Cynthia Gilmour
Principal Investigator, Senior Scientist
Research Labs
Phone
443-482-2498 Visitors: The SERC campus will be closed on Wednesday, June 29, starting at 11am for a special event. All visitors should do a self-health check before arriving, and stay home if feeling sick. See our COVID-19 Visitor Guide for where to park, updated maps and hours, and other safety info.
Research Interests
I am a biogeochemist and microbial ecologist with special interest in mercury. My group focuses on the microbial mercury methylation process in cultures, sediments and soils. Our research includes mercury fate and transport at multiple scales and in many types of environments, isolation and characterization of Hg-methylating microbes, the bioavailability of Hg for microbial methylation, and novel approaches to remediation of contaminated sites.