Alan Steinman
Alan (Al) Steinman is the Allen and Helen Hunting Research Professor of Grand Valley State University’s Annis Water Resources Institute (AWRI). Previously, he was Director of AWRI for 22 years, and before that, Director of the Lake Okeechobee Restoration Program at the South Florida Water Management District. Steinman has published over 200 scientific articles, book chapters, and books; has been awarded over $60 million in grants for scientific and engineering projects and over $6 million in private fund-raising; and has testified before the U.S. Congress and the Michigan and Florida state legislatures.
Among his awards are Award of Excellence (Society for Freshwater Science); Phi Beta Kappa; Paul Harris Fellow (Muskegon Rotary); Fellow of the Society for Freshwater Science; the Award of Excellence from the National Garden Clubs; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Outstanding Planning Achievement Award; the Joan Hodges Queneau Palladium Medal from the National Audubon Society; Dr. Niles R. Kevern Lifetime Achievement Award from the Michigan chapter of the North American Lake Management Society; CR Everson Award from the West Michigan Environmental Action Council; Keiser Distinguished Lecturer in Life Sciences from Ohio Northern University; and the Patricia B. Johnson Award for Leadership and Innovative Grantmaking.
Steinman currently is a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee to Review Everglades Restoration and is a Review Editor for Frontiers in Environmental Science (Freshwater). Al received his Ph.D. from Oregon State University and was awarded a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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