Wiktionary
phycologist
n. One who studies algae as a profession.
Usage examples of "phycologist".
A week later, a phycologist by the name of Roland Alvarez at Dalhousie University sent her a reply, asking if sending him a culture was an option.
Those messages were duly forwarded to a dozen more phycologists and microbiologists around the world, several of whom asked her to send the digitized photos of the specimens.