RIT story on extending our mathematical modeling to Georgian Bay in Lake Huron, in collaboration with University of Michigan researchers, to map microplastic transport, fate, and ecological risk using methods developed through our Lake Ontario work.
RIT feature on the university's interdisciplinary microplastics research team — including our modeling work — which has attracted nearly $10 million in funding since 2020.
RIT was recommended for additional federal funding through the NOAA Marine Debris Program's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investment to intercept stormwater debris before it reaches the Great Lakes, expanding our marine debris research and education work with NY Sea Grant.
RIT and the University of Rochester launched the Lake Ontario Center for Microplastics and Human Health in a Changing Environment with $7.3 million from NIEHS and NSF. I am a co-investigator, leading the physical transport and exposure modeling. Coverage included WXXI news and a Connections interview.
WXXI's Connections discussion on how recent weather events fit into the larger picture of climate and trends.
WXXI's Connections discussion on the limits of plastic recycling and what happens to plastic products after the bin.
RIT's press release on NOAA Marine Debris Program awards funding our interdisciplinary projects to understand and address how plastic ends up in the Great Lakes.
RIT's press release for our paper (led by Ph.D. student Juliette Daily) producing the first estimates of plastic pollution in the water column and deposited on the bottom of Lake Erie.
Wired discussed the start of our project at the IISD Experimental Lakes Area studying the presence and effects of plastic pollution in lakes.
I wrote this plain-language explainer of our Great Lakes plastic research for The Conversation, walking through where the roughly 10,000 tons of plastic entering the lakes each year ends up.
RIT's press release for our paper (with Eric Hittinger at RIT) producing the first estimates of plastic pollution entering and floating in the Great Lakes — approximately 10,000 metric tons per year. A preprint is available and simulations are on the Research page.
WXXI's monthly science roundtable discussion about the science of drought and the role of climate change.
I joined Brian Koberlein's podcast to discuss the use of advanced statistics in ice hockey and other sports.
Is math a science? What is the difference between a theory and a law? I was on Brian Koberlein's podcast to discuss these questions.
I was a guest on the podcast One Universe at a Time to discuss plastic pollution in the global ocean and how astronomers determine the age of the universe.
RIT news covered the Pi Day Pie Baking contest run by the RIT Math Club (PiRIT), which I advise. They highlighted my pie that year. Full disclosure: neither pie won.
This video about the applied and computational math program at RIT features me in front of a class as well as discussing student research.