Maya Groner
Research Ecologist
​Ecology and Evolution of Aquatic Diseases

Parasites and pathogens are all around us.  While the average infestation may not have huge impacts on infected populations or the communities within which they exist, recent evidence suggests that the incidence of high-impact diseases (or emerging infectious diseases) is increasing.  Shifts in the relationships between the host, pathogen and environment  can create novel interactions resulting in increased pathogen virulence, reduced population resilience and changes in disease ranges. In my research I investigate how these shifts alter epidemiological patterns of diseases, and what the consequences of disease are for population and community processes in marine and freshwater ecosystems.   I examine these questions across many levels of biological organization, from the level of the genome to the community and I employ a wide variety of techniques, from field surveys to experimental manipulations to in silico modelling. Much of my research has an applied focus, examining declining species, threatened ecosystems, impacts of climate change and toxins, and interactions between wild and farmed fisheries. Please check out my research page and contact me if you have any questions.

I am employed as a research scientist at the Prince William Sound Science Center in Cordova, Alaska. Much of my research is conducted at two USGS facilities, the Western Fisheries Research Center in Seattle, WA and the Marrowstone Marine Field Station, in Nordland, WA. 

​Research Ecologist
Prince William Sound Science Center
300 Breakwater Rd.
PO Box 705 
Cordova, AK, USA 99574

Physical address:
U. S. Geological Survey Western Fisheries Research Center
6505 NE 65th St
Seattle, WA 98115

email: mgroner@pwssc.org, mgroner@usgs.gov
Twitter: @Maya_Groner

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