Dr. Yangdong Pan received his Ph.D. in 1996 in Biology from Bowling Green State University. His research centers on freshwater ecology and management. Specifically he uses algal assemblages to monitor and assess ecological risk in freshwater ecosystems including lakes, wetlands and rivers. He has participated several surface water quality programs such as the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Programs (EMAP) in the Mid-Atlantic Region and in the western US. He teaches Ecology of streams/rivers, Univariate and Multivariate environmental data analysis, and Environmental risk assessment.
Current Graduate Students
Marta Szabatin (PhD)
Trajan Bitner (MS)
Ella Wagner (MEM)