Jeremy Dietrich

Photograph of a man wearing a yellow shirt and white bucket hat looking at a small device on a boat in a lake.

Principal Aquatic Ecologist, New York State Water Resources Institute

Email: jad65 [at] cornell.edu (jad65[at]cornell[dot]edu)

Jeremy Dietrich is a principal aquatic ecologist specializing in stream ecology and aquatic macroinvertebrate taxonomy. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell University. With 20 years of experience as both an DNRE ecologist and a senior scientist with Ichthyological Associates LLC, Jeremy's prior work and research focused on impact assessment of aquatic communities - particularly with respect to aquatic invertebrates - regarding invasive species, FERC hydropower relicensing settlements, industrial development, and stream restoration initiatives. Currently at WRI, Jeremy investigates ecological impacts and restoration trajectories of stream biota and habitat quality in relation to small dam removals and aquatic connectivity improvements.