ALGAL ECOLOGY LAB - Key Persons
I am fascinated by the diversity of plants, fungi, algae, and lichens. My current research project focuses on identifying and quantifying stream algae from the Shenandoah River Project.
I am a GMU Research & Interdisciplinary STEM Experiences (RISE) scholar. I study environmental aspects of current algal blooms in the Shenandoah River.
I am interested in marine microbiology and symbioses between organisms. Currently, I am working on a project to analyze cyanobacteria within the Shenandoah River. This project is important to me because the Shenandoah River is the river I grew up near and I want it to be healthy.
My research interests lie within the fields of algal ecology, physiology, and environmental health. For my PhD, my focus is on how environmental factors affect the life history and toxin production of different Microcoleus species. I am also serving as an algal taxonomist on the Shenandoah River Project, where we identify all benthic algae and cyanobacteria to species level.