Deb Fobbe

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Education:

BS Biology (Minor in Chemistry), University of Wisconsin-Superior (2010)

PhD Algal Ecophysiology (secondary emphasis in Microbiology), UW-Milwaukee (09/2012-present)

Positions held:

Graduate Research Assistant, UW-Milwaukee

Teaching Assistant, UW-Milwaukee (Mysteries of Modern Marine Biology)

Graduate Student Mentor, UW-Milwaukee (Undergraduate Biology Mathematics program)

Research Associate, Lake Superior Research Institute

Associate Research Assistant, Lake Superior Research Institute

Research Assistant Specialist, Lake Superior Research Institute

Intern Chemist , City of Superior Waste Water Treatment Facility

Publications:

Cangelosi et al. 2011.A Ballast Discharge Monitoring System for Great Lakes Relevant Ships: A Guidebook for Researchers, Ship Owners, and Agency Officials. Great Ships Initiative.http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/lrl.asp [acknowledged as a research team member]

Conference presentation:

IAGLR convention 2013 Abstract coauthored with Dr. J.A.Berges: Epifluorescent Microscopic and Flow Cytometric Techniques for Bacterial and Viral Enumeration in Oligotrophic and Eutrophic Freshwater Systems.

Characteristics and Population Dynamics of Estabrook Pond (for the REU Symposium) ; Agent-Based Modeling of Phytoplankton Cell Death: Responses to Abiotic Factors in a Small Urban Pond (for NIMBios).

Research interests:

Microbes are my interest and phytoplankton is my passion. I am currently immersed in research of the life and death interactions among the microbial and phytoplankton populations in freshwater lakes and ponds. I have been fully engaged by the complexity and subtlety of these amazing ecosystems.