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Jennifer Leah Tank
Alma materMichigan State University
Virginia Tech
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Notre Dame
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ThesisMicrobial activity on wood in streams: Exploring abiotic and biotic factors affecting the structure and function of wood biofilms. (1996)

Jennifer L. Tank is an American ecologist who is the Galla Professor of Ecology of Streams and Rivers at the University of Notre Dame. Her research considers the biogeochemistry of streams, the influence of agriculture on land conservation, stream restoration and stream transport. She was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2020.

Early life and education

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Tank was raised beside the shores of the Great Lakes. Her parents were biology teachers. She was an undergraduate student at Michigan State University, where she studied zoology. She earned her master's and doctoral degree at Virginia Tech, where she switched focus to ecology. Her master's research considered microbial respiration on decaying leaves and sticks in an Appalachian stream.[1] Her doctoral research involved investigations into the microbial activity of wood biofilms in streams.[2] Tank was a postdoctoral researcher at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Research and career

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In 1998 Tank was made an Assistant Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. She joined the University of Notre Dame in 2000, where she was made Assistant, Associate and eventually full Professor. She was elected Director of the Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative in 2016.[3] As part of her leadership, Tank is responsible for the Indiana Watershed Initiative, which explores how conservation practises serve to protect freshwater.[4] She was elected President of the Society for Freshwater Science in 2017.[5]

Awards and honours

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Selected publications

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References

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  • ^ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. "Jennifer Tank // Environmental Change Initiative // University of Notre Dame". Environmental Change Initiative. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  • ^ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. "Jennifer Tank elected president of the Society for Freshwater Science // Environmental Change Initiative // University of Notre Dame". Environmental Change Initiative. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  • ^ a b Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. "Jennifer Tank named Hoosier Resilience Hero". Notre Dame News. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  • ^ "Jennifer Tank receives Leopold Leadership Fellowship // News // College of Science // University of Notre Dame". science.nd.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  • ^ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. "Biologist Jennifer Tank named 2013 Leopold Leadership Fellow". Notre Dame News. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  • ^ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. "Jennifer Tank receives 2016 Ganey Award for community-based research". Notre Dame News. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  • ^ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. "Media Legends Award". Notre Dame News. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  • ^ "2019 Ruth Patrick Award Recipient". ASLO. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  • ^ "AAAS Announces Leading Scientists Elected as 2020 Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  • ^ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. "Jennifer Tank named a 2020 Society for Freshwater Science fellow // Department of Biological Sciences // University of Notre Dame". Department of Biological Sciences. Retrieved 2020-12-01.

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