Michael Gonsior

Dr Michael Gonsior is a tenured professor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. He is a trained analytical/biogeochemists and his research is largely centered on marine biogeochemistry and discovery of tracers. His lab’s interest is in characterizing complex dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the open ocean but also in engineered systems using modern analytical approaches such as ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry, and optical properties characterization of chromophoric DOM (CDOM). He has developed a unique photo-degradation system for DOM and he was awarded for this development the Honorable Mention to the Masao Horiba Award in Kyoto in 2017. Furthermore, he has applied modern analytical tools to evaluate disinfection by-products (DBPs) and discovered several hundred new DBPs. Recently, he also has developed approaches to discover new marine DOM tracers but also tracers for wastewater and septic effluent. Dr. Gonsior has published over 80 peer reviewed publications in highly ranked journals and was a featured scientist in the award-winning documentary "A Plastic Ocean".