Prof. Jasmine E. Saros
Associate professor, Dept. of Biology & River Studies Center
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, USA

I. Education and Experience

Jasmine Saros earned a B.S. in Biology from the University of Minnesota in 1993. She did an M.S. in Ecology at the University of Minnesota, with research focusing on zooplankton feeding behavior. Her Ph.D. research with Dr. Sheri Fritz at Lehigh University focused on how interactions between salinity, ionic composition, and nutrients affect diatom growth in saline lakes of the Northern Great Plains of the U.S. After receiving her Ph.D. in 1999, she became an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, and was promoted to associate professor in 2002. Her current research focuses on understanding patterns of primary production in saline lakes of the Great Plains, which involves research at the population, community, and ecosystem levels. She has supervised several graduate and undergraduate students in research on saline lakes.

II. Selected publications

Fritz, S.C. & J.E. Saros. 2005. Paleolimnology and Paleohydrology. In: Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences, John Wiley (Chichester), in press.

Saros, J. E., & S. C. Fritz. 2002. Resource competition among saline-lake diatoms under varying N:P ratios, salinity, and brine type. Freshwater Biology 46: 1-9.

Saros, J. E., Fritz, S. C., & A. J. Smith. 2000. Shifts in mid- to late-Holocene anion composition in Elk Lake (Grant County, Minnesota): comparison of diatom and ostracode inferences. Quaternary International 67: 37-46.

Saros, J. E., & S. C. Fritz. 2000. Changes in the growth rates of saline-lake diatoms in response to variation in salinity, brine type, and nitrogen form. Journal of Plankton Research 22: 1071-1083.

Saros, J. E., & S. C. Fritz. 2000. Nutrients as a mechanistic link between ionic concentration/composition and diatom distributions in saline lakes. Journal of Paleolimnology 23: 449-453.

III. Candidate Statement

I have conducted research on salt lakes during the last ten years, and have involved numerous students in this research. My research interests in salt lakes include both modern processes, such as primary production rates, chemical characterization of organic material, and nutrient limitation patterns, as well as paleolimnology, primarily the use of diatom fossils in salinity and nutrient reconstructions. One of my goals is to increase student involvement in ISSLR symposia.

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