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rich axler
 

Natural Resources Research Institute
5013 Miller Trunk Highway
Duluth Minnesota 55811

218 720 4316
raxler@nrri.umn.edu

education
 
BS - physics, Temple University 1970
PhD - ecology and limnology, University of California 1979
 
duties
 
co-principal investigator; limnolgy and water quality issues; curriculum development
  
 vision of wow
 
using real environmental data to educate students and teachers in the core sciences and math; heightening environmental awareness by using lake and stream behavior to illustrate fundamental science principles

providing novel techniques and intensive data collection to better educate environmental science students and prepare them for future careers in water resources science
 
 what Rich
 does when
 not working
 on wow
 
direct water quality lab at NRRI; conduct water quality related research; swat mosquitos; coach kid's soccer
 
personal
heros
  my wife and my kids   
 funny story
about wow
 
how much time and how many lawyers does it take to get permission to bolt a Hydrolab sensor package to a railroad bridge support?
A) 3 months and 2 lawyers
B) 6 months and 4 lawyers
C) 12 months and 6 lawyers and counting....