Ohio Board of Regents Funding Tackles Harmful Algal Blooms
“Because of the Toledo water crisis, Chancellor John Carey and the Ohio Board of Regents (now the Ohio Department of Higher Education) allocated $2 million to universities in the state to work together to develop solutions for the harmful algal bloom problem. They asked Ohio State, led by Dr. Bruce McPheron, and the University of Toledo, led by Dr. Tom Bridgeman, to take leadership of this effort. Because of our 37-year history of supporting projects at Ohio universities, they asked Ohio Sea Grant if we could assist by identifying some of the scientists that should be involved.”
That’s Dr. Jeff Reutter, former Ohio Sea Grant Director and one of the leads on that two-million dollar initiative, talking about a new collaborative research group’s formation. In addition to The Ohio State University and the University of Toledo, researchers from Bowling Green State University (BGSU), Heidelberg University and Kent State University (KSU) will lead a total of 18 projects in five different focus areas, along with scientists at Central State University, Defiance College and the University of Cincinnati.