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Bacteriophages and microbial interactions · Ecology

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h-index102
i10-index216
Publications342
Citations45,358

Grants

11 total · 0 active

NSF #2133553

Collaborative Research: ECO-CBET: From Molecules to Sustainable Reef Platforms: Engineering Ecosystems for Coral Recruitment and Survival

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2021-09-01 → 2025-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at San Diego State University Foundation

NSF #2030479

RAPID: Environmental Reservoirs of SARS-CoV-2

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2020-06-01 → 2022-05-31
PIs
2

Awarded at San Diego State University Foundation

NSF #1243541

PIRE: Assembly of Marine Biodiversity Along Geographic and Anthropogenic Stress Gradients

Amount
$4M–$5M
Period
2013-01-01 → 2019-12-31
PIs
2

Awarded at San Diego State University Foundation

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All Grants

11 total · 0 active

NSF #2133553

Collaborative Research: ECO-CBET: From Molecules to Sustainable Reef Platforms: Engineering Ecosystems for Coral Recruitment and Survival

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2021-09-01 → 2025-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at San Diego State University Foundation

NSF #2030479

RAPID: Environmental Reservoirs of SARS-CoV-2

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2020-06-01 → 2022-05-31
PIs
2

Awarded at San Diego State University Foundation

NSF #1243541

PIRE: Assembly of Marine Biodiversity Along Geographic and Anthropogenic Stress Gradients

Amount
$4M–$5M
Period
2013-01-01 → 2019-12-31
PIs
2

Awarded at San Diego State University Foundation

NIH #R01GM095384

Ecology of Cystic Fibrosis

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2010-12-01 → 2015-11-30
PIs
1

NSF #1046413

Dimensions: Shedding Light on Viral Dark Matter - Genetic, Taxonomic, and Functional Diversity of Coral Reef Viromes

Amount
$2M–$3M
Period
2010-10-01 → 2015-09-30
PIs
3

Awarded at San Diego State University Foundation

NIH #R56AI097626

Fecal Phage: Exposing Unknown in the Dark Matter of the Human Gut

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2012-08-23 → 2014-08-22
PIs
1

NIH #R21AI094534

Hydra as an Antiviral Innate Immunity Model System

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2011-03-01 → 2013-02-28
PIs
1

NSF #0927415

Collaborative Research: ETBC: The coupling between DOM, algae, and microbes on coral reef platforms

Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2009-11-01 → 2012-10-31
PIs
1

Awarded at San Diego State University Foundation

NSF #0421955

GE:GenEn: Solar Saltern Extremophage: Genomics and Population Modeling

Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2004-10-01 → 2008-09-30
PIs
4

Awarded at San Diego State University Foundation

NSF #0316518

Biodiversity of Aquatic Phage

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2003-08-01 → 2006-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at San Diego State University Foundation

NSF #0137748

Stress Induced Coral Mortality: The Role of Opportunistic Bacterial Infections

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2002-03-15 → 2005-02-28
PIs
1

Awarded at San Diego State University Foundation

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: The Guild Model of CF Airway Microbial Ecology (mBio)2026-04-30
  2. New preprint: Global diversity and distribution of coral-associated protists2026-01-22

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