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Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology · Ecology

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h-index43
i10-index76
Publications183
Citations9,614

Grants

10 total · 2 active

NSF #2320674

Equipment: MRI: Track 1: Acquisition of an isotope ratio mass spectrometer for biogeochemical and ecological education and research in an era of global change

Expiring Soon
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2023-10-01 → 2026-09-30
PIs
5

Awarded at University of California-Santa Barbara

NSF #2421093

Collaborative Research: Understanding efficient particulate organic carbon transfer to depth in the ocean's oxygen minimum zones

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2024-09-01 → 2027-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of California-Santa Barbara

NSF #1924512

Collaborative Research: Underexplored connections between nitrogen and trace metal cycling in oxygen minimum zones mediated by metalloenzyme inventories

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2019-11-01 → 2025-10-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of California-Santa Barbara

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All Grants

10 total · 2 active

NSF #2320674

Equipment: MRI: Track 1: Acquisition of an isotope ratio mass spectrometer for biogeochemical and ecological education and research in an era of global change

Expiring Soon
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2023-10-01 → 2026-09-30
PIs
5

Awarded at University of California-Santa Barbara

NSF #2421093

Collaborative Research: Understanding efficient particulate organic carbon transfer to depth in the ocean's oxygen minimum zones

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2024-09-01 → 2027-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of California-Santa Barbara

NSF #1924512

Collaborative Research: Underexplored connections between nitrogen and trace metal cycling in oxygen minimum zones mediated by metalloenzyme inventories

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2019-11-01 → 2025-10-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of California-Santa Barbara

NSF #2230641

NSF Convergence Accelerator Track E: Nereid Biomaterials: Biodegradable plastics for tomorrow’s ocean

Amount
$4M–$5M
Period
2022-09-15 → 2025-08-31
PIs
4

Awarded at University of California-Santa Barbara

NSF #2137561

NSF Convergence Accelerator Track E: Next Generation Biomaterials with Engineered Biodegradability to Enable Networked Swarm Sensing in the Ocean

Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2021-10-01 → 2023-09-30
PIs
4

Awarded at University of California-Santa Barbara

NSF #1740538

Collaborative Research: New Approaches to New Production

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2016-07-01 → 2018-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of California-Santa Barbara

NSF #1739144

Collaborative Research: Gene content, gene expression, and physiology in mesopelagic ammonia-oxidizing archaea

Amount
<$100K
Period
2016-07-01 → 2018-03-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of California-Santa Barbara

NSF #1437310

Collaborative Research: New Approaches to New Production

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2014-08-01 → 2017-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences

NSF #1260006

Collaborative Research: Gene content, gene expression, and physiology in mesopelagic ammonia-oxidizing archaea

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2013-04-15 → 2017-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences

NSF #1318455

FSML: Enabling the next generation of cell analysis at Horn Point Laboratory

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2013-07-01 → 2015-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: Oxygen production via nitric oxide dismutation in diverse ammonia oxidizers (ISME Communications)2026-06-20
  2. New preprint: Sediment trap preservative choice impacts particle-associated microbial community composition2025-07-21
  3. New NSF award: Collaborative Research: Understanding efficient particulate organic carbon transfer to depth in the ocean's oxygen minimum zones2024-09-01

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