Michael Murray

Lecturer

Michael Murray

Lecturer

Academic Appointment(s)

Administration
Department of Biological Sciences

College of Science and Mathematics
Department of Biological Sciences

College of Allied Health Sciences
Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences: Masters in Public Health

Bio

Dr. Murray is an environmental scientist with three decades’ experience in teaching, research, and education and policy work on a wide range of water-related and environmental health issues.

  • (706) 737-1539
  • SCI W2002

Education

  • Ph.D., Water Resources Engineering University of Wisconsin - Madi, 1996

  • MS, Water Resources Engineering University of Wisconsin - Madi, 1987

  • BS, Geological/Geophysical Engineering Colorado School of Mines, 1982

Awards & Honors

  • 2022

  • 2018

  • 1993

  • 1990

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • BIOL 1102

    Environmental Biology
  • BIOL 1102L

    Environmental Biology Lab

Teaching Interests

Environmental science, environmental biology, environmental health, environmental aquatic sciences, air pollution

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Climate change as a long-term stressor for the fisheries of the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America, 2017
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Engaging Stakeholders To Define Feasible and Desirable Agricultural Conservation in Western Lake Erie Watersheds., 2016
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • The re-eutrophication of Lake Erie: Harmful algal blooms and hypoxia., 2016
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • An Integrated Framework for Ecological Mercury Assessments, 2007
    Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
  • Wildlife Indicators, 2007
    Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New

Research Interests

Eutrophication and impacts in the Great Lakes; environmental cycling, exposures and ecological impacts of PFAS; environmental indicators; approaches to increasing sustainability in multiple sectors