Faculty Profile
Roxanne Razavi

Assistant Professor

Department of Environmental Biology
207 Illick Hall

[email protected]
315-470-6739

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Education

Ph.D. Biology (2014) Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

M.Sc. Biology (2009) Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

B.Sc. Biology (2006) McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Courses

EFB 496/696 Ecotoxicology Introduction to principles of ecotoxicology and to current research topics in this field. 

EFB 400/600 Toxic Health Hazards Introduction to principles of toxicology and to the scientific basis for regulations and personal decisions about toxic health hazards.

EFB 797 Metal Stable Isotopes Grad Seminar Introduction to concepts of mass-dependent and mass-independent metal stable isotope fractionation, with a focus on processes that induce mercury metal stable isotope fractionation in nature.

EFB 797 Adaptive Peaks Grad Seminar Practical experience for graduate students to improve written and verbal communication skills.

Select Publications

*denotes a graduate student mentee

Tennant JT*, Fernando S, Levanduski E*, Burgy SL, and NR Razavi. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in wild amphibians: A call for more research. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (in press) 

Webster AM*, Triumph Z, Wei B, Martin RM, Smith LE, Wilhelm SW, Cleckner LB, Razavi NR, and GL Boyer. First report of nodularin production by Nostochopsis sp. in a temperate eutrophic lake. Harmful Algae 2025; 149:102956

Miraly H*, Razavi NR, Kraus RT, Gorman AM, Duskey E, Altenritter M, and KE Limburg. Using complementary biomarkers to unravel fish lifetime exposure to hypoxia and mercury. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2025;82:1–12

Levanduski E*, Cushman SF, Cleckner LB, Richter W, Becker JC, Massey T, Rinchard J, and NR Razavi. Unique per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) source suggested by a Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) PFAS profile in a temperate lake. Science of the Total Environment 2025;971:179038

NR Razavi, JD Halfman, SF Cushman, T Massey, R Beutner, J Foust, B Gilman, LB Cleckner (2019) Mercury concentrations in fish and invertebrates of the Finger Lakes in central New York, USA. Ecotoxicology, 1-13

NR Razavi, SF Cushman, JD Halfman, T Massey, R Beutner, LB Cleckner (2019) Mercury bioaccumulation in stream food webs of the Finger Lakes in central New York State, USA.  Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 172:265-272

Hayes, N.M., Deemer, B.R., Corman, J.R., Razavi, N.R., and K.E. Strock (2017) Key Differences Between Lakes and Reservoirs Modify Climate Signals: A Case for a New Conceptual Model. Limnology and Oceanography Letters 2:47-62.

Razavi, N.R., Qu, M., Chen, D., Ren, W., Zhong, Y., Wang, Y. and L.M. Campbell (2015) Effect of eutrophication on mercury (Hg) dynamics in subtropical reservoirs from a high Hg deposition ecoregion. Limnology and Oceanography 60:386-401.

Razavi, N.R., Arts, M.T., Qu, M., Jin., B., Ren, W., Wang, Y., and L.M. Campbell (2014) Effect of eutrophication on mercury, selenium, and essential fatty acids in Bighead Carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) from reservoirs of eastern China. Science of the Total Environment 499:36–46.

Razavi, N.R., Qu, M., Jin, B., Ren, W., Wang, Y. and L.M. Campbell (2014) Mercury biomagnification in subtropical reservoir fishes of eastern China. Ecotoxicology 23:133–146.

Razavi, N.R., Ridal, J.J., Hickey, M.B.C, Campbell, L.M. and P.V. Hodson (2014) Ebullition rates and mercury concentrations in St. Lawrence River sediments and a benthic invertebrate. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 32:857-865.