Allison Rober

Allison Rober is an Associate Professor at the School of Environment & Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, and serves as the Assistant Director for Stone Lab Academic Programming. Her research focuses on the interplay between environmental conditions and microbial communities in freshwater ecosystems, particularly algal communities.

• Aquatic Microbial Ecology
• Climate Change Effects on Wetland Ecosystems
• Toxin-producing Cyanobacteria in Agricultural Watersheds
• Algal Community Composition and Water Quality

The Rober Lab investigates how environmental degradation and climate change processes alter microbial community structure and function, with implications for ecosystem services and food web dynamics. Their work spans wetlands and agriculturally dominated watersheds, emphasizing the consequences of environmental perturbations on water quality and ecological health.