Marine Biology
Name | Research Abstract |
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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. |