Recent Experiences:

• Co-principal Investigator for Bartow County Watershed Assessment, 2000
• Co-principal Investigator for an Environmental Protection Agency Clean Lakes Study of Lake Allatoona, Georgia since 1992, Principal Investigator 1993-1996
• Principal Investigator for the Lake Acworth Intensive Pollutant Assessment Study, Georgia, (1997)
• Co-principal Investigator for the Lake Acworth Restoration Study, Georgia. (funded by Cobb County, 1994-95)

Awards, Honors, and Related Experiences

Finalist for 2000 and 2002 Kennesaw State University Distinguished Scholarship Award.

Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society  (2000 to present).

1999 College of Science and Mathematics Distinguished Scholarship Award.

Chancellor's Award and KSU International Seminar Support Award to participate in the 1999 University System of Georgia Faculty Development Seminar to the Philippines and Vietnam.

Mentorship Grants for examination of water movement and pollutant transport in Nooonday Creek awarded by the College of Science and Mathematics, Kennesaw State University, 1998 and 1999.

President's Council for Academic Community, Kennesaw State University, 1996-97.

Outstanding Research and Achievement for the Lake Allatoona Clean Lakes Study awarded by U.S. Congressman George "Buddy" Darden.  December 1994.

E.J. Lund Research Awards in Marine Science for Graduate Students of Exceptional Merit Scholarship.  University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Fall 1984, Spring 1985, and Summer 1986 to Summer 1988.

Professional Development Award.  The University of Texas, March 1987 and March 1988.

Aquanaut, saturation diving in Hydrolab Underwater Laboratory for 7 days (U.S. Virgin Islands).  Undersea Research Program, NOAA, Mission 84-12.  October 1984.

Graduate Student Research Grant.  Office of Graduate Studies, University of Texas, Fall 1984.

Professional Publications:

Dirnberger, J.M. and Weinberger J. 2005.  Influences of lake level changes on reservoir water clarity.  Lake and Reservoir Management. 21: 24-29.

 Dirnberger, J.M., S McCullagh, and T. Howick.  2005. Writing and drawing in the naturalist's journal: Reviving the tradition of the naturalist's journal as an effective learning tool. The Science Teacher.  72: 38-42.

Tom Howick and Joe Dirnberger. 2003.  Reviving the Naturalist's Journal.  Current: The Journal of Marine Education.  18: 2-6.

Joseph M. Dirnberger, William Ensign, Heather Sutton, and Donald McGarey.  2002.  Comparing abiotic and biotic parameters when assessing streams within a geologically diverse area (Bartow County, GA). Proceedings of Watershed 2002 Water Environment Federation Conference.

Bowers, R. and Dirnberger, J.M.  2000.  Using temporal changes in water quality in Noonday Creek to describe pollutant transport and pinpoint sources.  Proceedings of National Water Quality Monitoring Council National Monitoring Conference 2000:353-361.

Dirnberger, J.M. 1994. Influences of larval settlement location and rate on later growth and mortality in a sessile marine invertebrate (Spirorbis spirillum). Northeast Gulf Science 13:65-78.

Music, M. and J.M. Dirnberger. 1994. Assessing rates of eutrophication in Lake Allatoona from chlorophyll derivatives within lake bottom sediments. Georgia Journal of Science 52:129-134.

Dirnberger, J.M., R. Rascati, and H. Msimanga. 1993. A Clean Lakes Phase I- Diagnostic/Feasibility Study of Lake Allatoona: A Preliminary Report. Proceedings of the 1993 Georgia Water Resources Conference pp. 89-92.

Rhyne, P.J., B.R. Golden, and J.M. Dirnberger. 1993. Seeking Scientific Explanations for Natural Phenomena. Winston-Salem, NC: Hunter Textbooks Inc., ISBN 0-88725-194-3.

Dirnberger, J.M. 1992. Dispersal of larvae with a short planktonic phase in the polychaete Spirorbis spirillum . Bulletin of Marine Science 52:898-910.

Dirnberger, J.M. 1990. Benthic determinants of settlement sites for planktonic larvae: Availability of settlement sites on seagrass blades for Spirorbis spirillum. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 140:89-105.

Dirnberger, J.M. and C.L. Kitting. 1988. Browsing injuries to blades of Halophila decipiens within a deep seagrass meadow. Aquatic Botany 29:373-379.

Dirnberger, J.M. and S.T. Threlkeld. 1986. Advective effects on reservoir zooplankton dispersion and abundance. Freshwater Biology 16:387-396.

Threlkeld S.T. and J.M. Dirnberger. 1986. Benthic distributions of planktonic copepods. Syllogeus 58:481-486.

Reports:

The Lake Allatoona Phase 1 Diagnostic-Feasibility Report: 1992-1996.  1998. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Lake Acworth Intensive Pollutant Assessment Study. 1997.   A.L. Burruss Institute, Kennesaw State University .  Prepared for City of Acworth, Georgia.

Porter, K.G., K.E. Baer, L. Hawks, J.M. Dirnberger, and B. Champion. Georgia Adopt-A-Lake Manual.  1997.  Georgia Lake Management Society and Georgia Environmental Protection Division.

Lake Allatoona Summer Monitoring Project:  July-October 1996. 1997.  A.L. Burruss Institute, Kennesaw State University.  Prepared for Cobb-Marietta Water Authority, Bartow County Water & Sewer Department, City of Cartersville Water Department, & Georgia Environmental Protection Division.

Lake Allatoona Phase I Diagnostic-Feasibility Report for 1994-1996:  Limnological Data & Evaluation of Management Alternatives. 1996.  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Lake Acworth Watershed Restoration Project: Diagnostic Study and Limnological Assessment (Phase I). 1995. Technical Report. Cobb County, Georgia.

Lake Allatoona Phase I Diagnostic-Feasibility Study for 1992-1993. 1994. Technical Report. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Analysis of Lake Allatoona Limnological Data: May to December, 1993. 1994. Technical Report. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Kitting, C.L., J.M. Dirnberger, A.C. Dempsey, M.A. Odum. 1985. Foraging by conspecific individual sea urchins, and conch. Technical Report. Hydrolab project; Mission 84-12 (1984). National Undersea Research Program, NOAA, St. Croix, USVI

Ungraduate Research Projects Directed:

• Influences of wind mixing on primary production in Lake Allatoona - Matt Perry.  Departmental seminar.  Data included and student acknowledged in The Lake Allatoona Phase 1 Diagnostic-Feasibility Report: 1992-1996 (U.S. EPA, 1998).
• Stream discharge and nutrient loading in Lake Allatoona tributaries - Phillip May.  Departmental seminar. Data included and student acknowledged in The Lake Allatoona Phase 1 Diagnostic-Feasibility Report: 1992-1996 (U.S. EPA, 1998).
• Assessing sources of sedimentation in Lake Allatoona - Camille Gasaway. Departmental seminar. Data included and student acknowledged in The Lake Allatoona Phase 1 Diagnostic-Feasibility Report: 1992-1996 (U.S. EPA, 1998).
• The effects of wetlands on water quality in the Lake Allatoona watershed - Daniel Baerwalde.  Departmental seminar.
• Investigating the trophic cascade hypothesis using spatial comparisons within Lake Allatoona - Aaron Nevatt. Departmental seminar. Data included and student acknowledged in The Lake Allatoona Phase 1 Diagnostic-Feasibility Report: 1992-1996 (U.S. EPA, 1998).
• Paleolimological study of chlorophyll degradation products to assess eutrophication of Lake Allatoona - Mark Music.  Presentation at Georgia Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Departmental seminar, and publication in Georgia Journal of Science  (Music, M. and J.M. Dirnberger.  1994,  Assessing rates of eutrophication in Lake Allatoona from chlorophyll derivatives within lake bottom sediments,Georgia Journal of Science  52:129-134). Data included and student acknowledged in The Lake Allatoona Phase 1 Diagnostic-Feasibility Report: 1992-1996  (U.S. EPA, 1998).
• Investigating the use of conductivity to pinpoint sources of fecal coliform contamination - Christopher Brooks   Presentation at Southeastern Conference of the North American Lake Management Society and departmental seminar.  Data included and student acknowledged in Lake Acworth Watershed Restoration Project: Diagnostic Study and Limnological Assessment (1995).
• Fecal coliform bacteria loading and sources in Noonday Creek during wet and dry condition-M. Susan Hamel.  Presentation at the International Symposium of the North American Lake Management Society and departmental seminar.  Data included and student acknowledged in The Lake Allatoona Phase 1 Diagnostic-Feasibility Report: 1992-1996 (U.S. EPA, 1998).
• Fecal coliform bacteria stratification in the Tanyard Creek Embayment of Lake Allatoona - Jade Vogel.  Presentation at Departmental Poster Session.
• Determination of the influences of human disturbances on streams by examining variation in water quality over 24 hour periods - Team Research Course: Bisola Ashiru, Rhonda Garnett, Terri Hamby, Jason Holloway, Michele Kuter, Liana Martin, Timothy Nichols, Amanda Roller, Susan Pipes, Brent Sanderson, Brian Tubiak, and Jade Vogel.  Presentation at the Third Annual Undergraduate Scholar Symposium at KSU and departmental seminar.
• Examination of water movement and pollutant transport in Noonday Creek - Rick Bowers.   Departmental seminar. Presentation  and publication (Bowers, R and J.M. Dirnberger.  2000.  Using temporal changes in water quality in Noonday Creek to describe pollutant transport and pinpoint sources in Proceedings  of NWQMC National Monitoring Conference - 2000.  P. 353-362).
  
• Examination of invertebrate communities near  a high conductivity point source in Noonday Creek - Tansy Ridings.   Departmental seminar.
• Examination of short-term changes in water quality in Lake Allatoona - Jason Weinberger. Presentation at the Annual Undergraduate Scholar Symposium at KSU, departmental seminar, and publication in Lake and Reservoir Management, 21: 24-29.
• Ecoregion effects on periphyton standing crop and community composition - Ryan Stoner. Departmental seminar.  Presentation at Association of Southeastern Biologists Meeting 2006.
• Ecoregion effects on invertebrate communities - Erin Squires. Departmental seminar.  Presentation at Association of Southeastern Biologists Meeting 2006.
• Effects of current velocity on periphyton primary productivity - Jeff Morris. Departmental seminar. 
• Influence of wetlands on the distribution of fecal coliform bacteria in Lake Acworth - Josh Hill.  Departmental seminar. 

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