Experience

• 2009-Present Research Ecologist, USDA-ARS National Sedimentation Laboratory, Water Quality and Ecology Research Unit, Oxford, MS
• 1999-2008 Biologist, USDA-ARS National Sedimentation Laboratory, Water Quality   and Ecology Research Unit, Oxford, MS

• 1998 (Fall) Acting Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi

• 1998 (Summer) Research Assistant, National Council of the Paper Industry for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI), Southern Streams Aquatic Biology   Program, Grenada, MS

• 1998 (Spring) Doctoral Fellow, Ecotoxicology, University of Mississippi

• 1994-1997 Graduate Research Assistant, University of Mississippi

• 1990-1993 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Memphis

• 1989-1990 Intern, Wetland Ecology and Delineation, IEP, Inc., Northboro, MA, and Wildlife Ecology, Fort Devens, MA

Research Interests

Dr. Lizotte utilizes a variety of research techniques at various scales from laboratory, mesocosm, to large-scale field studies to elucidate how agricultural conservation practices can protect and enhance aquatic resources.

• Assessment of integrated agricultural best management practices (BMPs) that improve water quality and ecological resources as featured in the online European Commission Environment, News Alert Service, Science for Environment Policy
• Modified and constructed wetlands as agricultural conservation practices to improve water quality as featured in USDA AgResearch Magazine
• Ecological effects of hydrologic manipulations of agricultural watersheds including drawdowns in Roundaway Lake, MS.

• Stream and lake restoration to improve water quality and ecosystem habitat as featured in USDA AgResearch Magazine

• Aquatic toxicology of agricultural pollutants on invertebrates and algae that address issues of complex mixtures including interactions of nutrients, pesticides and suspended sediments

Organizations

International Society of Limnology (SIL), 2011 - Present 

International Society for River Science, 2011 - Present 

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 1994 - Present 

Tennessee Academy of Science, 1990 - Present 

Professional Service Activities

Associate Editor, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

USDA-ARS NSL WQEPRU and The University of Mississippi Field Station Cooperative Agreement Proposal Review Committee

Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Nutrient Technical Advisory Group Member

Nutrient Reduction Strategy Work Team, Monitoring Workgroup on BMPs in Mississippi Delta Stream Watersheds

Mississippi Delta Water Quality Research Initiative (DWQRI), Quality Assurance Working Group

Student Travel Award Committee Member (2005-2012), Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Board Member (2001, 2004-2010), Mid-South Regional Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Past-President (2003), Mid-South Regional Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

 Long-Term & Collaborative Research Projects

• National Conservation Effects Assessment program (CEAP)
• Tailwater Recovery Systems in the Mississippi Delta
• Long-term Agroecosystem Research Network (LTAR) of agricultural watersheds and landscapes within the lower Mississippi River basin
• Roundaway Lake Agricultural Watershed project in the Mississippi Delta (for additional information)

Publications 

Dr. Lizotte's Google Scholar profile