McMillan and partners at Purdue take a holistic approach to water quality outcomes in the St. Mary’s Watershed

When it comes to determining the impact of agricultural best management practices on water quality on the watershed scale – the science can be noisy. No one knows that more than Sara McMillan. McMillan, who is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University, studies how humans impact nutrient cycling in aquatic and wetland ecosystems.