman, A, Wilkinson, GM, CD Buelo, J Gephart, ML Pace. (2017) Comparing modern
carbon burial in aquatic ecosystems. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting (Honolulu, Hawaii)
50. Carpenter, LM, DWP Manning, EC Seybold, GM Wilkinson, JD Schade. 2009. Winter snowpack
effects on biogeochemical processes in a restored tallgrass prairie. Ecological Society of America
94th Annual Meeting (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instruction at Iowa State University
Fall 2017-2019 Aquatic Ecology (3 credits), upper level undergraduate and graduate
Fall 2017-2019 Aquatic Ecology Lab (1 credit), upper level undergraduate and graduate
Spring 2018, 2020 Principles of Biology I (3 credits), undergraduate majors and non-majors
Spring 2019 Science Communication (1 credit), graduate seminar
Spring 2020 North Temperate Lakes Ecology (2 credits), graduate student field trip course
Other Instructional Experience
Fall 2016 Co-instructor, Limnology, Univ. Virginia
Fall 2014-15 Project Instructor & Grader, Limnology, Univ. Virginia
Spring 2012 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Univ. Virginia
Fall 2012 Teaching Assistant, Terrestrial Ecology Lab, Univ. Virginia
2010-2013 Teaching Assistant, Fundamentals of Ecology Lab (5 sections total), Univ. Virginia
MENTORING
Postdoctoral Associates
1. Dr. Eric Moody (March 2017-July 2019)
Graduate Theses/Dissertations: Major Professor
1. Tyler Butts (2018-present): Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, PhD
2. Ellen Albright (2017-present): Environmental Science, PhD
3. Quin Shingai (2019-present): Environmental Science, MS
4. David Ortiz (2017-2019): Environmental Science, MS
Member of Graduate Student Program of Study Committee
1. Anya Belyaeva (2017-2019): Environmental Science, PhD
2. Tania Leung (2017-present): Environmental Science, PhD
3. Martin Simonson (2017-present): Environmental Science, PhD
4. Derek Ballard (2017-present): Environmental Science, MS
5. Holly Rich (2018-present): Environmental Science, PhD
6. Blake Mitchell (2018-present): Environmental Science, MS
7. Jerilyn Calaor (2019-present): Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, PhD
8. Xuewei Liang (2019-present): Environmental Science, PhD
Undergraduate Student Researchers at Iowa State University
1. Jean-Luc Del Valle (Independent Research,, Spring 2017)
2. Anna Zmich (Independent Research, lab technician 2017-2018)
3. Quin Shingai (Independent Research, lab technician 2017-2019)
4. Kathryn Holmes (Independent Research, Spring 2018)
5. Emma Califf (Independent Research, lab technician 2017-2019)
6. Ashley Heins (Independent Research, field & lab technician, 2017-2019)
7. Katie Cope (lab technician 2017-2018)
8. Elena Sandry (field & lab technician 2017-2019)
9. Sara Mayer (field & lab technician, 2017-2018)
10. Lucas Krakow (field technician, summer 2017)
11. James Thompson (field technician, 2018-present)
12. Katherine Luzier (lab technician, summer 2017)
13. Ryan Wagner (Independent Research, field & lab technician, 2018)
14. Casey McConnell (lab technician, 2018)
15. Riley Barbour (Independent Research, lab technician, 2018-2019)
16. Halle Rosenboom (field technician, 2018-present)
17. Shania Walker (Independent Research, field technician, 2018-present)
18. Riley Nylin (field technician, summer 2018)
19. Katherine Hoeppner, (Independent Research, lab technician, 2018)
20. Elizabeth Carlson (Independent Research, Spring 2019)
21. Adrianna Le-Compte (Independent Research, lab & field technician, Spring 2019)
22. Kala Rogers (field technician, 2019-present)
23. Brittany Howes (lab technician, 2019-present)
24. Psalm Amos (Independent Research, lab technician, 2019-present)
25. Kari Fiebelkorn (lab technician, 2019-present)
26. Jenna Rasmusson (Independent Research, lab & field technician, 2019-present)
27. Kayla Wernsing (Independent Research, 2019)
Undergraduate Student Researchers, Elsewhere
1. Carol Yang, (2011-2012), University of Virginia, Envi Sci Distinguished Major
2. Maxwell Kleinhans, (2012-2014), University of Wisconsin, Madison
3. Joshua Whelan (2012-2013), University of Virginia
4. Jonathan Torres (2013- 2014), University of Virginia
5. Flannery Ballard (2013- 2014), University of Virginia
6. Charles Hanley (2014-2015), University of Virginia
7. Meredith Kadjeski (2016), Wells College
8. Elizabeth McKay (2016), Calvin College
9. Audrey Thellman (2016), University of Notre Dame
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2019 - Subject Matter Editor for the Freshwater Ecology track of Ecosphere
2019 Chair of the 2019 Great Plains Limnology Conference, Ames, Iowa
2019 Co-organizer special session, "Brave New World: The Ecology of Highly Impacted
Water Bodies" at the ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
2019 Chair of the contributed session on “Regime Shifts” at the ASLO Aquatic Sciences
Meeting (San Juna, Puerto Rico)
2018 Technical Advisory Board, Silver Lake Restoration Group
2018 Ad hoc Reviewer, National Science Foundation (DEB)
2017 Panelist, National Science Foundation (DEB)
2017 Ad hoc Reviewer, National Science Foundation (DEB)
2017 ASLO Multicultural Program Mentor at ASLO Meeting (Honolulu, Hawaii)
2016 Ad hoc Associate Editor, Ecological Applications
2016 Co-organizer special session, "Fixing the Plumbing in the Inland Carbon Cycle" at
the ASLO Summer Meeting (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
2015-2016 Scientific Organizing Committee, Assoc Sciences of Limnology & Oceanography
Meeting (Santa Fe, NM)
2015-2017 Co-chair, ASLO Student Activities Committee
2014-2017 Elected to the Board of Directors for the Association of the Sciences of Limnology
& Oceanography
2014-2017 ASLO Meeting Mentor Program co-organizer and participant
2014 University of Virginia Delegation, Association of Environmental Research Centers
Congressional Briefing Day (Washington DC)
Peer Review Activity:
Aquatic Sciences (x2)
Biology Letters (x2)
Biogeochemistry (x4)
Canadian J of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences
Chinese Journal of Oceanology & Limnology
Ecology (x2)
Ecosystems (x5)
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Geophysical Research Letters (x2)
Global Change Biology
Hydrobiologia (x4)
Journal of Animal Ecology
JGR- Biogeosciences
Journal of Hydrology
Limnology & Oceanography (x5)
Limnology and Oceanography Letters (x4)
Limnology & Oceanography: Methods (x2)
PNAS (x2)
Oecologia
Oikos
Science of the Total Environment (x2)
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2018-present Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Graduate Program Curriculum Committee member
2018-present EEOB Strategic Hiring Planning Committee member
2018- present Fobes Ronald Lecture Series Committee Chair
2018-present Faculty Advisor, Iowa Women in Natural Resources (IWINR), student club
2017-present EEOB Space Committee
RECENT OUTREACH ACTIVITIES*
*Note the Public and Agency Outreach and Engagement seminars listed in the "Invited
Presentations" section
2016-present Co-host of Major Revisions, an ecology podcast. Our show reaches >400 subscribers,
with each episode averaging 400-500 listens. www.majorrevisionsshow.com
2019 Panelist for “How to Find Funding” at Association for the Sciences of Limnology &
Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
2018 Mentor for the ISU Chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Chicano and
Native American Scientists (SACNAS) Grant Writing Workshop
2018 Invited Mentor: ISU Resume vs. CV workshop for undergraduate STEM Scholars, a
biology learning community for under-represented minority students at ISU
2018 Iowa State University Biological Sciences Club and Iowa American Fisheries Society
Student Chapter Guest Speaker
2016 Central Caribbean Marine Institute REU Workshop Series: How to write a scientific
paper