Upcoming Webinars:
August 3, 2022
12:00PM Eastern
The Algal Bloom Action Team is working on scheduling speakers for this webinar. Check back for more information.
Past Webinars
The Future of Harmful Algal Bloom Mitigation
This month's Algal Bloom Action Webinar features Dr. Callum Whyte from the Scottish Association for Marine Sciences and Dr. Jia Liu from the University of Southern Illinois Carbondale. Dr. Whyte manages a monitoring program for the presence of toxin producing plankton in shellfish production areas in Scotland. Dr. Liu discussed her studies on mitigating harmful algal blooms under visible light for the first time using an innovative magnetic nanomaterial.
Aired June 1, 2022
Harmful Algal Blooms Webinar
We will examine how climate change is impacting marine and freshwater ecosystems with Dr. Christopher J. Gobler, Endowed Chair of Coastal Ecology and Conservation, Professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University. We will also learn about the history and current harmful algal bloom projects at the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency from Alexandrea Terlep, Harmful Algal Bloom Coordinator, and Hillary Marler, Wildlife Toxicologist.
Aired April 6, 2022
104G National Competitive Grants RFPs Webinar
The National Institutes of Water Resources (NIWR) in cooperation with the USGS will be releasing their annual request for proposals under its National Competitive Grants Program (104G, PFAS, and Aquatic Invasive Species). Any investigator at an institution of higher learning is eligible to apply for these grants with research that focuses on water issues of regional and national importance. With the anticipation of a May 2022 grant application deadline, the Great Lakes Region WRRIs (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH. and WI) are organizing a joint webinar that focuses on these RFPs. We will discuss the full proposal process, funding priorities, and give researchers a chance to ask questions. For more information about the funding opportunities, see USGS information or information for IWRRC.
Webinar presentation slides
NIWR Great Lakes contacts
Aired March 18, 2022
Complexities in Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms
Predicting when and where conditions are ripe for harmful algal blooms would ideally reduce the bloom’s impact on water quality and mitigation costs. So, why is harmful algal bloom prediction so complex?
This webinar featured presentations from Justin Chaffin, Senior Researcher and Research Coordinator at Stone Laboratory at The Ohio State University, and Katie Foreman, Physical Scientist at the US EPA. The discussion focused on their research on the ecology and physiology of harmful algal blooms and how this work can be used to help solve the prediction puzzle!
Aired November 3, 2021
Nearshore Attached Filamentous Algal Blooms: A New and Growing Problem
Our July HAB webinar featured Yvonne Vadeboncoeur, Professor of Biological Sciences at Wright State University, who discussed her work on filamentous algal blooms and the rising threat they pose for nearshore habitats in lakes with high water quality. Dr. Vadeboncoeur discussed groundwater pollution, lake food webs, and the role of the public in better understanding this new threat to some of the world’s most iconic lakes.
Aired July 7, 2021
Informing Conservation Adoption using Social Indicators Data
Dr. Linda Prokopy will provide an overview of what the science tells us about farmers' conservation decision-making. She will then provide an update on social indicators studies conducted around Indiana and how you can access and use the studies' results to inform conservation adoption.
Aired June 17, 2021
Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and Public Health
This webinar featured presentations from Victoria Christensen, Research Hydrologist with the USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center and Virginia Roberts, Epidemiologist with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Discussion focused on models to predict cyanotoxin mixtures that pose a human exposure risk and the CDC’s One Health Harmful Algal Bloom System.
Aired May 5, 2021
Identifying and Monitoring Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)
The Algal Bloom Action Team is hosting a webinar series as a follow-up to January’s virtual symposium highlighting the latest HAB research. Our March speakers were:
- Christopher Jones, IIHR Research Engineer, IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering, The University of Iowa
- Greg Druschel, Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Aired March 3, 2021
Dr. Keith Cherkauer, Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Purdue University introduced the new State of Indiana Waters website and showed how to use the website to monitor current water conditions, review a summary of the new water year, and view long-term surface and ground water trends.
Aired November 7, 2019
We hosted two of our past IWRRC small grants funding (104B) recipients to present on their research projects focusing on Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs).
Our first presenter was Dr. Nathan Bosch, Grace College Professor and Director of the Lilly Center for Lakes & Streams. Dr. Bosch will discuss the results of his project, Quantification of tributary nutrient transport and HABs in Lake Wawasee, Indiana's largest natural lake.
Our second presenter, Dr. Zhi (George) Zhou, Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering at Purdue University, presented his project, Effects of viruses on the development of harmful algal blooms.
Aired October 22, 2019
Agriculture, water & conservation in the Saginaw Bay Watershed: Results from a social science evaluation of the agricultural and conservation community
Presented by Linda Prokopy, Ph.D., Purdue University and Francis Eanes, Ph.D., Bates College
In 2016, Purdue University conducted surveys and interviews with agricultural producers, crop advisors (CAs), and conservation professionals in the Saginaw Bay watershed. This webinar shares the results from this research, including:
- Information on relationships and trust between farmers and crop advisors regarding conservation
- Key barriers preventing crop advisors from engaging in conservation
Aired: September 28, 2017
Co-sponsored by the Michigan State University's Institute of Water Research
*This webinar is approved for CEUs for CCA, CPAg, CPSS, and CPSC for 0.5 CEU SW and 0.5 CEU CM. To receive CEUs, registration is required here.
National Competitive Grants (104G) through USGS and NIWR: Information on the new pre-proposal format, experience of past proposal attempts and success, and tips learned from review panels.
Presented by Linda Prokopy, Ph.D., Laura Bowling, Ph.D, and Ron Turco, Ph.D., Purdue University
Aired: January 23, 2017