Biological Sciences Alumni

What is your job and why is it your dream job? Dentist and Owner at Dental Park in Manitowoc, WI. Dentistry allows me the opportunity to interact with people on a daily basis, while using my skills to positively impact their life through bettering their oral and overall health. Also, being one of the owners of a local group practice provides work-life balance that allows me to spend time with my family and friends, as . . .

Nancy earned a PhD in Biological Sciences from Michigan Tech in 1995. She completed a bachelor’s in Biology from the University of Minnesota in 1973 and a master’s in Natural Resource Ecology from the University of Michigan in 1997. Nancy’s career began in 1978 when she was employed as a zooplankton/fishery biologist at the University of Michigan Great Lakes Research Laboratories. From 1978-1981 she . . .

"I knew I wanted to be a limnologist since the age of four when I bought my first microscope and got grounded for having a pet turtle in the bathtub. Every day after school I would ride my bike down to a few lakes and spend hours observing and studying them. In high school I completed a thesis my senior year on the effects of hydrogen peroxide on lake eutrophication. I foundedRestorative Lake Sciences(RLS) in 2012 in . . .