Lesley Knoll

Lesley Knoll is an Assistant Professor at Miami University, affiliated with the Ecology Research Center, Center for Aquatic and Watershed Sciences, and the Department of Biology. Her research focuses on lake dynamics, nutrient fluxes, and phytoplankton ecology, with emphasis on winter/spring conditions, lake browning, and combined stressors on freshwater ecosystems. She employs long-term datasets, field experiments, and advanced sensors to explore ecosystem-level processes.

Education details are not explicitly stated in the text. Current research themes include the impact of winter ice loss, consequences of browning on nutrient mismatches, and effects of resource subsidies. She teaches courses such as Limnology (BIO 463W/563) and Ecosystem and Global Ecology (BIO 672). Her lab is located in 153 Pearson Hall, and her office is in 194 Pearson Hall.

Publications highlight her contributions to understanding climate-driven changes in lake ecosystems, including oxygen depletion, chlorophyll dynamics, and societal impacts of ice loss. While no awards or grants are listed, her work spans collaborative projects on browning-related feedbacks and global lake metabolism trends.

Knoll’s research integrates interdisciplinary approaches, bridging community and ecosystem ecology. She collaborates internationally on projects like the LTREB Renewal and global lake ice phenology records, emphasizing scalable sentinel responses to climate change.