Mills, Edward Lewis
Professor
Dr. Edward L. Mills is currently Director of the Cornell Biological Field Station and professor in the Department of Natural Resources, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University. He is also is a member of the United States Section of the Council of Great Lakes Managers, and is currently a member of Governor Spitzer’s New York Task Force on invasive species. His research interests include areas of limnology, freshwater food webs, ecology of large lakes including the Great Lakes, and biological impacts of aquatic invasive species. He and his colleagues have published nearly 150 peer-reviewed articles on a wide range of topics including predator-prey interactions, exotic species invasions, and food web interactions in freshwater lakes. Mills was presented in 2005 the Christie/Loftus award by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission for outstanding leadership, for strengthening the ecosystem approach to science and fisheries management, and for many innovative contributions to Great Lakes Research.
research
research and scholarship 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.
primary investigator of
- ASSESSING COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF LOWER TROPHIC LEVELS IN ONONDAGA LAKE, NY: 2004 - 2005 | Research Grant
- ASSESSING FACTORS IN THE DECLINE OF THE NATIVE AMPHIPOD DIPOREIA | Research Grant
- FACILITY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE CORNELL BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION | Research Grant
- FSML: THE NEED FOR FACILITY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL FIELD STATION | Research Grant
- LAKE ONTARIO BIOMONITORING PROJECT | Research Grant
research areas
- aquatic science | collaborative research area (CALS)
- biocomplexity | collaborative research area (CALS)
- environmental sciences | collaborative research area (CALS)
- natural resources | collaborative research area (CALS)
submitted impact statement
- The Oneida Lake Education Initiative | 2007 Impact statement
- Celebrating 50 years of research at the Cornell Biological Field Station (CBFS) | 2006 Impact statement
- New York State Invasive Species Task Force report and recommendations | 2006 Impact statement
- The Lake Ontario Intensive International Field Year 2008 | 2006 Impact statement
- Developing the next generation of Great Lakes Lower food web assessment tools: Status of the Lake Ontario Food web in a Changing Ecosystem | 2005 Impact statement
- Bridging troubled waters: biological invasions, transoceanic shipping, and the Laurentian Great Lakes | 2004 Impact statement
affiliations
head of
- Cornell Biological Field Station (CBFS) | field station
faculty appointment in
- Natural Resources (NTRES/DNR) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Natural Resources | graduate field
teaching
teaching focus
Dr. Edward Mills team teaches Fish Ecology (NR311 and 312).
teaches
- NTRES 4971 - Individual Study in Applied Ecology and Conservation Ecology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 8900 - Master's Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 8900 - Master's Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
service
outreach focus
Dr. Edward Mills is working with New York Sea Grant in the development of the Oneida Lake Education Initiative with the goal to enhance environmental awareness among students in public schools in the Oneida Lake Watershed.
background
educational background
- Ph.D, Cornell University, 1975
- M.S., Cornell University, 1972
- B.S., SUNY Geneseo, 1969
professional background
- Faculty, Cornell University, 1975-present
publications
linked articles
speaker at Cornell event
Keywords: aquatic science, fish ecology, freshwater aquatic food webs, freshwater ecology, invasive species, large lake ecology, long-term ecological research, zooplankton ecology