Michael Murray

Lecturer

Michael Murray

Lecturer

Academic Appointment(s)

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
  • MPHC 8700

    Intro to Environmental Health

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