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Tom Tripp US Magnesium USA
Industrial evaporation, artemia, waterbird research, solar salts, salt phase chemistry
URL: usmagnesium.com

Mr. Robert W. Adler University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law U.S.
Environmental law. Legal and policy aspects of protection of saline and other aquatic ecosystems.
URL: http://www.law.utah.edu/

Dr. Maqsudul Alam Department of Microbiology, University of Hawaii USA

Dr. James E. Almendinger St. Croix Watershed Research Station USA
URL: www.smm.org/SCWRS/

Edward R Anderson TRU Group Inc Canada
TRU Group Inc has probably the most qualified lithium team in the world - a strong capability in all aspects of lithium technology and industry - lithium brine, spodumene ore, lithium clay mining, compound & metal extraction, manufacturing, engineering and refining and has also worked extensively in the applications for lithium including in Li-ion, cells, batteries, compounds, ceramics, lithium quartz crystals, metal and lithium alloys. We are expert in the production and refining of lithium intermediates such as brines, lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, lithium chloride, butyl-lithium, lithium metal, lithium alloys and compounds. We know, have visited and have assessed most of the lithium facilities in the USA, Chile, China, Argentina, Bolivia, Australia, Canada, Russia and Zimbabwe etc.
URL: http://trugroup.com/Lithium-Battery.html

Dr. Arakel Arakel Geo-Processors USA, Inc. USA
Salt lake hydro-geochemistry Mineral deposits of salt lakes Evoultion of salt lake systems
URL: www.geo-processors.com www.geo-processors.com.au

Genevieve Atwood Earth Science Education USA
Flooding hazards of closed basin lakes, Shoreline superelevation, Coastal processes

Dr. Brian Avery Westminster College/Great Salt Lake Institute USA
Artemia genetics

Mr. Jake Bailey University of Southern California USA
Paleobiogeochemistry of saline lakes

Mr. Robert L. Baskin U.S. Geologial Survey USA
Great Salt Lake physical environment and ecosystem. Currently studying benthos and circulation issues.

Dr. Bonnie K. Baxter Westminster College USA
Great Salt Lake Microbiology, DNA Damage and Repair in Halophilic Microorganisms
URL: people.westminstercollege.edu/faculty/bbaxter/

Mr. Lorie Becker Lab & Clinic (Translational) United States

Dr. Kathleen Counter Benison Dept. of Geology, Central Michigan University USA
geology, geochemistry, and microbiology of modern and ancient acid saline lakes

Dr. Marc Beutel Brown and Caldwell USA
Restoration and Management of Salt Lakes. Particularly interested in Walker Lake, Nevada, and the Slton Sea.

Dr. Dean W. Blinn Northern Arizona University Dep. of Biological Sci USA
Algal and invertebrate ecology of freshwater and saline ecosystems; Food web dynamics and energetics of desert spring pool ecosystems; Trophic interactions between algae, invertebrates, and native fish; Use of algae as indicators of environmental and pale
URL: www2.nau.edu/~dwb/blinn.html

Ms. Ann Grace Boeholt University of Washington USA
Invertebrate communities within saline, particularly brackish, and freshwater wetlands.

Dr. Donald P Breakwell Brigham Young University USA
Microbial diversity and ecology

Dr. Marjorie L Brooks Department of Zoology, Southern Illinoiis University USA
Broadly: biotic-biotic interactions and effects on aquatic communities, multiple anthropogenic stressors, photochemistry and bioavailability, movement of toxins through foodwebs

Ms. Jaimi K Butler-Curl Utah Strategic Alliance USA
Ecology of Artemia and phytoplankton of the Great Salt Lake

Ms. Stephanie Byers U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service USA

Dr. Earl R Byron CH2M HILL USA
Salt lake communities Salinity tolerance information Water quality/salinity effects Trace element toxicity

Dr. William Camargo USA
Hypersaline environments, Artemia biology and ecology.

Dr. Joe N. Caudell Jack H. Berryman Institute / Utah State University USA
Eared grebe biology and management Wildlife damage management Human dimension issues Wildlife education

Mr. John Winston Chesnut Agrarian Research USA
Active in the following projects Bioremediation of selenium-contaminated drainwaters Vegetation of Owen's Dry Lake for dust control Remediation of Salton Sea salinity gradient Mono Lake ecology and Mono Basin riparian restoration

Mr. Byron F. Cirlin Arid Marine Research and Products USA
arid marine environments, halophytes, mariculture,

Dr. James S. Clegg University of California Bodega Marine Laboratory, USA
Biochemical and biophysical adaptations to environmental extremes, particularly involving stress proteins / molecular chaperones in encysted embryos of Artemia

Dr. Milan H. Cobble USA

Mr. David W. Cole USA
Inland salt lakes, Artemia Feeds Aquaculture
URL: www.a-saltcrk.com

Mr. Asas a Conner zcxzxc USA

Mrs. Joan S. Dainer SDSU USA
Salton Sea plankton research
URL: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/SaltonSeaHomePage.html

Mrs. Priya DasSarma University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute USA
Halophiles for teaching and educational purposes, ecology of hypersaline environments.
URL: zdna2.umbi.umd.edu/~haloed/

Dr. Shiladitya DasSarma University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute USA
halophile genomics, biotechnology, genetics, and molecular biology
URL: http://zdna2.umbi.umd.edu/~dassarma

Dr. Daniel M Deocampo Smithsonian Institution (DC) / Natural History Mus. (London) USA
Geochemistry, mineralogy, sedimentology, and paleohydrology, especially in East Africa.

Mr. Paul Detwiler San Diego State University USA
Benthic invertebrate communities, wetland management for wildlife
URL: www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/

Miss Breanne Eddington Westminster College USA
Great Salt Lake microbiology, specifically Halophilic Archaea

Dr. Arnold K. Elovaara USA
Artemia, shrimp and conch research

Dr. David B. Finkelstein Indiana University USA
Biogeochemistry

Mr. Matthew Robert First University of Georgia USA
Protozoology, Bacterial-Protozoan interactions, Mono Lake
URL: www.arches.uga.edu/~first

Dr. Eric G. Frost San Diego State Univ USA
Aral Sea and Caspian Sea region using remote sensing (Landsat 7, SewWiFS, MODIS data) to image Earth Systems science
URL: earthview.sdsu.edu

Ms. JoAnn Gorre Garcia USA
Brackish amphibians and fish species of the south pacific. pH Content in African Lakes Tanganyika and Victoria and its effect on fish immunity systems.

Dr. Elizabeth Helene Gierlowski-Kordesch Ohio University USA

Mr. Joel H. Gilbert University of Texas at El Paso United States of America
Geochemistry, geomorphology, mineralogy and uranium.

Dr. Thomas E Gill Texas Tech University, Department of Geosciences USA
Geological and atmospheric phenomena related to salt lakes- sedimentology, geomorphology, geochemistry, meteorology and climatology of saline lakes. Dust aerosol emissions from dry salt lakes and saline playas, biogeochemical cycling in saline lakes. Particular regional interest in salt lakes of southwestern North America.
URL: www.atmo.ttu.edu/tgill.html

Dr. Barry Goldstein USA
Saline groundwater aquaculture, especially of marine algae, bivalves, and other filter-feeders.

Dr. J. (Wally) Wallace Gwynn Utah Geological Survey, USA USA
Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA - chemistry and other brine properties, mineral-extraction industries, water fluctuations and lake-level control methods, effects of in-lake diking, history, etc. Chemistry and mineral-extraction industries of other saline lakes.
URL: ugs.utah.gov

Dr. Alan R Harker Brigham Young University USA
Microbial ecology of the Great Salt Lake, horizontal gene transfer, carbon cycling

Ms. Gwen Hauer Nova Oceanographic Center USA
Naked amoeboid protozoa of the Salton Sea. Tolerance of euryhaline amoebae from a variety of salinity fluctuating environments.

Dr. William J. Henley USA Oklahoma State University USA
Stress physiology and photosynthesis/respiration of algae and cyanobacteria. Interacting stress factors (salt, temperature, light/UV, nutrients)
URL: www.okstate.edu/artsci/botany/Faculty/Henley/henley.html

Ms. Annette Elizabeth Henry Los Angeles Department of Water and Power USA
Salt lake use by migratory birds

Mr. Marion Henry PEGASUS CHARTER SCHOOL USA
FRESHWATER OSTRACODES, PALEOHYDROLOGY, PALEOCLIMATOLOGY

Dr. David B. Herbst USA
Ecology and physiology of benthic saline lake invertebrates and algae; Ecology of thermal spring or isolated desert spring habitats; Biological assessment of water quality in streams and rivers using benthic insects as indicators

Mr. Richard E. Hill USA
Temporary pools; Intermittent lakes; Anostraca; Large Branchiopods; Cysts, cyst bank, cyst morphology; Limnology of temporary pools, Conservation

Dr. James T. Hollibaugh University of Georgia USA
Microbial ecology; Biogeochemistry; Oceanography; Phytoplankton
URL: www.marsci.uga.edu

Dr. Aris A. Holz University of Nebraska USA
Phytoplankton ecology of saline lakes. I am most interested in nutrient limitation on phytoplankton growth, especially cyanobacteria. My research takes place on the oligosaline to hypersaline lakes of the western plains of Nebraska, USA. These lakes are calcium carbonate dominated and have very high accumulations of potassium.

Deborah J House USA
Waterbird ecology and use of saline lakes

Dr. Heidi Morril Hoven USA
Wetland ecology/ restoration ecology; Bioavailability of metals in aquatic systems
URL: www.swca.com

Mr. Dwight L. Hoy USA
Population studies - fisheries; Paleontology

Dr. Stuart H. Hurlbert San Diego State University USA
URL: www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/

Dr. Barbara J. Javor USA
Solar salterns; Biogeochemistry & microbiology; Natural products of marine & halophilic microbes

Dr. Robert Jellison University of California, Santa Barbara USA
Mono Lake, plankton dynamics, Artemia population dynamics, nutrient cycling, primary and secondary production

Dr. Blair F. Jones USA
Hydrochemistry, sedimentary mineralogy and geochemistry

Dr. Kathy Kate USA

Mr. Alain Paul Lamourelle USA

Fawn M Last University of Manitoba Canada
URL: home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~umginn/index.html

Dr. William M. Last University of Manitoba Canada
Evaporite sedimentology; Mineralogy; Geochemistry; Saline lake geochemistry; Sedimentology; Paleolimnology
URL: home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~mlast/

Dr. Corinne Lehr California Polytechnic State Univeristy United States
Biogeochemistry of arsenic, antimony, bismuth

Mr. Paul A. Levine University of California Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Lab USA
Benthic ecology of Mono Lake, specifically in regards to the shore fly Ephydra hians
URL: http://www.monobasinresearch.org/research/bug.htm

Dr. Carol D. Litchfield Virginia George Mason University USA
Halophilic Bacteria and halophilic Archaea in salterns, lakes, and other salty environments
URL: mason.gmu.edu/~clitchfi

Dr. Tim K. Lowenstein State University of New York at Binghamton USA
Brine evolution, chemistry of saline lakes microorganism community of saline lakes, ecology, chemical precipitates. climate change and saline lakes, saline lake deposits for climate records
URL: geology.binghamton.edu/faculty/lowenstein/lowenstein.html

Dr. W. Berry Lyons Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University USA
geochemistry, biogeochemistry, isotopes, trace metals

Mr. Robert Mack USA

Mrs. Ann E. Manning USA
Avian use of salt water lakes.

Mr. Brad Thomas Marden Utah Strategic Alliance USA
Artemia population dynamics Sustainable management practices

Mr. Robert Joseph Mayer Duke University Marine Laboratory USA
Ecological physiology of Artemia. Chemically mediated predator prey interactions of zooplankton.

Dr. Eugenia E. McNaughton USA
algae - biology, ecology

Dr. John M. Melack Santa Barbara University of California USA
saline lakes, high altitude lakes, tropical lakes, biogeochemistry, aquatic ecology, remote sensing

Miss Noha M. Mesbah The University of Georgia USA
Diversity of thermophilic aerobes and anaerobes in hypersaline environments, microbial adaptations to hypersaline, alkaline conditions
URL: www.arches.uga.edu/~nmesbah

Mr. Sergio Manuel Ortiz Milán MSc Industria Salinera de Yucatan S.A. de C.V. Mexico
Artemia and microalgae culture to mantaine and improve the brine quality for salt production.
URL: www.isysa.com.mx

Dr. A. Keith Miles USGS Western Ecological Reseach Center, Univ CA Davis United States

Dr. Robert V. Miller Oklahoma State University USA
Effects of salt concentration as an evolutionary barrier in bacteria, Effects of salt concentration on bacteriophage/host interactions, Effects of solar UVR on bacterial populations of salt lakes

Dr. William Otto Moellmer Utah Division of Water Quality USA
- Great Salt Lake (Utah, USA). - Mathematical Modeling of Brine Shrimp Ecosystem in the GSL [Stella]. - Transport of Selenium into the GSL Ecosystem. - Effect of Selenium on birds utilizing the GSL. - Development of a site specific water quality standard for selenium in the GSL.
URL: www.deq.utah.gov

Dr. Melanie R. Mormile University of Missouri-Rolla USA
Microbial ecology of salt lakes, Biodegradation in salt lake environments, Halophilic bacteria entrapped in salt crystals

Dr. David L Naftz U.S. Geological Survey USA

Dr. Rob Negrini California" "Cal State Bakersfield USA
Environmental magnetism and paleomagnetism of lakes

Mr. Howard W. Newman USA
Artemia, Cladocerans, Cyanophyta

Dr. Wailap Victor Ng Institute for Systems Biology USA
Halophilic archaea
URL: www.systemsbiology.org

Mr. Norman E. Niver California Imperial County, USA USA
Salton Sea Restoration; Biology; Zoology; Avian; Flora and Fauna

Dr. Harry Max Ohlendorf CH2M HILL USA
Effects of environmental contaminants on invertebrates, fish, ans wildlife. Special interest in selenium ecotoxicology and biogeochemistry.

Mr. Wade Austin Oliver Texas Water Development Board United States of America
Trace metal cycling (esp. volatilization and permanent sedimentation) Groundwater modeling

Mr. Don S. Paul USA
Avian use of saline lakes, specifically the Great Salt Lake.

Dr. Maunsel B Pearce Great Salt Lake Alliance USA
Water Quality standards for Saline Lakes

Dr. Charlotte Rosendahl Pedersen Southern Utah University USA
I do research on halophilic microorganisms in two seasonal salt lakes in southern utah in the US.

Mr. Michael Don Perkins HDR USA
Ecosystems Sustainability

Dr. Brent M. Peyton USA
Biotransformation kinetics of organic compounds in halophilic environments

Dr. Reinhard Pienitz Université Laval Canada
Paleolimnology; Limnology; Paleoceanography
URL: cen.ulaval.ca/RPienitz.html

Dr. Michael Reddy USGS USA
Calcium carbonate crystal growth and dissolution, Metal ion binding by dissolved natural organic matter, Mercury-organic matter interaction in water and sediment porewater, Crystal growth mechanisms in low temperature aqueous solutions

Kristen M. Reifel University of Southern California USA
Phytoplankton ecology; Toxic algae; Harmful algal blooms; bio-optics

Dr. Robin W. Renaut University of Saskatchewan Canada
Saline, alkaline lakes in the East African Rift, especially Lake Bogoria. Hydrochemistry of saline lakes. Sedimentation and diagenesis in saline, alkaline lakes. Saline lakes of Interior British Columbia.
URL: www.usask.ca/geology/nfaculty/rwr/index.html

Dr. Richard L. Reynolds U.S. Geological Survey USA
Dust emission from dry lakes; chemistry and mineralogy of evaporite-mineral dust and crust.
URL: esp.cr.usgs.gov/people/rreynolds.html

Dr. Andrew Rogerson Nova Oceanographic Center USA
Microbial Ecology; Naked Amoebae of the Salton Sea

Ms. Sandra Roll University of California Santa Barbara USA
phytoplankton ecology, trophic dynamics, nutrient cycling, stream ecology,

Ms. Kimberly Rose Sierra Nevada Aquatic Res Lab USA
Zooplankton, Phytoplankton identification and productivity, Nutrient loading, eutrophication and management

Dr. Michael R. Rosen United States Geological Survey USA
Limnogeology, paleoclimate research in playa and permanently saline lakes, sedimentary geochemistry, evaporite and carbonate sedimentology, diagenesis, tufa and microbial carbonates, hydrochemistry of saline lakes

Courtney R. Salm University of Maine United States of America

Dr. Jasmine Saros University of Wisconsin-La Crosse USA
Phytoplankton, primary production, nutrient limitation

Dr. Johannes C.M. Scholten Pacific Northwest National Laboratory USA
URL: http://sysbiodev.pnl.gov/resources/staff/scholten.stm

Mr. David Schwall USA
Saline Lake Ecosystems
URL: www.thelake.org

Dr. John P. Smol Queen's University Canada
paleolimnology

Mrs. Jennifer J Steelman Western Brine Shrimp International, Inc. USA
Artemia

Ms. Chris Stone New Mexico salt company USA
Harvesting salt in New Mexico.

Dr. John Y. Takekawa USGS USA

Ms. Mary Ann Tiffany San Diego State University USA
I am interested in phycology especially that of salt lakes.

Ms. Courtney Hanna Turich Pennsylvania State University USA
halotolerant and halophilic bacterial/archaen evolution and ecology and paleoecology, biogeochemistry in hypersaline environments, uses of lipid biomarkers, compound specific isotope analysis.

Dr. Gilberto E Urroz Utah State University USA

Dr. Russell H. Vreeland West Chester University Depart. of Biology USA
Microbiology of Ancient Salt Formations; Microbial Ecology of Salt lakes

Dr. William R. Wang Brookhaven National Lab USA
Geochemistry, organic geochemistry, environmental chemistry and paleoclimotology/limnology of saline /hypersaline environments

Ed Wanlass Cargill Salt Division USA
Halobacteria Research, Salt Lake Ecosystem Preservation

Dr. James Watts Arizona State University USA
Ecosystem Ecology, Nutrient Cycling, Ecological Stoichiometry

Dr. Juergen Wiegel University of Georgia USA
Biodiversity of thermophilic ananaerobes which includes systematics and phylogeny, physiology, biogeography and biogeochemistry
URL: www.uga.edu/mib/wiegelcv.html

Mr. David William Willson USA
Halophiles

Dr. Wayne Wurtsbaugh Utah State University USA
Brine shrimp ecology; Phytoplankton and periphyton; Eutrophication; Trophic dynamics; Biogeochemistry of alpine watersheds
URL: cc.usu.edu/~wurts/index.html

Dr. Michele D. Zwolinski Weber State University USA
Microbial Ecology and Diversity Bioremediation Geomicrobiology Science Education
URL: faculty.weber.edu/mzwolinski

Dr. Michele Zwolinski Weber State University USA

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