Daniel McGinnis
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
| aquatic greenhouse gas transport & emissions | aquatic eddy correlation |
| aquatic-terrestrial linkages | bubble & plume modeling |
| benthic fluxes | constituent and pollutant transport and fate |
| biogeochemical-physical interactions | lake management & restoration |
| change impacts on aquatic systems | lake modeling |
| limnology & coastal oceanography | sediment and water column modeling |
| sediment fluxes | turbulence |
EDUCATION:
| Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech, December 2003 Two-dimensional lake and reservoir modeling: natural and plume-induced mixing mechanisms |
| M.S. in Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, May 2000 Predicting oxygen transfer in hypolimnetic oxygenation devices |
| B.S. in Civil Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, Virginia Tech, June 1996 |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
| 2023 - present | Director of the Department F.-A. Forel for environmental and aquatic sciences, Associate Professor, Department F.-A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2020 - present | Associate Professor, Department F.-A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2014 – 2020 | Assistant Professor, Institute F.-A. Forel, University of Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2013 – 2014 | Senior Scientist, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Germany |
| 2010* – 2013 | Research Associate, University of Southern Denmark SDU, Odense, Denmark |
| 2008 – 2011* | Senior Scientist, GEOMAR, Marine Biogeochemistry, Kiel, Germany |
| 2003 – 2008 | Postdoc, Surface Waters – Research and Management, Eawag, Luzern, Switzerland |
| 2000 – 2003 | Guest Researcher during PhD studies, Eawag, Luzern, Switzerland |
| 1995 – 2000 | Graduate Research Assistant, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia USA |
* 2010 – 50% at GEOMAR and 50% at SDU
MAJOR STUDIES ON INLAND WATERS
- Danube River (Romania). Silica retention and hydrodynamics (McGinnis et al. 2006).
- Lake Alpnach (Switzerland). Benthic oxygen fluxes (Brand et al. 2008; Bryant et al. 2010a; 2010b)
- Lake Hallwil (Switzerland). Seasonal monitoring, artificial oxygenation system, diurnal Chaoborus migration, CH4 emissions (Flury et al. 2010; Lorke et al. 2004; McGinnis et al. 2004)
- Saar River (Germany). Temperature and hydrodynamic controls of CH4 and CO2 fluxes (Lorke et al. 2012; 2013; Maeck et al. 2013).
- Schwentine River (Germany). Temperature and hydrodynamic controls of CH4 and CO2 fluxes.
- Wohlensee (Switzerland). Benthic oxygen fluxes, CH4 emissions (McGinnis et al. 2008; DelSontro et al. 2010).
SCIENTIFIC CRUISES AND MAJOR EXPEDITIONS
- Young Sound Sea Ice Expedition, Greenland, March 13 – March 31, 2012.
- RV Urania, Mediterranean, July 27 –August 1, 2011. Cruise Leader (19 Scientists)
- Buksefjord Expedition, Greenland, June 2 – June 26, 2011.
- RV Poseidon, Red Sea, February 1 – February 20, 2011.
- RV Alkor, Baltic Sea, June 10 – June 21, 2010.
- Kobbefjord Sea Ice Expedition, Greenland, March 8 – March 19, 2010.
- RV Celtic Explorer, North Sea, July 20 – August 14, 2009.
- RV Alkor, North Sea, October 8 – October 30, 2008.
- RV Sonne, South Pacific, January 31 – February 25, 2007.
- RV Professor Vodyanitskiy, Black Sea, August 16 – 22, 2005.
- RV Professor Vodyanitskiy, Black Sea, May 25 – June 8, 2004. Eawag Expedition leader
- RV Istros, Danube River, Bazias to Orsova, Romania, October 14 – 19, 2001.
RECENT CO-SUPERVISED PH.D. STUDENTS:
| 2010 – present | Karl Attard, University of Southern Denmark Topic: Aquatic eddy correlation, seasonal carbon dynamics in Greenlandic fjords |
| 2007 – 2011 | Tonya DelSontro PhD, Eawag, Surface Waters, Switzerland Topic:Methane emissions from aquatic systems |
| 2006 – 2010 | Claudia Lorrai PhD, Eawag, Surface Waters, Switzerland Topic: Aquatic eddy correlation, turbulence and fluxes in the benthic boundary layer |
| 2006 – 2010 | Lee Bryant PhD, Virginia Tech, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engr., USA Topic: O2 fluxes at the sediment-water interface, lake/reservoir oxygenation |