Assistant Professor of Ecology and Research Scientist in the NCWQR
Heidelberg University
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States
Doug Kane is an Assistant Professor of Biology (Ecology) and Research Scientist in the National Center
for Water Quality Research at Heidelberg University. His research interests lie mainly in the ecology of
large lakes and their tributaries. Before coming to Heidelberg University, Doug was a Professor of
Biology at Defiance College, where he was awarded the Richard W. Stroede Distinguished Faculty
Citation in 2017. Doug has been a Visiting Professor at São Paulo State University in Brazil and a Visiting
Researcher at the University of Toledo’s Lake Erie Center. Further, Doug mentored students as a
Visiting Scientist in The Ohio State University’s F.T. Stone Lab's Research Experience for Undergraduates
program for the past decade and a half. Doug has published peer-reviewed papers in Limnology and
Oceanography, Freshwater Biology, Journal of Great Lakes Research, Aquatic Ecosystem Health and
Management, Inland Waters, Water, Harmful Algae, Journal of Environmental Sciences, Environmental
Science and Pollution Research, Ecological Indicators, and Ohio Journal of Science. Doug Is a former
President of the Ohio Lake Management Society, former board member of the Ohio Academy of
Science, and former board member and President of the International Association for Great Lakes
Research and the Upper Maumee Watershed Partnership. Doug is currently on the steering committee
of the Sandusky Watershed Coalition and a board member of the Lake Erie and Aquatic Research
Network.
Monday, August 7, 2023
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM PDT