New University Institute Taps Sea Grant Researchers
May 2007
by Sea Grant Staff
The interim director and seven of the 15 people appointed to guide the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment (IonE) have conducted research for Minnesota Sea Grant. IonE is a program formed in 2006 on the Twin Cities Campus to tackle environmental challenges by bringing together experts from wide-ranging academic disciplines and programs, including Sea Grant. The institute hopes that new discoveries will result from making it easier for researchers to share knowledge with each other and the public.
Interim Director
- Deborah Swackhamer,
- Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
- Tie: current Sea Grant researcher
- Anne Kapuscinski
- Professor, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
- Tie: Sea Grant staff member (fisheries and biotechnology extension educator)
- Lucinda Johnson
- Senior Research Assoc., Natural Resources Research Institute
- Tie: current Sea Grant researcher
- Paige Novak
- Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
- Tie: Sea Grant researcher 2003-2005
- Susan Galatowitsch
- Professor, Department of Horticulture Science
- Tie: Sea Grant researcher 1999-2000
- Christopher Paola
- Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics
- Tie: Collaborator with Sea Grant researcher Gary Parker 1998-2001
- Sagar Goyal
- Professor, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine
- Tie: Sea Grant researcher 1984-86
- David Tilman
- Regents Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
- Tie: Sea Grant researcher 1980-82
Founding Fellows
For more information on the IonE and a full list of the founding fellows, see: www.academic.umn.edu/provost/interdisc/environment/.
