Organizers

Jay is a physical limnologist who has been working on the Great Lakes for 20 years. He has attended IAGLR meetings consistently since 2007, and was program co-chair for the 2011 IAGLR meeting. He serves on the International Committee of IAGLR and has been an associate editor of the Journal of Great Lakes Research since 2011. His primary research interest is in a very wide range of physical processes in lakes, with a focus on seasonal connectivity, transitional seasons, and winter conditions.
jaustin@d.umn.edu

Liz Minor is a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and at the Large Lakes Observatory at the University of Minnesota Duluth. She received her B.S. in Chemistry from The College of William and Mary in Virginia and her Ph.D. in Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography and Ocean Engineering. Her research group studies carbon cycling in lake, river, and ocean water columns across seasonal to decadal scales. This includes work on lake acidification and alkalinity trends and studies of organic matter in aquatic systems, with a focus on its alterations by photochemical and microbial processes. Her lab also studies a new pool of anthropogenic organic matter, plastics. Support for her work has come from the US National Science Foundation, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the State of Minnesota Environmental and Natural Resources Trust Fund, Minnesota Sea Grant, the ACS Petroleum Research Fund, and the US National Park System.
eminor@d.umn.edu

Molly Wick is the Research Coordinator at the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve in Superior, Wisconsin. In this role, Molly serves as the lead scientist at the Reserve, developing and directing a collaborative and applied research program that works across scientific disciplines to advance knowledge and understanding of freshwater social-ecological systems on the St. Louis River estuary and coastal Lake Superior. Molly is a social-ecological scientist with expertise in cultural ecosystem services, human-nature relationships, aquatic ecosystem assessment, coastal and estuarine habitat restoration, and environmental decision-making. She received a PhD and an M.S. in Water Resources Science from University of Minnesota Duluth. She also holds an M.S. degree in Earth and Planetary Science from University of New Mexico and a B.S. in Geology from University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
molly.wick@wisc.edu

Brianna Ellis is the Program Manager of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, where she supports planning of the annual conference as well as IAGLR’s science-policy initiatives and outreach efforts. 
bellis@iaglr.org

Jérôme Marty is the Executive Director of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, where he supports the association’s programs, operations, and financial management, including the annual conference. A Canadian freshwater scientist with more than 25 years of experience, Jérôme has been actively involved with IAGLR for many years. He served as Program Co-Chair for the 2012 IAGLR Conference and as IAGLR President in 2014.
jmarty@iaglr.org