Dr. Bonnie K. Baxter applies an interdisciplinary lens to Great Salt Lake biogeochemistry. Her training includes degrees from Elon University (B.S. Biology and Chemistry), University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Ph.D. Genetics and Molecular Biology), and a post-doctoral fellowship at Washington State University (Biochemistry and Biophysics). Dr. Baxter’s work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, NASA, and many private foundations. She has published dozens of scientific articles, but she also enjoys writing for the public. She recently published Great Salt Lake Food Chains: Fragility and Resiliency, a science book for an educated lay audience. She co-edited and co-authored the first academic book on the biology of Great Salt Lake, Great Salt Lake Biology: A Terminal Lake in a Time of Change. She also co-wrote the first children’s book about this lake, The Great Great Salt Lake Monster Mystery. Dr. Baxter’s research focuses on the lake’s extreme microbiology, leading to projects on the lake ecosystem and the limits of life in the minerals. Her recent studies on microbialites demonstrate the devastating impacts of a shrinking salt lake. But the biology of a terminal basin is resilient, and Baxter is examining the pathways of ecosystem recovery if we can get more water to Great Salt Lake.