Agus Sofyan is a recent graduate of the Birge Lab as of Spring 2004. His reasearch included work on the uptake of several metals, including cadmium, silver, and copper by algae. The transfer of algal metals to a small herbivorous crustacean, the water flea (Ceriodaphnia dubia) was also nvestigated as well as the relative toxicological importance of water bourne versus food bourne metal.