Suzanne Gray

Dr. Suzanne Gray is an associate professor in the School of Environment & Natural Resources at The Ohio State University and recently became the Stone Laboratory associate director of academic programming and research. She joined OSU in 2013, having completed several years of postdoctoral work at McGill University (Quebec) and Fisheries and Oceans Canada after completing her Ph.D. at Simon Fraser University (British Columbia) in 2007. Suzanne’s research and teaching focus on understanding the response of freshwater fishes to human-driven environmental change. Specifically, her lab group investigates the underlying behavioral and physiological mechanisms that allow some species to cope with environmental change while others cannot. While Suzanne has worked in large lakes globally, including in Indonesia, Malawi, and Uganda, her efforts now largely focus on Lake Erie fishes. For example, using OSU’s Stone Laboratory as a base, Suzanne and her team are investigating how walleye and their prey, and the anglers that seek to catch the walleye are affected by harmful algal blooms. Suzanne is passionate about teaching and training the next generation of freshwater stewards and has won national and international teaching awards for her contributions to providing experiential learning opportunities for students. Suzanne also served as the president of the Ohio Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, is an associate editor for the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences and is a board member for the Lake Erie & Aquatic Research Network.