| Title: |
Associate Professor
Director, Center for Research in the Urban Environment (CRUE); Undergraduate Program Director EVS |
| Dept: | Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences |
| Office: | SR G67 |
| Phone: | 216-687-3505 |
| Fax: | 216-687-6972 |
| Email: | J.WOLIN@csuohio.edu |
| Web: |
http://www.csuohio.edu/research/featured-researcher-v ideo-water-research |
| Blog: |
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ecology-and-Environment al-Science-Cleveland-State-University/140912203827?ref=hl |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. SR G67, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
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B.A., Biology (aquatic), Eastern Michigan University
M.S., Biology (aquatic), Eastern Michigan University Ph.D., Natural Resources, University of Michigan | ||||||||
| Brief Bio: | ||
| I am Director of the Center for Research in the Urban Environment, and Environmental Science Undergraduate Program Director in the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Science at Cleveland State University.
I have B.A. and M.S. degrees in Biology (aquatic focus) from Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, and a Ph.D. in Natural Resources from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Before coming to Cleveland State, I taught at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, limnology at Kellogg Biological Field Station, Michigan State University. I was a senior researcher for the Danish Geological Survey, living in Copenhagen, Denmark for 2 years. My primary research focuses on understanding urban and urbanizing environments and the effects of human activities on freshwater and wetland ecosystems. I use a combination of contemporary data, paleolimnological techniques, and quantitative environmental reconstruction to estimate past conditions and natural variability, to identify disturbances, determine rates of change, and realistic recovery endpoints in aquatic/wetland ecosystems. I work with and provide scientific expertise to regional partners including: State of Ohio, Attorney General Yost's Environmental Council of Advisors, The Cuyahoga County Planning Commission, The Cleveland MetroParks, the Cuyahoga River Area of Concern. I am a member of the International Association of Great Lakes Research, Ohio Lake Management Society, and the Society of Wetland Scientists. I have mentored many undergraduate and graduate researchers. I teach courses in Aquatic Ecosystems, Ecology, Great Lakes, Stream, and Wetland Ecology. | ||
| Honors and Awards: | ||
| 2020 Cleveland State University, University Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching
2019 Cleveland State University, College of Science & Health Professions, Jearl D. Walker Outstanding Teaching Award 2015, 2021 Young Alumni Council of the CSU Alumni Association, Golden Apple Award 2012-2014, 2016, 2019 Cleveland State University Faculty Merit Recognition Award | ||
| Research Interests: | ||
| My primary research focus is on understanding urban and urbanizing environments and the effects of human activities on freshwater and wetland ecosystems. I use a combination of contemporary data, paleolimnological techniques, and quantitative environmental reconstruction to estimate past conditions and natural variability, to identify disturbances, determine rates of change, and realistic recovery endpoints in aquatic/wetland ecosystems.
CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS: Claudia Tausz, PhD. Regulatory Biology, Graduation: Fall 2025 GRADUATES: Alison Yasick, Ph.D. Aug. 2014, Regulatory Biology. Dissertation: Dispersal Capabilities of Two Plecopteran Species and Macroinvertebrate Community Structure from Four Watersheds in Northeast Ohio: Implications of Seasonal and Legacy Land-Use Effects. Ann Nichols, Ph.D., Regulatory Biology May 2011. Dissertation: Influences of Environmental Variability, Genetics and Plant Size on Variation in Sexual and Clonal Reproduction and Allocation of Resources in Three Wetland Plant Species. M.S. Thesis Environmental Science: Courtney Brennan, 2013 (co-advisor). Singing Behavior and Geographic Variation in the Songs of the Veery (Catharus fuscescens) along the Appalachian Mountains. Bethany Gigante, 2013 (co-advisor). Saline Adaptation of the Microalga Scenedesmus dimorphus ¿ From Freshwater to Brackish Water. Kyle Scotese, 2008. A Diatom Phosphorus Inference Model for 30 Freshwater Lakes in NE Ohio and NW Pennsylvania. Marilyn Gunsch, 2008. The Effect of Wetland Size and Surrounding Land Use on Wetland Quality Along an Urbanization Gradient in the Rocky River Watershed, Ohio, USA Valentina Shkarpa, 2006. Climate and Human Settlement Effects on Silver Lake Ohio. May 2006. M.S. Non-thesis Environmental Science: Patrick Flanagan, 2022; Brandon Fitzpatrick, 2021; Abbey Messina, 2020; Kristin Hall, 2012; Carrie Caspio, 2011; Ynes Arocho, 2011; Christina Znidarsic, 2011; Roger Nikiforow, 2007. UNDERGRADUATE HONORS: Tom Binvenu 2015, Mara Caputo 2012 Environmental Science, Kelli Herrick Biology 2010, Daniel Duglos Biology 2010 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS: CSU Undergraduate Summer Research Program: Semra Dervisevic 2022;Lauren Egensperger, Alexandra Ferkul 2019; Brittany Dalton, Mark Gatesman 2015; Tom Bienvenu, Justin Ostry 2013; Kathryn Johncock 2012; Derrick Cooper 2010; Mallory Karpy 2008 Summer REU students: 2007: Darcy Chase, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO.; Abner Garcia, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. 2005: Michelle Canatsey, Youngstown State University; Elizabeth McGuire, Marietta College. 2003: Ynes Arocho, Cuyahoga Community College; Jeff Loew, John Carroll University, 2002-2003: Ynes Arocho, Cuyahoga Community College, Bridges to Success. 2002: Vira Moroz, B.S. Biology, Cleveland State University. 2001: Nicole Clark, B.S. Biology, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA | ||
| Teaching Areas: | ||
| Aquatic ecology, Urban ecology, Wetland ecology, Great Lakes ecosystems and management, Environmental science | ||
| Professional Affiliations: | ||
| International Association of Great Lakes Research
Ohio Lake Management Society Society of Wetland Scientists | ||
| Professional Experience: | ||
| Director, 2022 - Present. Center for Research in the Urban Environment (CRUE), Cleveland State University.
Associate Professor, 2006 - Present. Cleveland State University. Aquatic, Wetland & Paleo-Ecology. Undergraduate Program Director Environmental Science(2005-present). Associate Chair, 2018 - 2022. Dept. Bio, Geo, Environ Sci., Cleveland State University. Visiting Scholar. 2016-2017. University of New Mexico, Department of Biology. Adjunct Associate Professor. 2009. Michigan State University, Department of Zoology. Assistant Professor. 2000 - 2006. Cleveland State University. Aquatic, Wetland & Paleo- Ecology. Assistant Professor. 1998 - 2000. Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Aquatic & Wetland Ecology. Visiting Lecturer. 1998. Eastern Michigan University. Diatom & Wetland Ecology. Visiting Research Scientist. 1997-1998. Center for Great Lakes and Aquatic Science, University of Michigan. Senior Research Scientist (permanent). 1994-1996. Environmental History and Climate Division, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Ministry of Environment and Energy. Copenhagen, Denmark. Visiting Assistant Professor. 1994. W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University. Assistant Professor (term). 1992-1994. Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University. Diatom and Algal Ecology, Great Lakes Ecology. | ||
| University Service: | ||
| Department:
Associate Chair (2018-2022) Undergraduate Program Director for Environmental Science (2005-2007, 2009 - Present) Undergraduate Curriculum Committee & Academic Standards (UCCAS)(2002-2007, 2010-Present) Chair Tenure-Track BGES Faculty Soil Ecology Search Committee (2016) B.S. & M.S. in Environmental Science Program Self-Study Co-Chair (2014-2015) Chair Tenure-Track BGES Faculty Plant Ecology Search Committee (2013-2014) Graduate Curriculum Committee & Academic Standards (GCCAS)(2006 - 2008, 2011-2014) College Associate Lecturer Search Committee Co-Chair (2012-2013) Graduate Committee Member: Chelsea Villanueva, PhD. Biology, Cleveland State University; Tamar Atwell, M.S. Biology, Spring 2022; Audrey Atzel, M.S. Environmental Science Spring 2022; Sarah Blair, M.S. Environmental Science Fall 2021; Brittany Dalton, M.S. Environmental Science; Rachel Elder, M.S. Biology; Megan Herrmann, M.S. Environmental Science; Brielle Paul M.S. Environmental Science; Zach Walton, M.S. Environmental Law/Science; Sophie Warner, M.S. Environmental Science. College: Nominating Committee (2005-2007, 2011-2013, 2020-Present), Chair (2006-2008, 2012-2013, 2023-present) 2020 COSHP Jearl D. Walker Outstanding Teaching Award Selection Committee Faculty Affairs Committee (2012-2019) University: University Petitions Committee (2014-2016) Student Environmental Movement (SEM) Faculty Advisor (2009-Present) Udal Scholarship Faculty Representative (2007-2008, 2009-Present) NSF-Research Experience for Undergraduates - program coordinator and faculty mentor(2003-2007) | ||
| Professional Service: | ||
| EXTERNAL PROGRAM REVIEWER:
University of Toledo, Department of Environmental Science, Toledo, Ohio (2018); University Southern Florida St. Petersburg, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Geography, St. Petersburg, Florida (2015) JOURNAL REVIEWER: Anthropocene, Bioresource Technology, Boreas, Diatom Research, Holocene, Hydrobiologia, Journal of Great Lakes Research, Journal of Paleolimnology, Land and Resource Management, Limnology and Oceanography, Nova Hedwigia, Ohio Journal of Science, Proceedings of the 11th and 13th Symposium on Living and Fossil Diatoms, Urban Ecosystems, Water Air & Soil Pollution, Wetlands GRANT REVIEWER: Cuyahoga River Community Planning Organization and Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry (ODNR), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), National Science Foundation, National Water Resources Research Institutes, U.S. Geological Survey, Ohio Sea Grant College Program, Pennsylvania Wild Resource Conservation Program BOARD MEMBER: 2018-Present Ohio Lake Management Society,Treasurer ADVISORY BOARDS: 2020- Present State of Ohio, Attorney General Yost Environmental Council of Advisors 2020- Present Cleveland MetroParks: Cleveland Harbor Eastern Embayment Resilience Study 2012-2020: Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Plan, Cleveland, OH: Habitats for Hard Places 2009-2017: Cuyahoga County Planning Commission, Cleveland, OH: Cuyahoga River Navigational Channel Habitat enhancement 2010-2013: Cuyahoga County Planning Commission, Cleveland, OH: Cuyahoga County Hydrology Greenprint 2012-2016: Lake Erie Center, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 2012-2013: Cuyahoga River Community Planning Organization, Cleveland, OH: Project Clean Lake CONFERENCE SESSION CHAIR: 2017 Conference Organizer, 24th North American Diatom Symposium. Ohio State Stone Lab, Gibraltar Island, OH. 2013 22nd North American Diatom Symposium. College of the Americas, Maine. 2006 Geological Society of America, North Central Chapter Meeting, Akron, OH 2005 International Association of Great Lakes Research Annual Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI | ||
| Community Service: | ||
| 2020- Present State of Ohio, Attorney General Yost Environmental Council of Advisors
2018- Present Ohio Lake Management Society Board Member and Treasurer 2020- Present Cleveland MetroParks: Cleveland Harbor Eastern Embayment Resilience Study Advisor 2011- 2020 Cuyahoga River Restoration AOC ¿ Habitats for Hard Places 2013- 2019 Cleveland Office of Sustainability ¿ Year of Water Working Group 2018 Cleveland Water Alliance Laker Erie Hack - Student Project Reviewer 2011- 2017 Cuyahoga County Planning Commission - Navigational Channel Habitat Enhancement 2012 - 2016 University of Toledo, Lake Erie Center, Advisory Board. 2011-2013 Cuyahoga County Planning Commission ¿ Hydrology Greenprint Advisory Board Reports: USEPA 2009. Draft National Lake Assessment Report, A Collaborative Survey of the Nation¿s Lakes. EPA-841-R09-001, US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water and Office of Research and Development, Washington, D.C. Data Analysis Team Member. URL: http://www.epa.gov/lakessurvey/ USEPA 2009. National Lake Assessment Preliminary Data Results: Sediment Diatoms. Fact Sheet. Co-authors: Neil Kamman, Mihaela Enache, Julie Wolin, R. Jan Stevenson, Don Charles. Wolin, Julie A., 2008. Functional Assessment of Natural and Constructed Wetlands in the Geauga Park District. Submitted to: Tami Gingrich, Geauga Park District, Chardon, OH. | ||
| Research Grants: | ||
| Last 5 years:
Evolution and Morphological Variation in a Rotifer Species (Keratella cochlearis). Julie A. Wolin, PI. Cleveland State University Undergraduate Summer Research Award, 2022. $6,952.50 After the Fire, a Comparative Water Quality and Salinity Assessment of the Cuyahoga River (Julie A. Wolin, PI) . Cleveland State University Undergraduate Summer Research Award 2019. $5,295 | ||