I acquire funding and direct the national/international emerald ash borer website, which is the #1 source of objective, accurate and science-based information on this invasive forest pest - in the world. LIterally.

The Sugarbeet Advancement variety trials are agricultural research trials conducted to compare several traits of different sugarbeet varieties. During the growing season, the Sugarbeet Advancement team worked to set up, plant, harvest, and collect da...

This is an ongoing standing committee in the field to increase the presence and voice of bipoc communities, specifically native Americans, to build welcoming spaces and collaborative research

A series of 4 webinars covered various topics related to pavement treatments, project selection, maximizing value of budgets, benefits and new technologies. The webinars replaced our four regional partnership face-to-face meetings. A fifth webinar wa...

I do a continuing series of presentations to school and community groups, as well as medical professionals, on concussions and athlete health.

The goal of the US Dry Bean Council innovation working group is to increase consumption and usage of dry beans beyond their uses as cooked/ canned whole seeds. Virtual meetings were conducted with other researchers, chefs and manufacturers/processors...

goal is to present golf courses as community assets and are a value to communities irrespective if they engage in the sport of golf. Values are described as ecosystem services and include stormwater management, flood risk mitigation, carbon sequestra...

My position is as an academic specialist for outreach, and I am the Program Coordinator for Michigan State University’s Enviroweather, which is a network of over 100 research-grade, automated weather stations that collect data which are transmitted t...

The primary goal of the project is to recover the people of the historical slave trade and make the information available to general public, researchers, and students. We also conducted workshops and presentations. The underlying technology is also k...

Working with agency staff around the Lake Erie basin for continued control of grass carp. We held both in-person and remote meetings to discuss updates to research and control efforts, make plans for future efforts, etc.

Data Nuggets are free classroom activities, co-designed by scientists and teachers. When using Data Nuggets students are provided with the details of authentic science research projects, and then get to work through an activity that gives them practi...

“Breed & Bootleg: Legends of Flint Rap Music” is an hour-long film about the birth of rap music in the city in the early 1990s, beginning with the late MC Breed, known as the first commercially successful rap artist in the Midwest. “Ain’t No Future i...