Amina Pollard

Amina Pollard
Alma materLawrence University Bachelors of Arts (1995)
Wright State University Masters of Science (1997)
University of Wisconsin-Madison PhD (2002)
Known forLimnology
Scientific career
InstitutionsUnited States Environmental Protection Agency

Amina Pollard is an American limnologist and ecologist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).[1]

Pollard leads the U.S. EPA National Lakes Assessment, which seeks to provide information on the health of lakes, ponds, and reservoirs across the United States.[2][3][4] She currently serves on the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) board of directors (2018-2021),[5] chairs ASLO's annual awards committee,[6] and is a scientific advisor to Canada's Lake Pulse research program.[7]

  1. ^ Pollard, Amina I.; Hampton, Stephanie E.; Leech, Dina M. (2018). "The Promise and Potential of Continental-Scale Limnology Using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Lakes Assessment". Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin. 27 (2): 36–41. Bibcode:2018LimOB..27...36P. doi:10.1002/lob.10238. ISSN 1539-6088.
  2. ^ US EPA, OW (2015-04-13). "National Lakes Assessment". US EPA. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  3. ^ "Murky lakes now surpass clear, blue lakes in US". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  4. ^ "Longwood ecologist, Dina Leech finds that lakes across the U.S. are getting murkier". www.longwood.edu. Longwood University. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  5. ^ "ASLO : Board of Directors". www.aslo.org. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  6. ^ Wickland, Kimberly P.; Pollard, Amina I. (2019). "The ASLO Awards Program Primer: How it Works, Historical Trends, and How You Can Get Involved". Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin. 28 (2): 70–74. Bibcode:2019LimOB..28...70W. doi:10.1002/lob.10306. ISSN 1539-6088.
  7. ^ "Researchers". NSERC Canadian Lake Pulse Network. 2017-01-11. Retrieved 2019-05-07.