Faculty Profile
Hyatt Green
Associate Professor
201 Illick Hall
Research Interests
- molecular microbial ecology
- water quality and microbial source-tracking
- wastewater-based epidemiology
- nitrification
- eDNA and molecular ecology
- microbial transformation of mercury
Degrees
Ph.D Microbiology, Oregon State University (2011)
B.S. Science Education-Biology, University of Georgia (2005)
Courses Taught
- EFB 303: Environmental Microbiology (+Lab)
- EFB 505: Microbial Ecology
- EFB 796: R and Reproducible Research
- EFB 796: Numerical Ecology with R
Webpage
https://hyattgreen.wixsite.com/greenlabesf
Current Graduate Advisees
Sarah Caltabiano
skcaltab@syr.edu
- Degree Sought: PHD
- Graduate Advisor(s): Green and Boyer
- Area of Study: EFB Environmental Physiology
Graduate Research Topic
Nitrogen regulation in Microcystis sp.
Brandon Ferro
bmferro@syr.edu
- Degree Sought: MS
- Graduate Advisor(s): Green
- Area of Study: Environmental & Forest Biology
Andrew Jazdzyk
aljazdzy@syr.edu
- Degree Sought: MS
- Graduate Advisor(s): Green
- Area of Study: Environmental Biology
Ian Mahoney
imahoney@syr.edu
- Degree Sought: MS
- Graduate Advisor(s): Green
- Area of Study: Environmental & Forest Biology
Maxwell Wilder
mwilde01@syr.edu
- Degree Sought: PHD
- Graduate Advisor(s): Green
- Area of Study: EFB Ecology
Graduate Research Topic
Environmental DNA (eDNA) as a tool to improve monitoring efforts for rare, invasive, and difficult to detect organisms in a variety of habitats. Current projects focus on river otter and muskellunge.
Book Chapters
Shanks, Orin C, Hyatt C Green, Asja Korajkic, and Katharine G Field (2015). Manual of Environ- mental Microbiology. Ed. by Marylynn V Yates, Cindy H Nakatsu, Robert V Miller, and Suresh D Pillai. 4th Edition. ASM Press. Chap. 3.4.3.
Kinzelman, Julie, Katharine G Field, Hyatt C Green, Valerie J Harwood, and Calum McPhail (2012). Indicators, Sanitary Surveys and Source Attribution Techniques. Ed. by Al Dufour, Jamie Bartram, Robert Bos, and Victor Gannon. IWA Publishing. Chap. 9.