Patricia Glibert
Professor, Namibia University of Science and Technology
Introduction
Dr. Patricia Glibert is a phytoplankton ecologist broadly interested in effects of nutrients and algal blooms at University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences. Her work ranges from the global, addressing such questions as how are nutrient loads changing with changing land use/fertilizer use practices, to the physiological, investigating such questions as how do different species of phytoplankton respond to different forms and loads of nutrients and why. In her work, she applies laboratory experiments, field observations, and modeling approaches. Her work currently centers around issues related to nutrients and harmful algal blooms in Chesapeake Bay, Florida Bay, and in various waters of China.