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Principal Investigator

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Harriet Alexander

Assistant Scientist

Plankton Ecology, Biological Oceanography, Bioinformatics, Open Science

Lab Members

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Arianna Krinos

Graduate Student

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

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Christine Natalie Palermo

Postdoc

Viral ecology, Bioinformatics, Harmful Algal Blooms, Biological Oceanography

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Jo Hickman

Graduate Student

Plankton Ecology, Marine Mycology, Biological Oceanography, Bioinformatics, Omics, Computational Biology, Science Policy, Outreach

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Miah Manning

Graduate Student

Plankton Ecology, Biological Oceanography, Bioinformatics, Harmful Algal Blooms, Genomics, Outreach

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Rayna Hamilton

Research Assistant III

Bioinformatics, Genomics, Computational Biology, Plankton Ecology, Biological Oceanography

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Sara Shapiro

Research Assistant

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

Alumni

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Alese Schofield

Undergraduate Guest Student

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

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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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Margaret Mars Brisbin

Postdoc

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

Recent Publications

Diverse communities of microbial eukaryotes in the global ocean provide a variety of essential ecosystem services, from primary …

In this article, we present Bio-GO-SHIP, a new ocean observing program that will incorporate sustained and consistent global biological …

Microeukaryotes (protists) serve fundamental roles in the marine environment as contributors to biogeochemical nutrient cycling and …

Phaeocystis is a cosmopolitan, bloom-forming phytoplankton genus that contributes significantly to global carbon and sulfur cycles. …

The production and consumption of organic matter by marine organisms plays a central role in the marine carbon cycle. Labile organic …

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