Dr. Casey Godwin

Biography

Casey Godwin is an Associate Research Scientist at the University of Michigan's School for Environment and Sustainability. His research focuses on the elemental requirements of bacteria and algae, and their interactions with carbon and nutrient cycles in freshwater ecosystems. A key question guiding his work is how nutrient pollution impacts the cycling of carbon and elements, and the consequent effects on crucial ecosystem processes. He has explored topics such as the impact of stream algae on nutrient retention in watersheds and the functional diversity of freshwater bacteria in response to land use changes. As part of the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR), he investigates the effects of nutrient abundance on harmful algal blooms and their implications for hypoxia and the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and heavy metals in Lake Erie.

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