Education
Ph.D. Water Resources Science – Limnology and Oceanography 2021
University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN
Dissertation Topic: The intersection of climate, watershed influence, and phytoplankton dynamics in Lake Superior
M.S. Applied Ecology 2016
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
Thesis: Modeling the impacts of climate change on the surface temperature of inland lakes in Michigan
B.S. Environmental Engineering 2014
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
Certifications and Courses
Ecological Forecasting Workshop - 2020
University of Oslo, Norway – FILAMO (Field, Laboratory, and Modeling)
Master’s Certificate: Sustainable Water Resources Systems - 2015
Michigan Technological University
Publications and Papers
Reinl K.L., Harris, T.D., Elffrich, I., Coker, A., Zhan, Q., De Senerpont Domis, L. Morales-Williams, A.M., Bhattacharya, R., Grossart, H.P., North, R.L., Sweetman, J.N. The role of organic nutrients in structuring freshwater phytoplankton communities in a rapidly changing world. Water Research (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118573
Reinl K.L., Brookes J.D., Carey C.C., Harris T.D., Ibelings B.W., Morales‐Williams A.M., et al. (2021). Cyanobacterial blooms in oligotrophic lakes: Shifting the high‐nutrient paradigm. Freshwater Biology, fwb.13791. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13791
Reinl, Kaitlin L., et al. “Fluvial seeding of cyanobacterial blooms in oligotrophic Lake Superior.” Harmful Algae (2020): 101941.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2020.101941
Reinl, K. L., R. W. Sterner, and J. A. Austin. 2020. Seasonality and physical drivers of deep chlorophyll layers in Lake Superior, with implications for a rapidly warming lake. J. Great Lakes Res. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2020.09.008
Sterner, R. W., K. L. Reinl, B. M. Lafrancois, S. Brovold, and T. R. Miller. 2020. A first assessment of cyanobacterial blooms in oligotrophic Lake Superior. Limnol. Oceanogr. 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11569
Moen S., K.L. Reinl, E.L. Green, K. Rhude, M. Castro, and G. Spilkia. 2019. Identifying Science and Monitoring Priorities for Lake Superior: Synthesis of the 2019 Lake Superior CSMI Workshop. Proceedings of a workshop held at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mid-continent Ecological Division Laboratory in Duluth, Minnesota, July 10- 11, 2019. Prepared for the Science Advisory Board of the International Joint Commission by Minnesota Sea Grant. 45 pp.
Reinl, Kaitlin. 2016. Assessing the impacts of climate change on the surface temperature of inland lakes in Michigan. Master’s Thesis. Michigan Technological University.
Presentations
KL Reinl, TD Harris, RL North, SA Berger, M Bizic, SH Burnet, PU Cordero, K Finlay, P Almela, HP Grossart, E Jakobsson, LB Knoll, BM Lafrancois, E Massa, AM Morales-Williams, U Obertegger, MC Paule-Mercado, BL Peierls, JA Rusak, S Sarkar, S Sharma, JV Trout-Haney, D van de Waal, JJ Venkiteswaran, DJ Wain, GA Weyhenmeyer, K Yokota – Oral Presentation “Blooms don’t always like it hot” Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2022, Virtual Hybrid
C Buelo, R Ladwig, KL Reinl, HA Dugan, PC Hanson – Oral Presentation “Variability In Phenology Among North Temperate Lakes” Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2022, Virtual Hybrid
PC Hanson, R Ladwig, EA Albright, AD Delany, KL Reinl, CC Carey – Oral Presentation “Ecosystem memory controls the future of water quality in a eutrophic lake” Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2022, Virtual Hybrid
T Hollenhorst,KL Reinl, A Baker, E Cooney – Oral Presentation “Crossing Disciplinary and Agency Boundaries to Understand and Protect Lake Superior: CSMI 2021” Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2022, Virtual Hybrid
JF Lapierre, E Hanks, K Webster, I McCullough, T Wagner, KL Reinl, P. Soranno, M Domka, N Bayliss, P Hanly, K King, D Matuszak, L Zhongyao, M Bartley, B. Liu, Q Wang, N Smith, J. Stachelek, J Downing, S Collins, CT Filstrup, E Schleip, J Zhou, N Lottig, C Gries, E Stanley, PN Tan, A Shuvo, M Haite – Oral Presentation “Classification of US lakes as continuous mixtures of geographic archetypes” Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2022, Virtual Hybrid
KL Reinl, A Baker, E Cooney, T Hollenhorst – Oral Presentation “Crossing boundaries in disciplines and agencies to understand and protect Lake Superior: CSMI 2021” St. Louis River Summit 2022, Virtual Hybrid
Matt Hudson, BM Lafrancois, KL Reinl, E Laplante, Oral Presentation – “The Evolving Story of Cyanobacterial Blooms Along Lake Superior’s South Shore” 2nd Annual Harmful Algal Blooms Symposium 2022, Virtual
KL Reinl, RW Sterner, TA Andersen, BM Lafrancois, Oral Presentation - “A cyanobacteria life cycle model for blooms in oligotrophic Lake Superior” ASLO 2021, Virtual
KL Reinl, RW Sterner, TA Andersen, BM Lafrancois, Poster Presentation - “A cyanobacteria life cycle model for blooms in oligotrophic Lake Superior” IAGLR 2021, Virtual
KL Reinl, K Yokota, Oral Presentation - “Roles Of Akinetes (Dormant Cells) in Cyanobacterial Blooms in Nutrient Poor Waters – Literature Review” NALMS 2020, Virtual
KL Reinl, RW Sterner, S Brovold, and BM Lafrancois, Poster Presentation - “Sources of cyanobacteria blooms in oligotrophic Lake Superior” GLEON 2019, Hunstville, ON, CA
KL Reinl, RW Sterner, S Brovold, and BM Lafrancois, T Miller, Poster Presentation - “Drivers and sources of cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Superior” GRC (Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins) 2019, Easton, MA
KL Reinl, RW Sterner, and BM Lafrancois, Oral Presentation – “Potential Sources of Cyanobacteria to Lake Superior”
ASLO 2018, San Juan, Puerto Rico
KL Reinl, RW Sterner, and BM Lafrancois, Oral Presentation – “Potential Sources of Cyanobacteria to Lake Superior”
State of Lake Superior Conference 2018, Houghton, MI
KL Reinl, RW Sterner, JA Austin, Oral Presentation – “Response of the Deep Chlorophyll Maximum in Lake Superior to Changing Temperatures”
IAGLR 61st Annual Conference 2018, Toronto, Canada
KL Reinl, J Wagenbrenner, NR Urban, Poster Presentation – “Modeling the Impact of Climate Change on Lake Thermal Structure for Small Inland Lakes in the Mid-latitudes”
ASLO 2016 Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA
Awards
2021 UCOWR Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award Recipient
International Association for Great Lakes Research David M. Dolan Scholarship 2018
Award: $5,000 USD
Graduate Research Fellowship, Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research 2017 – 2018
Award: $25,000 USD
Center for water and Society Travel Grant, Michigan Technological University 2016
Award: $500 USD
Ecosystem Science Center Travel Grant, Michigan Technological University 2016
Award: $750 USD
2nd Place for Poster Presentation - MTU Graduate Research Colloquium 2015
Teaching Experience
Guest Lecturer – Ecological Data Spring 2022 Taught class on Ecological Forecasting to junior level undergraduates at UW-Madison
Graduate Teaching Assistant – General Biology I Spring 2018/2019 University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN Assisted students during lectures, taught labs and discussions, graded homework, held office hours, and participated in weekly planning meetings for professors and GTAs
Graduate Teaching Assistant – Forest and Landscape Hydrology Spring 2014 Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI Graded written homework and guest lectured for a junior-level undergraduate class
Outreach
Bell Museum Minnesota Waters Spotlight Science event - Apr 2020 Provided interview footage discussing algal bloom research in Lake Superior
Lake Superior Youth Symposium – UMD - May 2019 Keynote speaker for symposium and volunteer group leader
Rivers2Lake, Lake Superior – National Estuarine Research Reserve - Jul 2018 Presented research to K-12 teachers and demonstrated field collection techniques
Piedmont Elementary, Duluth, MN - Nov 2017 Teaching 4th-grade students about oil spills using STEM lab kits
Denfield High School, Duluth, MN - Apr 2017 Presenting research to 9th & 10th-grade student and discussing careers in the STEM fields
Duluth East High School, Duluth, MN - Feb 2017
Assisting 7th-grade students in developing science fair projects and teaching students about the scientific process
Affilitations
ASLO - Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography
IAGLR – International Association for Great Lakes Research
GLEON – Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network
NWIS – Northwoods Women in Science