Dr. James N. McNair is an Associate Professor at the Robert B. Annis Water Resources Institute, Grand Valley State University. He completed his Ph.D. in Biology (Theoretical Ecology) at the University of Pennsylvania in 1979 and earned his B.S. in Biology from Davidson College in 1974. His teaching disciplines include Techniques for Modeling Biological Systems and Advanced Population Ecology. His research interests focus on developing and analyzing stochastic models of disturbance effects on patch dynamics and succession in ecological communities, mechanistic models of stream metabolism, statistical methods for estimating components of stream metabolism based on free-water dissolved-oxygen dynamics, statistical methods for environmental studies involving quantitative PCR data (qPCR, ddPCR), stochastic models and statistical methods in stream fisheries management, modern statistical methods for environmental studies involving censored time-to-event data or censored concentration data, and empirical and nonparametric statistical methods for studies of invasive plants.
Richard R. Rediske is an Emeritus Professor at the Annis Water Resources Institute at Grand Valley State University. Previously, he was a Professor of Water Resources. Dr. Rediske has coauthored over 65 scientific articles and book chapters concerning water quality issues in the Great Lakes region, China, and Haiti. Dr. Rediske is currently involved with testing wastewater for the SARs-CoV-2 virus and surface for molecular markers of human and animal bacteria. He served on the Federal Advisory Committee for establishing method detection limits for environmental analytical methods, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Rule 57 Development and Advisory Board for water quality standards, the Governor’s Environmental Monitoring Advisory Committee, and the Sediment Review Working Group for the International Joint Commission. He received the West Michigan American Chemical Society Distinguished Service Award, the Michigan Public Health Partnership Award, and the State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference Success Story Award. Dr. Rediske is currently providing technical and leadership support for communities with water supplies impacted by PFAS in Kent County, Michigan, and is part of the PFAS Citizens Advisory Work Group for the State of Michigan. He has a Ph.D. degree in Environmental Health Sciences (Toxicology) and an MS Degree in Water Resources Science from the University of Michigan.
