Executive Director, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center
Organization of Biological Field Stations, Champaign
National Great Rivers Research and Education Center
The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) is dedicated to the study of great river systems and the communities that use them. The center aspires to be a leader in scholarly research, education, and outreach related to the interconnectedness of large rivers, their floodplains, watersheds, and their associated communities. NGRREC was founded in 2002 through a collaborative partnership between the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Lewis and Clark Community College.
Universities affiliated / Parent Organization Lewis and Clark Community College
Federal, state, or local governmental partners? No
Classes Offered Undergraduate, K-12, Continuing Education/Informal learning, and Onsite public programs
Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments Yes
Additional Information
Private nonprofit organization?
Names of Universities affilated 0
Federal, state, or local governmental partners? No
Name of partner
Tribal partners/users No
MSI/HBCU users No
Community College users Yes
Member of the Virtual Field No
Visiting a FS/ML
Open to the Public Yes
Year round staff 21+
Seasonal staff 6-10
Overnight housing facilities/# of beds 0
Distance to emergency services 0-20 minutes
Library No
Hiking trails Yes
Internship employment Yes
Biomes Temperate Forest
Minimum Elevation 101-300 meters
Maximum Elevation 101-300 meters
Köppen climate classification C (temperate)
Freshwater habitats Yes
Urban or rural
Agricultural fields No
Research
REU host station Yes
Dry lab space Yes
Wet Lab space Yes
Research vessels available Yes
GIS capacity on site Yes
Long term data sets Yes
On site herbarium or voucher species
Formal Data Management Plan No
Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments Yes
One Confluence Way
East Alton, IL 62024
United States
North America
Scope of Position The Executive Director of the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) provides strategic and operational leadership for one of the nation’s leading freshwater research and…