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Edward Lewis Mills

Professor

Primary Research Areas

  • aquatic science
  • biocomplexity
  • environmental sciences
  • natural resources

Graduate Fields

Research Focus

Dr. Edward Mills is an aquatic ecologist whose research focus centers on applied ecology. His research interests include biological impacts of aquatic invasive species, ecology of large lakes including the Great Lakes, benthification of freshwater lakes, using zooplankton as biological indicators in lake ecosystems, assessing the lower food web of freshwater lakes, and long-term ecological changes in New York State’s largest inland lake-Oneida Lake.

Educational Background

  • Ph.D, Cornell University, 1975
  • M.S., Cornell University, 1972
  • B.S., SUNY Geneseo, 1969

Research Grants

  • FACILITY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE CORNELL BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION
  • FSML: THE NEED FOR FACILITY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION
  • ASSESSING COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF LOWER TROPHIC LEVELS IN ONONDAGA LAKE, NY: 2004 - 2005
  • LAKE ONTARIO BIOMONITORING PROJECT
  • ASSESSING FACTORS IN THE DECLINE OF THE NATIVE AMPHIPOD DIPOREIA