Professor Rebecca Klaper FRSC

Rebecca D. Klaper is a Professor and Vice Dean of the School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Prof. Klaper studies the potential impact of emerging contaminants, such as nanoparticles, pharmaceuticals, and PFAS compounds on aquatic life and how we may design these chemicals to have the least environmental impact.  Her research also links the impact of these chemicals on the health of aquatic species to that of human health. She uses genomic technologies to determine how these chemical stressors may impact organisms and how the biochemical response may dictate sensitivity or resistance to stressors. Prof. Klaper is Director of the Great Lakes Genomics Center and has served on several National Academy of Sciences Panels as well as on the EPA Board of Scientific Counselors panel on Chemical Safety and Sustainability. She was a AAAS S&T Fellow, and a U.K. Fulbright Fellow.