Gregory J. Dick

We use field, lab, and bioinformatic methods to study microbial communities and their role in the environment and human health. We focus on cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms, which threaten freshwater ecosystems and drinking water supplies globally. By integrating multiple omics approaches (genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics) with experiments in the lab and the field, we seek to understand how environmental conditions and biological interactions shape the dynamics and toxicity of cyanobacterial blooms. We use the Great Lakes as a natural laboratory with the aim of informing environmental predictions and policy and protecting human health.