Elizabeth Alexson M.S.

Profile Elizabeth Alexson
Professional Title
Associate Research Scientist, Aquatic Ecology

Elizabeth is interested in anthropogenic and natural influences on freshwater ecosystems using algae as indicators, with particular interest in the ecology and taxonomy of phytoplankton in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Her skillset includes phytoplankton taxonomic identification and enumeration, high-resolution microscopy and imagery, and field and laboratory techniques associated with paleolimnological and phytoplankton investigations.

Education

  • M.S. Water Resources Science, University of Minnesota Duluth, 2016
  • B.S. Environmental Geosciences, Northland College, 2014

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NRRI News Articles

Woman stands at far end of large boat with Lake Guardian printed in large letters on the bow.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $3 million to NRRI in June to fund monitoring of the bottom of the food chain in the Great Lakes.

Woman sits a desk with microscope on it; dog at her feet.

Bottom of food web keeps aquatic scientist Elizabeth Alexson at the top of her game.

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When a tiny, single-celled enigma showed up in the Great Lakes it meant something big. And it led to the naming of a news species.

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