Marine Biology
| Name | Research Abstract |
|---|---|
| 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 |