LESLEY B. KNOLL Lacawac Sanctuary 94 Sanctuary Road Lake Ariel, PA 18436 knolllb@MiamiOH.edu PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS AND TRAINING 2012-present Director of Research and Education at Lacawac Sanctuary for Miami University, Lake Ariel, PA. 2011 Ph.D., Zoology; Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 2008 Biological Science Technician, US Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH 2004-2006 Research Associate/Lab Manager, Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 2004 M.S. Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI 2001 B.S. magna cum laude Botany, Miami University, Oxford, OH PUBLICATIONS 2014 Williamson, C.E., J.A. Brentrup, J. Zhang, W.H. Renwick, B.R. Hargreaves, L.B. Knoll, E.P. Overholt, and K.C. Rose. Lakes as sensors in the landscape: Optical metrics as scalable sentinel responses to climate change. Limnology and Oceanography 59: 840-850. 2013 Knoll, L.B., M.J. Vanni, W.H. Renwick, E.K. Dittman, J.A. Gephart. Temperate reservoirs are large carbon sinks and small CO2 sources: Results from high-resolution carbon budgets. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 27: 52-64. 2011 White, J.D., R.B. Kaul, L.B. Knoll, A.E. Wilson, and O. Sarnelle. Large variation in vulnerability to grazing within a population of the colonial phytoplankter, Microcystis aeruginosa. Limnology and Oceanography 56: 1714-1724. 2010 Kissman, C.E.H., L.B. Knoll, and O. Sarnelle. Dreissenid mussels (Dreissena polymorpha and Dreissena bugensis) reduce microzooplankton and macrozooplankton biomass in thermally stratified lakes. Limnology and Oceanography 55: 1851-1859. González, M.J., L.B. Knoll, and M.J. Vanni. Differential effects of elevated nutrient and sediment inputs on survival, growth and biomass of a common larval fish species. Freshwater Biology 55: 654-669. 2009 Tranvik, L.J., J.A. Downing, J.B. Cotner, S.A. Loiselle, R.G. Striegl, T.J. Ballatore, P. Dillon, K. Finlay, K. Fortino, L.B. Knoll, P.L. Kortelainen, T. Kutser, S. Larsen, I. Laurion, D.M. Leech, S.L. McCallister, D.M. McKnight, J.M. Melack, E. Overholt, J.A. Porter, Y. Prairie, W.H. Renwick, F. Roland, B.S. Sherman, D.W. Schindler, S. Sobek, A. Tremblay, M.J. Vanni, A.M Verschoor, E. von Wachenfeldt, and G.A. Weyhenmeyer. Lakes and reservoirs as regulators of carbon cycling and climate. Limnology and Oceanography 54: 2298-2314. Knoll, L.B., P.B. McIntyre, M.J. Vanni, and A.S. Flecker. Feedbacks of consumer nutrient recycling on producer biomass and stoichiometry: separating direct and indirect effect. Oikos 118: 1732-1742. 2008 Knoll, L.B., O. Sarnelle, S.K. Hamilton, C.E.H. Kissman, A.E. Wilson, J.B. Rose, and M.R. Morgan. Invasive zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) increase cyanobacterial toxin concentrations in low-nutrient lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65: 448-455. 2006 Vanni M.J., A.M. Bowling, E.M. Dickman, R.S. Hale, K.A. Higgins, M.J. Horgan, L.B. Knoll, W.H. Renwick, and R.A. Stein. Nutrient cycling by fish supports relatively more primary production as lake productivity increases. Ecology 87: 1696-1709. 2005 Sarnelle, O., A.E. Wilson, S.K. Hamilton, L.B. Knoll, and D.F. Raikow. Complex interactions between the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha and the harmful phytoplankton, Microcystis aeruginosa. Limnology and Oceanography 50: 896-904. 2003 Knoll, L.B., M.J. Vanni, and W.H. Renwick. Phytoplankton primary productivity and photosynthetic parameters in reservoirs along a gradient of watershed land use. Limnology and Oceanography 48: 608-617. MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW / IN PREPARATION Knoll, L.B., M.J. Vanni, W.H. Renwick, S. Kollie. Watershed morphometric features and land use predict sediment carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus stoichiometric burial ratios and rates in human-dominated reservoirs. In revision for Freshwater Biology. Knoll, L.B., M.J. Vanni, W.H. Renwick, and E.M. Mette. Weather and land use mediate carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus exports and stoichiometric ratios in streams of Midwestern US watersheds. In revision for resubmission to Ecosystems. Knoll, L.B., Hagenbuch, E.J., M.J. González, M.H. Stevens, M.J. Vanni, W.H. Renwick, J.C. Denlinger, and R.S. Hale. Complex relationships among watershed land cover and reservoir morphometry, productivity, and zooplankton communities. In preparation for Global Change Biology. Baustian, M.M., G.J.A. Hansen, K. Robinson, A. de Kluiver, E.N. Henry, L.B. Knoll, K.C. Rose, C.C. Carey,. Linking the bottom to the top in aquatic ecosystems: mechanisms and stressors of benthic-pelagic coupling. In review at Limnology and Oceanography E-Books, Oct. 2013. GRANTS 2013-2016 2013 2013 2012 2008-2011 2006-2011 Field Station and Marine Labs: A regional hub for the EON’s at Lacawac Sanctuary. Lead-PI with co-PIs J. Fischer (Franklin and Marshall), B. Hargreaves (Lehigh), R. Sanders (Temple), and C. Williamson (Miami). NSF-Biological Infrastructure $329,094 Wayne County Community Foundation Grant. $1,760 Wayne County Tourism Grant. $1,000 Pennsylvania Foundation for Watersheds Grant. $2,000 EPA STAR Fellowship: The role of human-made impoundments and watershed land use on carbon cycling and sequestration at local and regional scales. $111,000 Travel awards from MU Graduate School ($1450), MU Graduate Student Association ($600), and MU Zoology Department ($2000) 2006-2009 2003-2004 2002-2003 2002 2002 2002 1999 MU Zoology Award for Field Study and Research. $13,100 MSU Minority and Women Graduate Assistantship Fellowship. $45,000 George H. Lauff Research Grant. $900 Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research Grant. $500 MSU Graduate Student Research Enhancement Grant. $700 MSU EEEB Grant. $100 MU Undergraduate Research Grant. $500 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistant. Limnology Lab (ZOO 463/563), Miami University, 2011 Instructor with sole gradebook responsibility. Environmental Biology (ZOO 121), Miami UniversityMiddletown, 2010 Instructor. Advanced Ecology Graduate Seminar (ZOO 710), Miami University, 2009 Created and organized seminar entitled Communicating Science with the Public for MU graduate students Teaching Assistant. Aquatic Ecosystem Management (FW 414), Michigan State University, 2003 Guest Lecturer: Environmental Quality (ESC 115) 2012 and 2013, Lackawanna College; Capstone: Contemporary Issues in Macrosystems Ecology (ZOO 400), Miami University, 2012; Fundamentals of Ecology (ZOO 209), Miami University-Hamilton, 2010; Limnology (ZOO 463/563), Miami University, 2010; Fundamentals of Ecology, Honors (ZOO 209), Miami University, 2010 AWARDS / HONORS P.E.O., Oxford, OH Chapter, Graduate Student Award, 2008 ($500) Honorable Mention for Best Student Poster at the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology Conference in Montreal, Canada, 2007 Young Botanist Award from Botanical Society of America, 2001 GRADUATE ADVISING Jeff Babb, Miami University’s Institute for the Environment and Sustainability, Master of Environmental Science, August 2013. UNDERGRADUATE MENTORING Devyn Riley (Miami University ’13) Kristine Wasco (Bloomsburg University ’13) Rachel Rush (East Stroudsburg University ’13) Kelsea Downs (Miami University ’12) Jessica Gephart (Miami University ’11) Elizabeth Cable (Miami University ’08) Gillian Elder (Miami University ’06) Chelsea Stephens (Michigan State University ’05) SERVICE / OUTREACH Ecological Society of America (ESA) mentor: Post-doc and graduate student mentor at ESA in Minneapolis, MN, 2013 Ecological Society of America (ESA) mentor: Post-doc and graduate student mentor at ESA in Portland, OR, 2012 Representative on Watershed Education and Research Center committee, Miami University, 2010 Chair’s Graduate Student Advisory Committee, Zoology, Miami University, 2010-2011 Graduate student representative for faculty meetings, Zoology, Miami University, 2009-2011 Volunteer: Twin Creek Watershed Group, Southwest, OH 2007-2010; Butler County Stream Team, OH, 2007-2009; Various outreach projects in Ohio with Ohio Soil and Water Conservation, Talwanda Science Days, and Cincinnati Girls in Science Program, 2007-2011 Ecolunch Seminar Series coordinator, Miami University, 2007 Graduate student representative for social committee, Zoology, Miami University, 2006-2009 REVIEWER Journals: American Midland Naturalist, Biological Invasions, Ecosystems, Freshwater Biology, Freshwater Science, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Hydrobiologia, Journal of Plankton Research, Nature Climate Change Funding agencies: Belmont Forum Freshwater Security, National Science Foundation INVITED WORKSHOPS Ecological Dissertations in the Aquatic Sciences (Eco-DAS X), Honolulu, Hawaii, 2012, selective symposium for recent aquatic science PhD graduates. Reservoir Function Workshop, Columbus, Ohio, organized by Ohio Department of Wildlife, 2008. WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES/SPECIAL SESSION ORGANIZED Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2014 (SFS, PSA, ASLO, SWS). Double trouble: Interactive effects of climate change and other anthropogenic drivers on aquatic ecosystems. Lacawac Ecology Conference (LEC). LEC was attended by 18 participants from 10 institutions. 2013. Lacawac Ecological Observatory Workshop (LEOW). LEOW was attended by 33 participants from three countries and 16 institutions. 2013 Lacawac Ecology Conference (LEC). LEC was attended by 19 participants from 10 institutions. 2012. Lacawac Ecological Observatory Workshop (LEOW). LEOW was attended by 36 participants from four countries and 15 institutions. 2012. INVITED PRESENTATIONS Do watershed features mediate carbon fluxes in human-made reservoirs? Murray State University. March, 2011. Ecosystem-level and community-level responses of inland waters to land use change and invasive species. SUNY College at Oneonta. February, 2011. Carbon fluxes in a hypereutrophic impoundment dominated by agricultural land use. EPA STAR Graduate Fellowship Conference. September, 2009. Washington D.C. PRESENTATIONS *UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT Knoll, L.B. and M.J. Vanni. Biological field stations: Opportunities and the future. Joint Aquatic Science Meeting. May, 2014. Portland, OR. Knoll, L.B., M.J. Vanni, W.H. Renwick, and E.M. Mette. Weather and land use mediate carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus exports and stoichiometric ratios in streams of Midwestern US watersheds. Ecological Society of America. August, 2013. Minneapolis, MN. Knoll, L.B., J.R. Babb. Bridging the gap between public visitors at Lacawac Sanctuary and lake researchers: Developing outreach materials on advanced environmental sensors. Ecological Society of America. August, 2013. Minneapolis, MN. Knoll, L.B., J.A. Brentrup, C.E. Williamson, and B.R. Hargreaves. Automated profiling buoy for exploring lakes as sentinels of climate and environmental change. Pennsylvania Academy of Science. April 2013. Bradford, PA. Knoll, L.B., J.A. Brentrup, C.E. Williamson, and B.R. Hargreaves. Automated profiling buoy for exploring lakes as sentinels of change: ARTHUR at Lake Lacawac in NE Pennsylvania. Northeastern Ecosystem Research Cooperative. March 2013. Saratoga Springs, NY. Knoll, L.B., B.R. Hargreaves, J.A. Brentrup, and C.E. Williamson. Update on a new GLEON site, Lake Lacawac, PA, USA: Data and opportunities. GLEON 14. October, 2012. Mulranny, Ireland. Knoll, L.B., M.J. Vanni, W.H. Renwick, E.M. Dittman*. Impact of high flow events on the export of C, N, and P from two watersheds. Lacawac Ecology Conference. September, 2012. Lacawac Sanctuary, PA. Knoll, L.B.. Lacawac Sanctuary Field Station overview. Organization of Biological Field Stations. September, 2012. Archbold Biological Station, FL. Knoll, L.B., M.J. Vanni, W.H. Renwick, and E.M. Dittman*. Hydrological and land use controls on the export of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus from two contrasting Midwestern US watersheds. ESA. August, 2012. Portland, Oregon. Knoll, L.B., W.H. Renwick, E.M. Dittman*, and M.J. Vanni. Organic and inorganic carbon budgets in two human-made impoundments are controlled by watershed features and hydrology. GLEON 13. October, 2011. Sunapee, NH. Knoll, L.B., M.J. Vanni, W.H. Renwick, S. Kollie*. Local burial of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in small artificial impoundments. ASLO. February, 2011. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Knoll, L.B., M.J. Vanni, E.K. Cable*, S. Kollie*, and W.H. Renwick. Can lakes affect global carbon cycles? Carbon sequestration in Ohio impoundments of varying size and productivity. Graduate Research Forum. November, 2010. Oxford, OH Knoll, L.B., M.J. Vanni, E.K. Cable*, and W.H. Renwick. Particulate and dissolved carbon loading, export, and retention is related to watershed land use and hydrology in two Midwestern US reservoirs. ASLO/NABS. June, 2010. Santa Fe, NM. Knoll, L.B., M.J. Vanni, E.K. Cable*, and W.H. Renwick. The role of watershed land use on carbon sequestration in two Ohio impoundments. ESA. August, 2009. Albuquerque, NM. Knoll, L.B., M.J. Vanni, E.K. Cable*, and W.H. Renwick. A carbon budget for a hypereutrophic impoundment dominated by agricultural land use. Great Lakes Regional Biogeochemistry Symposium. May, 2009. Kellogg Biological Station, Hickory Corners, MI. Knoll, L.B., E.K. Cable*, M.J. Vanni, and W.H. Renwick. Land use and precipitation variability influence reservoir carbon dynamics. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference. December, 2008. Columbus, OH. Knoll, L.B., E.K. Cable*, M.J. Vanni, and W.H. Renwick. Reservoir carbon budgets mediated by land use and precipitiation variability. American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference. September, 2008. Incline Village, NV. Knoll, L.B., M.J. Vanni, E.K. Cable*, W.H. Renwick. The influence of watershed land use on carbon dynamics of Ohio impoundment. Ohio Lake Management Society. November, 2007. Mt. Sterling, OH. Knoll, L.B., M.J. Vanni, and W.H. Renwick. The influence of watershed land use on organic carbon dynamics in impoundments. Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology. August, 2007. Montreal, Canada. Knoll, L.B., W.H. Renwick, M.J. Vanni, and M.J. Horgan. Burial of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in reservoir sediments along a watershed land use gradient. ASLO. June, 2006. Victoria, Canada. Knoll, L.B., O. Sarnelle, S.K. Hamilton, C.E.H. Scheele, A.E. Wilson, J.B. Rose, M.R. Morgan. Invasive zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) increase cyanobacterial toxin concentrations in low-nutrient lakes. ESA. August, 2006. Memphis, TN. Knoll, L.B., M.J. González, and M.J. Vanni. Effects of dissolved nutrients, allochthonous sediments, and larval gizzard shad on zooplankton communities. ESA. August, 2005. Montreal, Canada. Knoll, L.B., C.E.H. Scheele, O. Sarnelle, and S.K. Hamilton. The impact of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) on rotifer and ciliate biomass and community structure in low-nutrient inland lakes. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference. March, 2004. South Bend, IN. Knoll, L.B., M.J. Vanni, and W.H. Renwick. Primary productivity and photosynthetic parameters in twelve Ohio reservoirs along a watershed land use gradient. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference. March, 2001. Oxford, OH. Knoll, L.B., M.J. Vanni, and W.H. Renwick. Primary productivity and photosynthetic parameters in reservoirs along a watershed land use gradient. ASLO. February, 2001. Albuquerque, NM. 30 additional presentations as co-author: Ecological Society of America (8), Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (6), Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (6), American Geophysical Union (3), Joint Aquatic Science Meeting (3), International Association of Great Lakes Research (2), Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (1), Great Lakes Beach Association Conference (1) PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Geophysical Union, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, Ecological Society of America, Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network