Microbial Diversity
| Name | Research Abstract |
|---|---|
| Naomi Fast | Genome evolution, spliceosomal intron evolution, parasitic adaptation - focusing on microsporidia, a highly derived group of parasitic fungi. |
| Patrick Keeling | Early eukaryote evolution, molecular phylogeny, protistology. |
| 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. |
| 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. |