Former Lab Members

Adam Rivers
Postdoctoral Associate
Ph.D., 2009.

Jason Bragg

Maureen Coleman
Postdoctoral Associate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biology Department
31 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
http://web.mit.edu/biology/www/
colemanm at mit.edu
Ph.D., 2008. Structure and Dynamics of Genome-wide diversity in Prochlorococcus.

Adrienne Dolberry
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Salem State College
352 Lafayette Street
Salem, MA 01970
adolberry at salemstate.edu

Jorge Frias-Lopez
The Forsyth Institute
140 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115
http://www.forsyth.org/
jfrias at forsyth.org

Matt Sullivan
Assistant Professor
University of Arizona
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department
Life Sciences South (LSS) 203 & 207
1041 E Lowell St.
Tucson, AZ 85721
http://www.eebweb.arizona.edu/faculty/mbsulli/
Ph.D., 2005. Ecology, Diversity, and Comparative Genomics of Oceanic Cyanobacterial Viruses.

Adam Camillo Martiny
Assistant Professor
Earth Systems Science
School of Physical Sciences
Assistant Professor
Ecological & Evolutionary Biology
School of Biological Sciences
U. California, Irvine
amartiny.at.uci.edu
http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5362
Ph.D., 2003

Debbie Lindell
Senior Lecturer
Department of Biology
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Haifa, Israel
dlindell.at.tx.technion.ac.il
http://biology.technion.ac.il/website/biology_faculty.aspx
Ph.D., 2000

Stina Drakare
Department of Limnology
Evolutionary Biology Centre
Uppsala University
Norbyvägen 20
SE-752 36 Uppsala
Sweden
Stina.drakare.at.ebc.uu.se
http://www.ebc.uu.se/limno/staff/Stina_Drakare/home1.html
Ph.D., 2002. The role of picophyloplankton in lake food webs.

Andy Tolonen
Research Fellow
Genetics Department
Harvard Medical School
tolonen.at.genetics.med.harvard.edu
http://hms.harvard.edu/WhitePagesPublic.asp?task=showperson&id=179271377179277380180275&a=hms&r=1&kw=
Ph.D., 2005. Prochlorococcus Genetic Transformation and the Genomics of Nitrogen Metabolism.

Erik Zinser
Assistant Professor of Microbiology
Department of Microbiology
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
ezinser.at.utk.edu
http://www.bio.utk.edu/micro/faculty/zinser.html

Zackary Johnson
Assistant Professor
Department of Oceanography
University of Hawaii, Manoa
zij.at.hawaii.edu
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/zij/contact.html
Ph.D., 2002. Regulation of marine photosynthetic efficiency by photosystem II

Claudia Steglich
Post-doctoral fellow
University Freiburg, Germany
Department of Biology II, Experimental Bioinformatics
Claudia.Steglich.at.biologie.uni-freiburg.de
http://www.uni-freiburg.de/index_en.php
Ph.D., 2003. Biochemical, spectroscopic and moleculargenetic characterization of novel phycoerythrin species from Prochlorococcus

Stephanie Shaw
Stephanie L. Shaw, Ph.D.
Project Manager, Air Quality, Environment Sector
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
sshaw at epri.com
Ph.D., 2001. The production of non-methane hydrocarbons by marine plankton.

Mak Saito
Assistant Scientist
Department of Marine Chemistry
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
msaito.at.whoi.edu
http://www.whoi.edu/more.go?username=msaito
Ph.D., 2001. The biogeochemistry in the Sargasso Sea.

Gabrielle Rocap
Assistant Professor
Dept of Oceanography
University of Washington, Seattle
rocap.at.ocean.washington.edu
http://faculty.washington.edu/rocap/people/gabrielle.php
Ph.D., 2000. Genetic diversity and ecotype differentiation in the marine cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus.

Liz Mann
Assistant Professor
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Savannah, GA
Liz.mann.at.skio.usg.edu
http://www.skio.peachnet.edu/people/mann/
Ph.D., 2000. Trace metals and the ecology of marine cyanobacteria.

Kent Cavender-Bares
Research Associate
The H. John Heinz Center III for Science, Economics & the Environment
bares.at.heinzctr.org
http://www.heinzctr.org/About/bios.shtml
Ph.D., 1999. Size distribution population dynamics, and single-cell properties of marine plankton in diverse nutrient environments.

Lisa Moore
Assistant Professor
Biology Department
University of Southern Maine
lmoore.at.usm.maine.edu
http://www.usm.maine.edu/bio/faculty/moore.html
Ph.D., 1997. Physiological ecology of Prochlorococcus: A comparison of isolates from diverse geographic regimes.

Karina Gin
Associate Professor
National Univ of Singapore
Department of Civil Engineering
cveginyh.at.nus.edu.sg
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/cee/staff/environmental/academic/cyhgin.asp
Sc.D., 1996. Microbial size spectra from diverse marine ecosystems.

Brian J. Binder
Associate Professor
Marine Sciences
University of Georgia
bbinder.at.uga.cc.uga.edu
http://www.marsci.uga.edu/directory/bbinder.htm
Ph.D., 1995.

Jeff Dusenberry
Information Systems Associate III
Computer & Information Services
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA
jdusenberry.at.whoi.edu
http://www.whoi.edu/whoiDirectory.go?name=dusenberry
Ph.D., 1995. Picophytoplankton photoacclimation and mixing in the surface oceans.

Ena Urbach
Director, Research and Development
eMetagen, LLC
P.O. Box 260213
Madison, WI 53726
(608) 239-3910
ena.urbach.at.emetagen.com
http://www.emetagen.com/news/archives.html
Ph.D., 1994. Evolution and population genetics of Prochlorococcus.

E. Virginia Armbrust
Associate Professor
School of Oceanography
University of Washington, Seattle
armbrust.at.ocean.washington.edu
http://www.ocean.washington.edu/people/faculty/armbrust/armbrust.html
Ph.D., 1990. Control of gametogenesis in marine diatoms.

James D. Bowen
Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
jdbowen.at.uncc.edu
http://www.coe.uncc.edu/~jdbowen/
Ph.D., 1990. Clustering of motile bacteria around Phytoplankton in a turbulent ocean.

Mark Brzezinski
Professor, Department of Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology
University of California, Santa Barbara
brzezins.at.lifesci.ucsb.edu
http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/eemb/faculty/brzezinski/index.html
Ph.D., 1989.

Heidi M. Sosik
Associate Scientist
Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
hsosik.at.whoi.edu
http://www.whoi.edu/more.go?username=hsosik
M.S., 1988. Interpretation of fluorescent signals from a flow cytometric analysis of light-shade adapted marine phytoplankton.

Daniel Vaulot
Departement Adaptation et Diversite en Milieu Marin
Station Biologique de Roscoff
vaulot.at.sb-roscoff.fr
http://www.marbef.org/modules.php?name=People&lvl=Pers&persid=7559
(PhytoPlankton Group)
Ph.D., 1985. The dynamics of phytoplankton growth in varying environments.

Carl J. Watras
Advanced Research Scientist
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
watrac.at.dnr.state.wi.us
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/
Ph.D., 1985.

Robert J. Olson
Senior Scientist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
rolson.at.whoi.edu
http://www.whoi.edu/science/B/Olsonlab/
1980-1984

C. Marjorie Aelion
Associate Dean for Research, Professor
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
University of South Carolina
aelionm.at.sc.edu
http://www.sph.sc.edu/facultystaffpages/facstaffdetails.php?ID=10
M.S., 1983. Effect of temperature on growth rates and grazing rates of Favella sp.

Neil S. Shifrin
Principal and Cofounder
Gradient Corporation
nshifrin.at.cam.gradcorp.com
http://www.gradientcorp.com/talent/shifrin.html
Ph.D., 1980. Phytoplankton lipids: Environmental influences on production and possible commercial applications.

Diane M. McKnight
Professor
University of Colorado, Boulder
diane.mcknight.at.colorado.edu
http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/about_us/meet_us/diane_mcknight/
Ph.D., 1979. Interactions between freshwater plankton and copper speciation.