NSF REU Site: LAKES Undergraduate Research Experience

Abstract

e LAKES Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) aims to better understand the root causes of phosphorus pollution and solutions while offering undergraduate students the opportunity to participate in cutting edge research.

Phosphorus is a pernicious and costly environmental pollutant. In areas of intensive agriculture, lakes are toxic at certain times of the year with blue-green algae bloom because of phosphorus pollution.

Solving the phosphorus pollution problem is not simple. A complex mix of social, economic, and environmental factors influences phosphorus use and misuse.

Students who participate in LAKES will spend two months in beautiful Menomonie, Wisconsin, training under research mentors in biology, economics, anthropology, engineering, psychology, and political science.