North Dakota State University

  Marinus L. Otte

• Professor
• Editor-in-Chief of Wetlands, the scientific journal of the Society of Wetland Scientists
• Co-Director and mentor of the ND INBRE II Metal Analysis Core
• Interests: wetlands, ecology, ecotoxicology, ecophysiology, biogeochemistry
• Contact information: marinus.otte(at)ndsu.edu; office phone: 701-231-8708, office address: Stevens Hall 121

  Donna L. Jacob

• Research Assistant Professor
• Co-Director of the ND INBRE II Metal Analysis Core
• Interests: wetlands, biogeochemistry, nanoparticles, ecology
• Contact information: donna.jacob(at)ndsu.edu, office phone: 701-231-8999, office address: Stevens Hall 701

  La Toya Kissoon

• Postdoctoral Researcher
• Projects: Nanoparticles and aquatic plants: growth and uptake, Cadmium cycling in wetlands,  Variations in lake turbidity and phytoplankton biomass: effects of Si and Mn
• Contact information: latoya.kissoon(at)ndsu.edu

Stephanie (Longstaff) Hummel

• PhD student
• Project: Shallow Lake Wetland Ecology: understanding pore water chemistry in the fringe of shallow lakes; is sediment chemistry linked to shallow lake plant community composition?
• Contact Information: stephanie.longstaff@ndsu.edu

  Carrie Werkmeister - Karki

• Ph.D. student
• Project: Multi-element composition of soil profiles as indicators of past and present ecosystem integrity in prairie potholes
• Contact Information: carrie.werkmeister(at)my.ndsu.edu

  Alex Stalboerger

• Master's student
• Project: Constructed wetlands for treatment of tile-drainage water and for production of biofuel
• Contact information: alex.stalboerger(at)my.ndsu.edu

Hannah Passolt

• Master's student
• Project title: Effects of engineered nanoparticles on spinach, spring and winter wheat, and rice plants
• Contact Information: hannah.passolt(at)my.ndsu.edu

  Alex Yellick

• Master's student
• Project: Multi-element fingerprinting as a rapid assessment tool for wetland quality and chemical connectivity of prairie potholes across watersheds
• Contact information: alex.yellick(at)my.ndsu.edu

  Aida Asgary

• Master's degree conferred 2013
• Project: Multi-element analysis on riparian wetlands and river sediment in North Dakota
• Contact information: aida.asgary(at)my.ndsu.edu

   Dimuthu Wijeyaratne

• PhD conferred: 2011
• Project: Multi-element fingerprinting of river sediments to identify diffuse pollution sources
• Contact Information: dimuthuw(at)kln.ac.lk

   Sharmila Sunwar

• Ph.D degree conferred 2011
• Project: Multi-element uptake in Triglochin maritima and other species from wetlands associated with enriched and non-enriched sites (hotsprings , temporary wetlands etc.)
• Contact Information :moved to Morocco and is writing manuscripts

Melissa Tracy

• Undergraduate student
• Project: Nanoparticles and aquatic plants: growth and uptake
• Contact information: melissa.tracy(at)my.ndsu.edu

  Nicholas Peterson

• Undergraduate student
• Project: cadmium in shallow lakes
• Contact Information: pursuing a career as a school teacher

Ryan Sullivan

• Undergraduate student
• Project: Investigating fringe vegetation as a control for algal growth in shallow lakes
• Contact Information: moved on to employment with the US Forest Service

  Josh Borchardt

• Undergraduate student with the lab 2008-2012
• Project: TiO₂ nanoparticles in aquatic plants
• Co-author on scientific article pulished in International Journal of Phytoremedation
• Moved on to purse Master's degree at University of North Dakota, John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences - Department of Space Studies

  Aude Monthean

• Undergraduate Student
• Project: Multi-Element Fingerprinting of Sediments at the Little Missouri River and at the Red River of the North to Investigate the Sources of Uranium and Cadmium
• Contact Information: returned to France to finish her BSc degree

   Justin Tabaka

• Undergraduate student
• Project: Dendrochronology, history, multi-element traces in the environment as recorded in tree rings, collaboration with Dr.Joe Zeleznik
• Contact Information: moved on to pursue a Master’s of Natural Resource Management degree, NDSU

  Emily Fischbach

• Undergraduate student
• Project: Cadmium Contaminated Soil in North Dakota and the Effects of Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus L.) on Mobilization, Uptake and Immobilization
• Contact Information: moved on to other pursuits related to horticulture