He is best known for his work on the interrelated problems of invasive species, land use, and climate change, and their synergistic impacts on water resources.
From 2011-2016, Lodge was the Ludmilla F., Stephen J., and Robert T. Galla Professor of Biological Sciences.
Since May 2016, Lodge has been a member of the faculty of Cornell University where he holds the Francis J. DiSalvo Directorship of the David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future.
[1] Lodge is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the Ecological Society of America.
[2] He advocates for scientific approaches to manage invasive species in lake ecosystems.