Current Lab Members

Melissa is addressing how gelatinous animals feed on marine microbes as prey using approaches including SCUBA, in situ incubations, and high-throughput sequencing of microbial communities associated with gelatinous animals.

Carey is a Masters student and an active Certified Veterinary Technician. Her background in veterinary medicine spurred her interest in the relationship between microbes and other organisms in the marine ecosystem, especially marine mammals.

As a volunteer in the Microbial Ecology Lab, John's research focuses on questions of picocyanobacterial diversity and distribution in the Great Lakes using a flow cytometry-based approach.

Kristin is a field biologist and ecologist with experience in resource management, conservation, and consulting in a wide range of ecosystems. For her research, Kristin is addressing the relationship between marine microbial populations and environmental conditions in the dynamic Northern California Current system.

Kylee is a chemistry major who is interested in bridging the disciplines of chemistry, biology, and environmental science. Kylee's project addresses how populations of freshwater picocyanobacteria change over seasonal and spatial gradients in the Columbia River, the largest input of freshwater from North America to the North Pacific. 

Tim is a biology major with experience working in biotech. Tim is bringing his industry experience to the study of microbial genomics along the oceanographic gradients of the northern California Current System.

Avery is a Biology major with interest in microbial life in marine environments. Avery is using molecular techniques to see which microorganisms salps are removing from seawater in the North Pacific Ocean. 

Anvita is an oceanographer with longtime experience in polar regions. She has particular expertise in zooplankton ecology and developing advanced imaging techniques to characterize plankton populations. Anvita is studying how one widespread zooplankton group, appendicularians, is feeding on the ocean's smallest cells, the marine bacteria.