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Louis Kaplan, Ph.D.

500 500 Stroud Water Research Center

Research Scientist Emeritus

  • Affiliate Faculty, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware

Contact

lakaplan@stroudcenter.org
970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA 19311

Interests and Expertise

Dissolved organic matter biogeochemistry, aquatic microbial ecology, and nutrient cycling.

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Education

  • Ph.D., Biology (Limnology), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • M.S., Ecology, University of California, Davis, California.
  • B.A., Environmental Sciences, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Professional Experience

  • Research Scientist Emeritus, Stroud Water Research Center, 2018–present.
  • Director, Ecosystem Science Cluster, Division of Environmental Science, National Science Foundation, 2015–2018.
  • Senior Research Scientist, Stroud Water Research Center, 1999–2017.
  • Curator, Division of Environmental Research, Stroud Water Research Center, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1996–1999.
  • Assistant Curator, Division of Environmental Research, Stroud Water Research Center, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1988–1992.
  • Research Associate, Division of Environmental Research, Stroud Water Research Center, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1980–1988.
  • Post Graduate Research Scientist III, University of California, Davis, California, 1974–1975.

Publications

A field and laboratory procedure to collect, process, and preserve freshwater samples for dissolved organic carbon analysis

Kaplan, L.A. 1994. Limnology and Oceanography 39(6):1470–1476.

A survey of BOM in US drinking waters

Kaplan, L.A., D.J. Reasoner, and E.W. Rice. 1994. Journal of the American Water Works Association 86(2):121–132.

Transport of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis and its effect on drift and benthic densities of nontarget macroinvertebrates in the Susquehanna River, northern Pennsylvania

Jackson, J.K., B.W. Sweeney, T.L. Bott, J.D. Newbold, and L.A .Kaplan. 1994. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 51:295–314.

An immobilized biofilm reactor for the measurement of biodegradable organic matter in drinking water: validation and field test

Kaplan, L.A., F. Ribas, J.-C. Joret, C. Volk, J. Frias, and F. Lucena. 1993. Pages  1457–1475 in Proceedings of the Water Quality Technology Conference, Miami, Florida.

Persistence of a surrogate for a genetically engineered cellulolytic microorganism and effects on aquatic community and ecosystem properties: mesocosm and stream comparisons

Bott, T.L., and L.A. Kaplan. 1993. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 39(7):686-700.

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