Meet The Team

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

Hiring for a new postdoctoral researcher, Spring 2025

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

I'm focused on understanding how nitrogen fixation aids cyanotoxin production in low nitrogen environments.

I'm studying the microbes and their metabolic potential in deep subsurface terrestrial environments. 

CoAdvised by Dr. Kathryn Schreiner.

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

Sarah is finishing her thesis on the microbiomes of rock snot across Minnesota.

Co-advised by Dr. Chris Filstrup (NRRI)

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