Welcome Everyone to Spring Term!

We are on Week 1 of the Water Resources Science Spring Seminar Series. This week is “Multiplying the Impact of Field Data through Models to Predict Which Lakes are at-risk for Harmful Cyanobacteria Blooms” being presented by Dr. Amalia Handler, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at 4:00pm in Burt Hall 193 or via the zoom link (zoom password WRS2025). For questions or concerns, contact knutscas@oregonstate.edu.

EPA researcher Amalia Handler works on modeling nutrients and harmful algal blooms in waterbodies across the lower 48 states of the US. Currently her main project is modeling the spatial drivers of harmful algal blooms in lakes that are caused by cyanobacteria across the lower 48 states. The project is investigating the landscape, climate, and lake characteristics that are associated with blooms by leveraging multiple EPA datasets including the National Lakes Assessment, the National Nutrient Inventory, and LakeCat. The aim is to estimate cyanobacteria and risk of a common cyanobacterial toxin, microcystin, in as many lakes as possible across the US. It’s a follow-up on previous research on the estimation of the risk of microcystin among satellite-monitored lakes.” Learn more at https://www.epa.gov/research/meet-epa-researcher-amalia-handler-phd.

Allyssandra (Ally) Lanz, Office Specialist 2

Biological & Ecological Engineering | Water Resources Graduate Program

Oregon State University

124 SW 26^th Street | 116 Gilmore Hall

Corvallis, OR 97331

Phone: 541-737-2041