Rebecca M Gorney, Ph.D.
Rebecca is a Biologist at the New York Water Science Center in Troy, NY.
Rebecca started with the USGS as an intern and biological technician at the Pacific Island Ecosystem Research Center in Hawaii, from 2002 to 2003 and took a twenty-year hiatus before returning. Since 2023, she conducts research primarily on cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms (HABs) in freshwater ecosystems of New York and nationally. She previously worked in a variety of ecosystems, from urban to rural, aquatic and terrestrial. She currently leads numerous collaborative projects that address several aspects of science related to HABs and other compounds of concern. The research spans a range of disciplines from methods development, algal community composition, fate and transport of cyanotoxins, monitoring program development and more.
