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