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Marine Biology and Ecology Research · Oceanography

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h-index63
i10-index178
Publications305
Citations13,784

Grants

21 total · 0 active

NSF #2225144

Collaborative Research: Have Transantarctic Dispersal Corridors Impacted Antarctic Marine Biodiversity?

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2021-10-01 → 2026-02-28
PIs
1

Awarded at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

NSF #2306135

NSF Engines Development Award: Advancing climate technologies in Eastern North Carolina (NC)

Amount
$900K–$1000K
Period
2023-05-15 → 2025-11-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

NSF #2231299

RAPID: Diversity and symbiotic relationships of annelids in a poorly known region of the deep Pacific

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2022-07-15 → 2025-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

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All Grants

21 total · 0 active

NSF #2225144

Collaborative Research: Have Transantarctic Dispersal Corridors Impacted Antarctic Marine Biodiversity?

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2021-10-01 → 2026-02-28
PIs
1

Awarded at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

NSF #2306135

NSF Engines Development Award: Advancing climate technologies in Eastern North Carolina (NC)

Amount
$900K–$1000K
Period
2023-05-15 → 2025-11-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

NSF #2231299

RAPID: Diversity and symbiotic relationships of annelids in a poorly known region of the deep Pacific

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2022-07-15 → 2025-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

NSF #2001316

Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: Documenting marine biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate collections (DigIn)

Amount
<$100K
Period
2020-11-01 → 2024-10-31
PIs
2

Awarded at Auburn University

NSF #1916661

Collaborative Research: Have transantarctic dispersal corridors impacted Antarctic marine biodiversity?

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2019-09-01 → 2022-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Auburn University

NSF #1755377

Comparative functional genomics of innate immunity in deuterostomes

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2018-07-15 → 2022-06-30
PIs
3

Awarded at Auburn University

NSF #1155188

Collaborative Research: Biodiversity, connectivity and ecosystem function in organic-rich whale-bone and wood-fall habitats in the deep sea

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2012-09-01 → 2017-02-28
PIs
1

Awarded at Auburn University

NSF #1036537

Collaborative Research: WormNet II: Assembling the Annelid Tree of Life

Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2011-01-01 → 2016-12-31
PIs
3

Awarded at Auburn University

NSF #1043745

Collaborative Research: Genetic connectivity and biogeographic patterns of Antarctic benthic invertebrates

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2011-08-15 → 2016-07-31
PIs
2

Awarded at Auburn University

NSF #1210518

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Assessing early molluscan evolution with emphasis on aplacophorans

Amount
<$100K
Period
2012-06-01 → 2014-05-31
PIs
2

Awarded at Auburn University

NSF #0843473

Identifying mechanisms of symbiosis: Establishment and comparative physiology of siboglinid tubeworm/ bacterial interactions

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2009-09-01 → 2013-08-31
PIs
4

Awarded at Auburn University

NSF #1058489

Collaborative Research: RAPID: Taxonomic and metagenetic analysis of species distributions for marine meiofauna from the Gulf of Mexico

Amount
<$100K
Period
2010-09-01 → 2011-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Auburn University

NSF #0816892

Collaborative Research: Systematics and Evolution of Hemichordates

Amount
—
Period
2008-09-15 → 2011-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Auburn University

NSF #0338218

Collaborative Research: Relevance of Planktonic Larval Dispersal to Endemism and Biogeography of Antarctic Benthic Invertebrates

Amount
—
Period
2004-02-15 → 2008-01-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Auburn University

NSF #0425060

Collaborative Research - Metazoan Life at Extreme Sulfide Concentrations: The ecology and evolution of Dorvilleidae at methane seeps

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2004-10-01 → 2007-09-30
PIs
2

Awarded at Auburn University

NSF #0342392

BIOCOMPLEXITY: Wormnet: Reconstructing The Early Evolution Of Segmented Annelid Worms

Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2003-06-04 → 2007-09-30
PIs
2

Awarded at Auburn University

NSF #0333843

Collaborative Research: Developmental, Molecular and Evolutionary Analysis of Chaetognaths: A Deuterostome-Like Ecdysozoan

Amount
—
Period
2003-04-01 → 2007-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at Auburn University

NSF #0342391

Genomic Approaches to Metazoan Evolution: Lophotrochozoans and Hox Genes

Amount
<$100K
Period
2003-06-03 → 2004-09-30
PIs
1

Awarded at Auburn University

NSF #0120646

BIOCOMPLEXITY: Wormnet: Reconstructing The Early Evolution Of Segmented Annelid Worms

Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2001-10-01 → 2003-10-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

NSF #0075618

Genomic Approaches to Metazoan Evolution: Lophotrochozoans and Hox Genes

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2000-09-15 → 2003-10-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

NSF #0236479

Collaborative Research: Developmental, Molecular and Evolutionary Analysis of Chaetognaths: A Deuterostome-Like Ecdysozoan

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2003-01-15 → 2003-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: Microbial community composition and functional potential in Annelida from abyssal and hadal zones of the Aleutian trench (Progress In Oceanography)2025-12-05

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