Abeer Sohrab is a graduate student at University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, pursuing PhD in the field of Environmental Engineering. Her research focuses on studying the impact of harmful algal blooms on the environment, concentrating on genomic studies: the genetic mechanisms that govern the ecological successes of toxic and nontoxic benthic cyanobacteria. Her other work includes studying surrogate pathogens in wastewater specifically bacteriophages