Large Lakes Observatory

Postdoctoral Research Associate Directory

Norine Dobiesz
PhD in Fisheries and Wildlife as well as Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior, 2003, Michigan State University, East Lansing
advisor: Robert Hecky
email: ndobiesz at d.umn.edu

My Ph.D. dissertation examined how stocking levels and subsequent consumption by key piscivores influenced forage fish capacity in Lake Huron. I am currently investigating the state of ecosystem health in large lakes and inland seas worldwide through a series of workshops and collaborations with international researchers. We are identifying changes in the interactions of trophic states, food web processes, and fisheries to determine metrics of ecosystems and fish communities that may be indicators of healthy ecosystems.

David Dolenc
PhD in Earth and Planetary Science, 2006, University of California, Berkeley
advisors: Steven Colman and Nigel Wattrus
email: ddolenc at d.umn.edu
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My work so far has included modeling seismic wave propagation in complex 3D media, analysis of seismic noise and infragravity waves recorded at ocean bottom seismic stations, study of non-volcanic tremors on the San Andreas Fault, and inversion of the teleseismic, local earthquake, and microseisms observations for the velocity structure in the Santa Clara Valley basins. At LLO I continue to work on the analysis of seismic data from ocean bottom seismic stations as well as on the modeling of seismic wave propagation using computer simulations.