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Principal Investigator

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Harriet Alexander

Assistant Scientist

Plankton Ecology, Biological Oceanography, Bioinformatics, Open Science

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Arianna Krinos

Graduate Student

Plankton Ecology, Biological Oceanography, Bioinformatics, Modeling, Computational Biology, Teaching, Outreach

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Alese Schofield

Undergraduate Guest Student

Ecology, Marine Biology, Biological Oceanography, Microbial Interactions, Community outreach

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Margaret Mars Brisbin

Postdoc

Microbial interactions, Symbiosis, Plankton Ecology, Biological Oceanography, Bioinformatics

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Sara Shapiro

Research Assistant

Marine Biology, Biological Oceanography, Microscopy, Scientific Illustration, Genetic Analysis, Morphological Analysis, Teaching

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Celeste Nobrega

Undergraduate Guest Student

Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics, Ecology, Biological Oceanography

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Kevin Rice

Undergraduate Guest Student

Microbial ecology, Genomics, Biological Oceanography, Bioinformatics, Modeling, Academic Outreach/Teaching

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Laura Blum

Undergraduate Researcher

Microbial Ecology, Bioinformatics, Biological Oceanography, Molecular Genetics, Origin of life, Science Education

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