Carmen Aguilar, Ph. D.

Associate Scientist
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Great Lakes WATER Institute

Ph.D. Biological Sciences, Center for Great Lakes Studies, and Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1992.
M. Sc. Biology, UNAM (Facultad de Ciencias, National Autonomous University of México) 1985.
Biology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Ciencias and Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares (UNAM) 1983.

Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Geophysical Laboratory (with Dr. Marilyn Fogel), and the Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institute of Marine Sciences (with Dr. Hans Paerl) 1993-1996.

RESEARCH

Lake Michigan ecophysiology in coastal areas and the Mid-Lake Reef Complex (MLRC). Effects of invasive species on the Great Lakes Ecosystem. Geobiology-Biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and metals (manganese and iron) in diverse aquatic environments including hydrothermal vent systems. Ecophysiology of phytoplankton and Cyanobacteria.