At the Water Center, Alison works collaboratively with Michigan's Quality of Life Agencies and the Western Lake Erie Basin Community Advisory Group and Science Panels to support adaptive management of nutrient pollution in Michigan's Lake Erie watersheds. Alison also supports a team of Lake Erie computer modelers using an ensemble modeling approach to assess Lake Erie's response to changes in nutrient loads. Alison completed her PhD with Dr. Jennifer Blesh in the School for Environment and Sustainability in 2022, where she conducted collaborative research with grain farmers in the Western Lake Erie Basin to study the effects of cover crop diversity on soil nitrogen cycling. Alison also worked with a farmer network in the Mississippi River Watershed to understand how early adopter farmers can use language to normalize and increase adoption of conservation practices.