Alan Steinman

Ph.D.—Botany/Aquatic Ecology, Oregon State University                   M.S.—Botany, University of Rhode Island                                           B.S.—University of Vermont

Alan Steinman has been Director of Grand Valley State University’s Annis Water Resources Institute, located in Muskegon, Michigan, since 2001.  Previously, he was Director of the Lake Okeechobee Division at the South Florida Water Management District in West Palm Beach, FL.  Steinman has published over 100 scientific articles and book chapters, is Associate Editor of two scientific journals, and has been awarded over $40 million in grants for scientific and engineering projects. His awards include Phi Beta Kappa, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Outstanding Planning Achievement Award, and the Joan Hodges Queneau Palladium Medal from the National Audubon Society, and a research award from the National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences (Japan).

Currently, he is a member of U.S. EPA’s Science Advisory Board, and the State of Michigan’s Groundwater Conservation Advisory Council and Phosphorus Advisory Committee.  Steinman’s research interests have revolved around nutrient cycling in aquatic ecosystems, restoration ecology, and algal ecology.   Current research projects include economic valuation of ecosystem services, ecological impacts of stormwater, and the functional impacts of nonpoint source pollution.
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