Dr. Mark J. McCarthy is a Research Assistant Professor at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Dr. McCarthy has spent the last 19 years studying the nitrogen cycle in aquatic systems around the world, including Taihu Lake in China, the volcanic lakes of New Zealand, coastal and estuarine areas of the Gulf of Mexico, and, most recently, the Great Lakes (Lake Erie) and Finger Lakes (New York). Dr. McCarthy received his B.S. in Marine Science and Biology from the University of Miami (Florida), M.S. from Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, and Ph. D. from Université du Québec á Montréal. He did his Post-Doctoral work at the University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas, Texas with Dr. Wayne Gardner. Dr. McCarthy is currently funded by Ohio Sea Grant and the Ohio Water Resources Council to study nitrogen cycling in Lake Erie and the Maumee River, as well as the European Union AQUACOSM project to study nitrogen dynamics in a long-term mesocosms facility in Silkeborg, Denmark at Aarhus University.
Research Interests: aquatic nitrogen biogeochemistry and ecology; eutrophication; harmful cyanobacterial blooms; phytoplankton/nutrient interactions; hypoxia
Dr. McCarthy's work has been featured on the AQUACOSM website:
https://www.aquacosm.eu/2018/12/20/nitrogen-cycling-in-climate-impacted-lake-mesocosms-ncyclme/
Check out our Lakeline article on why we should control nitrogen inputs into freshwaters:
https://z0ku333mvy924cayk1kta4r1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/37-2-3.pdf
Research Interests: aquatic nitrogen biogeochemistry and ecology; eutrophication; harmful cyanobacterial blooms; phytoplankton/nutrient interactions; hypoxia
Dr. McCarthy's work has been featured on the AQUACOSM website:
https://www.aquacosm.eu/2018/12/20/nitrogen-cycling-in-climate-impacted-lake-mesocosms-ncyclme/
Check out our Lakeline article on why we should control nitrogen inputs into freshwaters:
https://z0ku333mvy924cayk1kta4r1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/37-2-3.pdf