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Robert Michael L McKay

Also known as: R Michael L McKay, R Michael McKay, Robert Mike McKay, Robert Michael McKay

University of Windsor Faculty of Science, Bowling Green State University, McGill University, Queen's University, University of Delaware

ORCID iD 0000-0003-2723-5371
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In 2019, Robert Michael McKay joined the University of Windsor where he serves as the Director of the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research and Professor in the School of the Environment. Professor McKay’s research is focused on large lakes where he studies environmental microbiology including harmful cyanobacterial blooms and blooms of ice-associated algae in the Great Lakes. During the COVID-19 pandemic, his lab group made a successful transition to wastewater surveillance in support of public health which now includes federal support integrating wastewater and environmental surveillance of pathogens with cross-border trade and resiliency of biomanufacturing and health sector supply chains. He is the author of over 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts and currently serves as an investigator on federal grants from the Canada Biomedical Research Fund, Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Natural Resources Canada, Canada Water Agency, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, U.S. National Science Foundation, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Professor McKay serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Great Lakes Research and as the Canadian co-chair of the International Joint Commission’s Science Advisory Board’s Science Priority Committee.

Employment

  • University of Windsor Faculty of Science Executive Director and Professor
    2019 - Present
  • Bowling Green State University Ryan Professor of Biology
    1997 - 2018
  • University of Delaware Postdoctoral fellow
    1994 - 1997
  • University of Alaska Fairbanks Postdoctoral fellow
    1991 - 1994

Education

  • McGill University Ph.D.
    1986 - 1992
  • Queen's University B.Sc. (Honours)
    1982 - 1986

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Publications (136)