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Mary Ann Moran
Title: Professor
Emphasis: Marine Microbial Ecology
Contact: 706-542-6481
Email: mmoran@uga.edu
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Post Docs

Leong Keat Chan
Title: Post Doctoral Associate
Contact: 706-542-6890
Email: lkchan@uga.edu

Ryan Newton
Title: Post Doctoral Associate
Contact: 706-542-1122
Email: rjnewton@uga.edu
Website: Ryan Newton

Johanna Rinta Kanto
Title: Post Doctoral Associate
Contact: 706-542-1122
Email: jrintaka@uga.edu

Adam Rivers
Title: Post Doctoral Associate
Contact: 706-542-6890
Email: rivers@uga.edu

Maria Vila Costa
Title: Post Doctoral Associate
Contact: 706-542-1605
Email: mvila@uga.edu

Staff

Camille English
Title: Program Coordinator II
Contact: 706-542-5900
Email:
cemarsci@uga.edu

Shalabh Sharma
Title: Scientific Computing Professional
Contact: 706-542-0341
Email: ssharmai@uga.edu

Christa Smith
Title: Research Professional II
Contact: 706-542-5900
Email:
cbs649@uga.edu

Graduate Students
Bryndan Durham
Research Interests: “The genes involved in the dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) degradation pathways and developing the molecular techniques for determining gene functions in Silicibacter. ”

Contact: 706-542-6892
Email:
bpdurham@uga.edu

Scott Gifford
Research Interests: “Identification of genes and DOC compounds important for carbon cycling in marine microbial communities. The work relies heavily on the use of expression analyses such as RT-qPCR, microarrays, and metatranscriptomics. ”

Contact: 706-542-6892
Email:
sgifford@uga.edu

Matthew Moore
Research Interests: "The process and function of marine bacteria utilizing alternative forms of inorganic carbon."

Contact: 706-542-0341
Email: mrmoore9@uga.edu

Vanessa Varaljay
Research Interests: "The study of bacterially mediated sulfur cycling on a global scale using real-time ocean monitoring of sulfur genes in marine surface waters. One of the primary techniques currently in use includes quantitative PCR to examine key bacterial gene (dmdA) distribution, abundance, diversity, and expression mediating sulfur (DMSP) degradation in coastal environments."

Contact: 706-542-6892
Email: vspence@uga.edu

 

Undergraduate Students

AJ Limardo
Email: alimardo@uga.edu

Liz Pruitt
Email: eranay11@uga.edu

Pratibha Rayapati
Email: pratibha@uga.edu

Former Personnel
Erin Biers Research Coordinator
Dept. of Environmental Health Sciences
University of South Carolina
Alison Buchan
Assistant Professor
University of Tennessee
Helmut Bürgmann
Assistant Professor
EWAG, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
Karen Bushaw-Newton
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Biology & Environmental Studies
American University
Jennifer Edmonds
Assistant Professor
University of Alabama
Cartier Esham
Vice President and Director, Research
Dutko Worldwide
Jose Gonzalez
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology University of La Laguna
Erinn Howard
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Naval Research Laboratory
Justine Lyons
Research Associate
Audubon Nature Institute's Center for Resesarch on Endangered Species
Xiaozhen (Jen) Mou Assistant Professor
Kent State University
Rachel Poretsky
Post Doctoral Associate
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
Caltech
Ramunas Stepanauskas

Senior Research Scientist
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Shulei Sun

Center for Research in Biological Systems
University of California San Diego

Wendy Ye

Senior Research Associate
Synthetic Genomics

University of Georgia Department of Marine Sciences
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