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Dr Anika Kuczynski

Water Quality Modeller

+64-3-343-8023

Qualifications:

Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University, USA MS, Environmental Engineering, The University of Alabama, USA BS, Civil Engineering, The University of Alabama, USAEngineer in Training (passed Fundamentals of Engineering Exam)

Biography:

I am originally from Germany and completed engineering degrees in Tuscaloosa, AL and in Houghton, MI, USA. I have experience in mechanistic water quality modelling focusing on attached algae in lakes and working with public stakeholders. My work at NIWA focuses on periphyton monitoring, modelling, and management in rivers. At Michigan Tech (2012-2017), I was part of an interdisciplinary team with a goal of simulating attached algal growth by means of linking hydrodynamics and water quality models. To support modelling, I led field and laboratory efforts on the Laurentian Great Lakes, served as lab manager, and supervised undergraduate and new graduate students. As an undergraduate student, I completed a summer internship in the Department for Evolutionary Ecology of Marine Fishes at the IfM-GEOMAR in Kiel, Germany (2009) and studied abroad in francophone Liège, Belgium (2010). Throughout my university studies, I enjoyed teaching and mentoring as a teaching assistant for several engineering courses, as a writing consultant, and as a Ph.D. fellow for two NSF teaching programs with the purpose of introducing middle and high school teachers and students to environmental systems modelling.

Articles:

Management Transition to the Great Lakes Nearshore: Insights from Hydrodynamic Modeling. C. Huang, A. Kuczynski, M.T. Auer, D. O’Donnell, and P. Xue. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 2019:7:129.

Simulation of the Contribution of Phosphorus-Containing Minerogenic Particles to Particulate Phosphorus Concentration in Cayuga Lake, New York. R.K. Gelda, S.W. Effler, A.R. Prestigiacamo, F. Peng, M.T. Auer, A. Kuczynski, S.C. Chapra. Water, Air, & Soil Polution 2016:227:421.

Dissolved phosphorus concentrations in Cayuga Lake system, and differences from two analytical protocols. S.W. Effler, A.R. Prestigiacomo, D.A. Matthews, M. Perkins, N. Hairston, M.T. Auer, A. Kuczynski, S. Chapra. Lake and Reservoir Management 2016:0:0:1-10.

The Cladophora Resurgence in Lake Ontario: Characterization and Implications for Management. A. Kuczynski, M.T. Auer, C.N. Brooks, and A.G. Grimm. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2016:73(6):999-1013. Selected as an “Editor’s Choice” paper for 2016.

Onondaga to Ontario: Management of bioavailable phosphorus in municipal wastewaters for control of Cladophora. R.S. Lambert, M.T. Auer, S.W. Effler, M.R. Greene, B.E. Downer, and A. Kuczynski. Journal of Great Lakes Research 2015:41:1106-13.

Apportionment of bioavailable phosphorus loads entering Cayuga Lake, New York. A.R. Prestigiacomo, S.W. Effler, R.K. Gelda, D.A. Matthews, M.T. Auer, B.E. Downer, A. Kuczynski, and M.T. Walter. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 2016:52:31-47.

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