Chris Williams, Ph.D.
President, GreenWater Laboratories/CyanoLab
Aquatic Toxicologist - Detailed CV

Chris is an environmental specialist (field collection and monitoring) for GreenWater Laboratories/CyanoLab and has been with the company since its inception in 2001.  Chris and GreenWater Laboratories have consulted and participated in the CDC’s recreational algal toxin exposure studies in Michigan (2003) and California (2004) and will assist with their upcoming occupational exposure study in Mississippi (2010) attempting to estimate potential risks related to human exposure to environmental microcystins.  GWL has also worked with the USEPA, the University of Cincinnati, Lake Superior State University, Florida International University, and PBS&J Environmental Consulting on monitoring the St. Johns River for dissolved microcystin concentrations in relation to salinity changes within this estuarine system (USEPA Star Grant).  In 2008, Chris was selected as an expert consultant by the USEPA for the critical review of toxicological research data for microcystins, cylindrospermopsin and anatoxin-a for the preliminary determination of safety guideline levels for these compounds.

Mark Aubel, Ph.D.
Vice President, GreenWater Lab/CyanoLab
Analytical Chemist - Detailed CV

Andrew Chapman, M.S.
Phycologist, Limnologist - Detailed CV

Andy is the senior phycologist at GreenWater Laboratories/CyanoLab and has been with GWL/CL since its establishment in 2001.  Andy is a nationally recognized phycologist who specializes in, but is who is not limited to, the identification and speciation of cyanobacteria, specifically potentially toxin producing genera/species.  Andy has developed, organized, assisted and administered workshops on the identification and classification of freshwater algae to such organizations as the Florida Lake Management Society, the North American Lake Management Society, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Florida Drinking Water Treatment Plants.  Although a freshwater algal specialist by training, Andy can also perform algal identification on estuarine and marine species as well.  Andy has performed analyses for the USGS, the USEPA, the St. Johns River Water Management District, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Center for Disease Control, to name but a few.

Amanda Foss, M.S.
Environmental Chemist/Limnologist - Detailed CV

Amanda received an undergraduate degree from Lake Superior State University (2006) and is currently finishing her Masters of Science degree in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences at the University of Florida.  Her research examines the saxitoxin production of Lyngbya wollei collected from Florida freshwater springs.  At GreenWater Laboratories/CyanoLab, Amanda performs algal toxin analysis via Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) and High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC).  Amanda directs research relating to the development and validation of methods extracting and quantifying algal toxins from difficult biological matrices.  Amanda also assists with algal identification, focusing on the potentially toxic cyanobacterial species.  In addition, Amanda maintains cultures of toxin producing cyanobacteria for the purification of toxin standards and other potential applications.