Robert Michael L. McKay

The paper identifies pulse-week-stratified water-quality thresholds for detecting antibiotic resistance genes in the Detroit River, showing distinct source pathways for blaKPC and mecA.

This paper develops an image processing pipeline for real-time algal bloom monitoring using flow-imaging microscopy and machine learning, improving accuracy in identifying and removing artifacts and novel particles.

The paper uses metatranscriptomics to show that declining ice cover in Lake Erie reduces viral community activity and richness in winter surface waters.

The paper investigates how declining ice cover in Lake Erie affects diatom blooms by analyzing physiochemical and metatranscriptomic data, finding light limitation and adaptive gene expression changes.

This study compares microcystin production in a toxigenic and non-toxigenic strain of M. aeruginosa under cold temperatures, showing increased microcystin quota and physiological changes in the wildtype.