Lily Bentley

Undergraduate

Earth Sciences

CAHNR

Research: 

• Undergraduate Research , 2024-present
  • Projects: Farmington River Diatoms; Vernal Pool Diatoms​

Funding: 

• Connecticut Institute of Water Resources (CTIWR) USGS 104b, Paleolimnology and molecular investigation to understand blooms of Didymosphenia hullii, Didymosphenia geminata, and Cymbella janischii; nuisance stalk-forming diatoms in the West Branch of the Farmington River, Connecticut, USA
  • PI: D. Khan-Bureau (CT State Three Rivers) – in collaboration with Will Ouimet and UCore

Publications/Abstracts/Products:

• NEGSA
• Bentley, L., Laibrandt, K., Stiefel, R., Anderson, T., Khan-Bureau, D., Ouimet, W. and Lewis, L.A., 2025, Putative Invasive Diatoms in the West Branch of the Farmington River: Using Sediment Cores to Determine Their Historical Presence, Northeast Algal Symposium