Meet The Team

Associate Professor

Dr. Cody Sheik

Cody and the Sheik lab members are focused on understanding how microbial processes drive food webs in freshwater and sediment environments.

WRS PhD Student

Emma Macneill

CoAdvised by Dr. Kathryn Schreiner.

I'm studying the distribution of preserved pigments and cyanobacterial DNA in AOCs in the Great Lakes.

WRS PhD Student

Abby Smason

Co-advised by Dr. Chris Filstrup (NRRI)

WRS Masters Student

Maya Casey

I am investigating the diversity of Cyanobacteria and specifically Cyanobium across the Laurentian Great Lakes

WRS PhD Candidate

Jake Callaghan

My research is focused on quantifying the the diversity and distribution of microbial communities in the epipelagic waters of Lake Superior.

Postdoctoral Researcher or Graduate Student

TBD

We're always interested in new students joining the lab!

Past Lab Members

Dr. Benjamin Kramer

Postdoc

USGS

Dr. Brandy Stewart

MnDrive Postdoctoral Fellow

Stanford Synchotron

Sarah Clauss

WRS MS

Dr. Andrew Wood

Postdoc

NRRI, Duluth

Dr. Ana Morales- Williams

Postdoctoral Fellow

Assist. Professor U. Vermont

Leah Egan

WRS MS

Dr. Amanda Patsis

PhD EES

Emily Hyde

WRS MS

Dr. Kaela Natwora

WRS PhD