IDEAL Opportunities

The NYANZA PROJECT: IDEAL's response to the tropical lake science training needs of undergraduates and early career professionals. This program is open to U.S. undergraduates, U.S. high school science teachers, and undergraduate or post-graduate level students and early career-stage professionals in Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, or the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

You can explore other opportunities with IDEAL by contacting one of the members of the IDEAL Steering Committee:

Professor Andrew Cohen is at the University of Arizona. He is in the Department of Geosciences and studies paleolimnology. For more information about Dr. Cohen go to his web page or contact him via e-mail.
Dr. Robert Hecky is the United Nations University Chair in African Lakes and Rivers in the Department of Biology at the University of Waterloo. You can contact him at rehecky@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca and explore his web page.
Professor Thomas Johnson is at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He is the director of the Large Lakes Observatory. For more information about Dr. Johnson go to his web page or contact him via e-mail.
Professor John Lehman is at the University of Michigan in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. You can access his web page or contact him directly at jtlehman@ umich.edu.
Duke University's Department of Biology is the home of Professor Dan Livingstone. For more information about Dr. Livingstone go to his web page or contact him via e-mail.
Professor Sharon Nicholson is at Florida State University in the Meteorology Department. You can access her web page or contact her directly at nicholson@met.fsu.edu.
Dr. Eric Odada is in the Department of Geology of the University of Nairobi. You can contact him via email.
Dr. Graeme Patterson can be found at the Wildlife Conservation Society. Contact him at gpatterson@wcs.org.
The University of Arizona's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology is the home of Professor Peter Reinthall. You can contact him via e-mail.
Professor Chris Scholz is in the Department of Earth Sciences, located at Syracuse University. Find out more about Dr. Scholz's research at his web page or contact him via e-mail.
Professor Michael Talbot can be found at the University of Bergen in the Department of Geology. Take a look at his web page or you can contact Dr. Talbot directly via e-mail.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography is the home of Professor Ray Weiss. He is in the Geosciences Research Division. You can contact Dr. Weiss at rfweiss@ucsd.edu and visit his web site.

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