Judy Budd

Professor, Biology

Office

Wargelin Hall, Room 301

Contact

judith.budd@finlandia.edu

906-487-7243

Joined Finlandia

Too long ago to remember!

Education

Ph.D. , Biological Sciences, 1997, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI. Dissertation: Satellite Remote Sensing of Great Lakes Water Parameters.

M.S., Water Resources Science, 1989, The University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI. Thesis: Distributed Costs of Environmental Contamination.

B.S., Natural Resources, 1985, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Current Courses

Fall 2018:

BIO 111-Basis of Life (4 credits, including lab)
BIO 113-Diversity of Life (4 credits, including lab)
BIO 445-Evolution (3 credits)

Personal Statement

Teaching biology at Finlandia is fun and challenging because my students and I get to work not only in the classroom, but also in the laboratory and field. During the fall semesters when the weather on the Keweenaw may be sunny one day and snowing the next, my students and I are splashing through streams in search of aquatic insect habitat, hunting down and identifying local mushrooms, and creating insect collections using insect nets and killing jars. My goal is to engage students in the exploration of biology through discussion, observation, experimentation, and most importantly, participation.

My teaching philosophy can be summed up as follows: "Learning is a process of self-discovery."

When not working with students at Finlandia, I have spent much of my time as an aquatic ecologist and remote sensor studying lakes, specifically the Laurentian Great Lakes found in our back yard. My research is focused on Lake Superior, primarily, and to a lesser extent the lower Great Lakes. I study these lakes from the vantage point of space, using satellite remote sensing to examine lake temperatures and productivity.

Publications

1. Kerfoot, W.C., F. Yousef, S.A. Green, J.W. Budd, D.J. Schwab, and H.A. Vanderploeg. 2010. Approaching storm: Disappearing winter bloom in Lake Michigan. J. Great Lakes Res. 36:30-41.
2. Witter. D.L., J.D. Ortiz, S. Palm, R.T. Heath, J.W. Budd. 2009 Assessing the Application of SeaWiFS Ocean Color Algorithms to Lake Erie. J. Great Lakes Res., 35: 361-370.
3. Kerfoot W.C., J.W. Budd, J.H. Churchill and C. Chen. 2009. Metacommunity perspective on zooplanktonic communities in Lake Superior. In M. Munawar, I. F. Munawar (Eds.), State of Lake Superior, Ecovision World Monograph Series, Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management Society, Burlington, Canada.
4. Kerfoot, W. C., J.W. Budd, S.A. Green, J.B. Cotner, B.A. Biddanda, D. J. Schwab and H. A. Vanderploeg 2008. Doughnut in the desert: late-winter production pulse in southern Lake Michigan. Limnol. Oceanogr 53:589-604.
5. Budd, J.W. 2004. Large Scale Episodic Transport Phenomena in the Keweenaw Region of Lake Superior: the Ontonagon River Plume and Keweenaw Eddie, J. Great Lakes Res.30(1):467-480.
6. Li, H., J.W. Budd, and S.A. Green. 2004. Evaluation and Regional Optimization of Satellite-based Chlorophyll-a Algorithms for Lake Superior, J. Great Lakes Res. 30(1): 443-458.
7. Budd, J.W. and D.S. Warrington. Temporal-spatial Evolution of a Productive Southern Shore Corridor in the Keweenaw Region of Lake Superior, J. Great Lakes Res. 30(1): 459-466.
8. Kerfoot, W. C., J. W. Budd, B. J. Eadie, H. A. Vanderploeg, and M. Agy. 2004. Winter storms: Sequential sediment traps record Daphnia ephippial produciton, resuspension and sediment interactions. Limnol. Oceanogr. 49: 1365-1381.
9. Churchill, J.H., E.A. Ralph, A.M. Cates, J.W. Budd, N.R. Urban. 2003. "Observations of a negatively buoyant river plume in a large lake. Limnol. Ocean. 48 (2): 884-894
10. Bogdan, J.J., J.W. Budd, and K.C. Hornbuckle. 2002."The effect of a large resuspension event in southern Lake Michigan on the short-term cycling of organic contaminants." In final review, J. Great Lakes Res. 28 (3): 338-351.
11. Ji, R., C. Chen, J.W. Budd, D.J. Schwab, D. Beletsky, G.L. Fahnenstiel, T.H. Johengen, H. Vanderploeg, B.J. Eadie, M. Bundy. 2002. "Influence of Suspended sediments on the ecosystem in Lake Michigan: A 3-D coupled bio-physical modeling experiment. In final review, Ecol. Model.
12. Diehl, S.F., J.W. Budd, D. Ullman, J-F Cayula. 2002. "Geographic window sizes applied to remote sensing sea surface temperature front detection." In press, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech.
13. Budd, J.W., A.M. Beeton, D.A. Culver, W.C. Kerfoot, and R.P. Stumpf. 2001. "Satellite observations of Microcystis blooms in western Lake Erie," Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 27:3787-3793.
14. Budd, J.W., T.D. Drummer, G.L. Fahnenstiel, T. Nalepa. 2001. "Remote sensing of biotic effects: Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) influence on water clarity in Saginaw Bay," Limnol. Ocean. 46(2): 213-223.
15. Chen, C., . Ralph, S.A. Green, J.W. Budd and F.Y. Zhang. 2001. "Prognostic Modeling Studies of the Keweenaw Current in L. Superior. Part I: Formation and Evolution. J. Phys. Ocean. 31: 379-395.
16. Zhu, J., C. Chen, E. Ralph, S.A. Green, J.W. Budd, F.Y. Zhang. 2001. "Prognostic Modeling Studies of the Keweenaw Current in L. Superior. Part II: Simulation," J. Phys. Ocean. 31: 396- 410.
17. Budd, J.W., W.C. Kerfoot, A.N. Pilant, L.M. Jipping. 1999. "The Keweenaw Current and Ice Rafting: Use of Satellite Imagery to Investigate Copper-Rich Particle Dispersal," J. Great Lakes Res. 25(3): 642-662.
18. Budd, J.W., W.C. Kerfoot and A.L. Maclean. 1998. "Documenting Complex Surface Temperature Patterns from Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) imagery of Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron," J. Great Lakes Res. 24(2): 582-594.
19. Clites, A.H., T.D. Fontaine, and J.R. Wells. 1995. “Distributed costs of environmental contamination,” Maximum Power, The Ideas and Applications of H.T. Odum, pp 175-182.
20. Clites, A.H., T.D. Fontaine, and J.R. Wells, 1991, Distributed costs of environmental contamination, Ecological Economics, 3: 215-229.

Awards & Recognitions

Chandler-Meisner Award Recipient for Outstanding Contribution to the Journal of Great Lakes Research by the International Association of Great Lakes Research. Presented at May 17–21, 2010 53rd Conference on Great Lakes Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.

NASA Ph.D. Fellowship, September 1993-August 1996, nationally competitive dissertation research award from the NASA Graduate Student Researcher Program, NASA Ames Research Center, Sunnyvale, CA.

Friday Harbor Laboratory Scholarship, June 1991, to attend summer oceanography field course, University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories, San Juan, WA.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Legislative Fellow, October 1991, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA.

Congressional Observer, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva, Switzerland, October, 1989.

Conference Presentations

Selected:

1. W. C. Kerfoot, S. Green, J.W.Budd, D.J. Schwab, and H.A. Vanderploeg, 2008. Global climate change and biotic-mediated productivity displacement in the Great Lakes ASLO Summer Meeting, St. John’s, New Foundland & Labrador, Canada, June 8-13, 2008. P.42.
2. W. C. Kerfoot, X. Ma, B.J. Eadie, J.W. Budd and H. Vanderploeg. 2002. Winter Storms and Benthic-Pelagic coupling: Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Resting Egg Production, Dispersal, and Survival. 2002 Ocean Sciences Meeting. American Geophysical Union, Honolulu, HI, February 2002.
3. Cotner, J.A., J.W. Budd, B. Bindanda, “Dynamics of Dissolved Organic Material in Marine and Freshwater Environments,” 2004 Ocean Research Conference, Honolulu, HI, February 15-20, 2004.
4. Budd, J.W. “Multi-sensor remote sensing of biological-physical variability in the Laurentian Great Lakes,” International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) 46th Annual Conference on Global Threats to Large Lakes: Managing in an Environment of Instability and Unpredictability, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, June 22-26, 2003
5. Li, H., J.W. Budd, S.A. Green. “Evaluation of bio-optical retrieval algorithms using SeaWiFS imagery of Lake Superior,” 44th IAGLR Conference, Great Lakes Science: Making it Relevant, U-Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI, June 10-14, 2001.
6. Osterberg, D.J. and J.W. Budd. “Temporal dynamics of zooplankton distributions in Lake Superior,” 44th IAGLR Conference, Great Lakes Science: Making it Relevant, U- Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI, June 10-14, 2001.
7. Warrington, D.S., J.W. Budd, R.P. Stumpf, and S.A. Green. "Satellite-derived chlorophyll and turbidity estimates using SeaWiFS (Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor) Imagery," 43RD Annual IAGLR Conference Great Lakes, Great Rivers 2000 - A vision for tomorrow, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, May 21-26, 2000.
8. Budd, J.W., D.S. Warrington, V. Ransibrahmanakul, J.D. Chye, "Episodic events and trophic pulses: Estimating surface chlorophyll concentrations and Transport Using SeaWiFS Imagery," 2000 Ocean Sciences Meeting of the Am. Society of Limnology and Oceanography and Am. Geophysical Union. San Antonio, TX Jan 24-28, 2000.
9. Ji, R., C. Chen, D.J. Schwab, J.W. Budd, and D. Beletsy, "Influence of suspended sediments on the ecosystem in Lake Michigan," 2000 Ocean Sciences Meeting of the Am. Society of Limnology and Oceanography and Am. Geophysical Union. San Antonio, TX Jan 24-28, 2000.
10. Green, S.A. and J.W. Budd. Cross Margin Transport Processes in Lake Superior. Proceedings of the 45th Annual Institute on Lake Superior Geology. May 4-8, 1999.
11. Budd, J.W. and J.D. Chye, "Retrospective Studies of Great Lakes Water Quality using Satellite Remotely Sensed Imagery," Limnology and Oceanography: Navigating into the Next Century, The 1999 Aquatic Sciences Meeting of American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Santa Fe, New Mexico Feb. 1-5, 1999.
12. Warrington, D.S., J.W. Budd, R.P. Stumpf, "Remote Sensing of Great Lakes Water Quality Using SeaWiFS (Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View) Imagery, Limnology and Oceanography: Navigating into the Next Century, The 1999 Aquatic Sciences Meeting of American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Santa Fe, New Mexico Feb. 1-5, 1999.
13. Budd, J.W., J.D. Chye, "Retrospective Studies of Great Lakes Water Quality using Satellite Remotely Sensed Imagery," Limnology and Oceanography: Navigating into the Next Century, The 1999 Aquatic Sciences Meeting of American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Santa Fe, New Mexico Feb. 1-5, 1999.
14. Budd, J.W., A.M. Beeton, D.A. Culver, W.C. Kerfoot, and R.P. Stumpf. Satellite observations of Microcystis blooms in western Lake Erie, 27th Congress of the International Association of Limnology, Dublin, Ireland, August 9-24, 1998. (Invited).
15. Budd, J.W. Use of satellite-derived reflectance to monitor changes in water quality brought about by the zebra mussel in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. 39th Annual Conference of the International Association of Great Lakes Research, Erindale College, University of Toronto, Canada, May 1996. (Invited).
16. Budd, J.W. Use of satellite-derived reflectance to monitor changes in water quality brought about by the zebra mussel in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. Sixth Intern. Zebra Mussel and Other Aquatic Nuisance Species Conference, Dearborn, Michigan, October 1995.
17. Budd, J.W., W.C. Kerfoot, and C.T. Schmidt. Remote sensing studies of water quality in Lake Superior: Seasonal development and extent of the coastal corridor. Annual Meeting American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. Reno, NV June 1995.
18. Budd, J.W., W.C. Kerfoot and A.L. Maclean. Remote sensing studies of horizontal temperature gradients and suspended sediments in Saginaw Bay before and after zebra mussel colonization. 37th Conference of the International Association of Great Lakes Research, Windsor, Ontario, May 1994.