is Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at Kent State University. He is an Ecosystem Ecologist, conducting research in the Laurentian Great Lakes, primarily Lake Erie. He was Director of the Water Resources Research Institute (KSU) and member and Chairperson of the Ohio Coastal Resources Advisory Council. He was awarded the Ohio Lake Erie Award by the Ohio Lake Erie Commission (2008), a Lifetime Achievement Award (2021) by the Ohio Lake Management Society and is a founding member of the Cleveland Water Alliance.