Gord Paterson

Gord Paterson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Michigan Technological University. His research focuses on legacy and emerging pollutants in aquatic ecosystems, with emphasis on bioaccumulation processes, food-web energetics, and ecotoxicological impacts on Great Lakes fisheries.

Research integrates field studies and laboratory analyses to understand pollutant fate, bioenergetic costs of environmental stressors, and applications of pollutants as ecological tracers. Current projects investigate overwintering bioaccumulation dynamics and energy flow in freshwater food webs.