Faculty Members in Marine Biology

Name	Research abstract
Michael W. Hawkes	Teaching & Learning, Systematics & Phylogenetics, Marine Biology, Algae.
Brian Leander	Marine invertebrate zoology, protozoology, evolutionary morphology & phylogenetics.
Jae-Hyeok Lee	Life cycle transitions of sexual eukaryote; Molecular mechanisms of nutrient sensing in phototrophic eukaryotes; Ubiquitin-dependent mechansism for chloroplast quality control; Evolution of developmental/epigenetic mechanisms; Macroevolutionary transitions from prokaryotes to eukaryotes and from green algae to land plants; Mitigating climate change by engineering algae for efficient carbon capture and biofuel production.
Patrick Martone	Marine phycology; biomechanics of macroalgae.
Laura Wegener Parfrey	Microbiome of coastal marine organisms; eukaryotes in the microbiome
Curtis Suttle	The biology of viruses that infect marine phytoplankton and bacteria, and the role of these viruses in population dynamics and geochemical cycles.
Philippe Tortell	Biological oceanography; carbon dioxide, and trace metal controls on marine phytoplankton and bacteria.