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Gregory L. Boyer

Professor of Biochemistry and Director, Great Lakes Research Consortium
320 Jahn Laboratory
470-6825
glboyer@esf.edu

Ph.D. 1980 University of Wisconsin Department of Biochemistry. Post-doctoral Investigator, Michigan State University (1980-1982) and University of British Columbia (1982-1985).

I am current acting director for the Great Lakes Research Consortium, a network of eighteen New York Univeristies and nine Canadian affliates looking at all aspects of Great Lakes science, policy and ecology. In addition, my own research interests are in biologically active natural products produced by algae. This includes toxins produced by dinoflagellates and cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) as well as allelopathic compounds and siderophores. For more information on my research interests and the students in my laboratory, look at the links below.

• Greg Boyer's homepage
• MERHAB-LGL, our project to develop monitoring protocols for cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) toxins the lower Great Lakes.
• Great Lakes Research Consortium

Recent Publications

• Smith, J. L., G. L. Boyer, and P. V. Zimba (2008) Impacts of noxious and odorous cyanobacterial metabolites on aquaculture systems. Aquaculture. 280:5-20.
• Hotto, A. M., M. F. Satchwell, D. L. Berry, C. J. Gobler, and G. L. Boyer (2008) Spatial and temporal diversity of microcystins and microcystin-producing genotypes in Oneida Lake, NY. Harmful Algae. 7: 671-681.
• Howard, K. L., and G. L. Boyer (2007) Quantitative analysis of cyanobacterial toxins by Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization mass spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry. 79:5980-5986
  

Additional references and publications are avialable on my homepage.

Prospective students are strongly encouraged to contact members of the faculty directly.

If you want more information about the graduate program, please follow this link to a brief form.