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Bacteriophages and microbial interactions · Ecology

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h-index73
i10-index137
Publications217
Citations24,467

Grants

10 total · 3 active

NSF #2527605

Collaborative Research: Unraveling parasite, host, and environmental drivers of Diadematidae scuticociliatosis, a globally significant marine disease

Active
Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2025-09-01 → 2028-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of South Florida

NSF #2219547

Collaborative Research: VIDA Seagrass: Viral Infection Dynamics Among Seagrass

Active
Amount
$900K–$1000K
Period
2022-08-01 → 2027-07-31
PIs
3

Awarded at University of South Florida

NSF #2333926

Collaborative Research: The effects of SUP05 cells and virocells on nitrogen cycling in marine oxygen minimum zones

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2024-06-01 → 2027-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of South Florida

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All Grants

10 total · 3 active

NSF #2527605

Collaborative Research: Unraveling parasite, host, and environmental drivers of Diadematidae scuticociliatosis, a globally significant marine disease

Active
Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2025-09-01 → 2028-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of South Florida

NSF #2219547

Collaborative Research: VIDA Seagrass: Viral Infection Dynamics Among Seagrass

Active
Amount
$900K–$1000K
Period
2022-08-01 → 2027-07-31
PIs
3

Awarded at University of South Florida

NSF #2333926

Collaborative Research: The effects of SUP05 cells and virocells on nitrogen cycling in marine oxygen minimum zones

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2024-06-01 → 2027-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of South Florida

NSF #1555854

Deciphering the ecology of aquatic single-stranded DNA phages (Microviridae/Gokushovirinae)

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2016-07-01 → 2023-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of South Florida

NSF #1566562

Coastal SEES Collaborative Research: Integration of human behavior and perception into a risk-based microbial water quality management approach

Amount
$900K–$1000K
Period
2016-09-15 → 2022-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of South Florida

NSF #1239976

Collaborative Research: AToL: ACCESS DNA viruses: A Comprehensive survey of Circular Eukaryotic Single-Stranded DNA viruses in Invertebrates and Fungi

Amount
$900K–$1000K
Period
2012-12-01 → 2018-11-30
PIs
2

Awarded at University of South Florida

NSF #1025915

Collaborative Research: Vector-Enabled Discovery: Exploiting whiteflies to investigate the diversity, evolution, and biogeography of begomoviruses.

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2010-09-01 → 2014-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of South Florida

NSF #0850206

Collaborative Research: PHANTOME: PHage ANnotation TOols and MEthods

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2009-04-15 → 2014-03-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of South Florida

NSF #1049670

EAGER: Discovery of viruses infecting marine Copepoda

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2010-10-01 → 2013-09-30
PIs
3

Awarded at University of South Florida

NSF #0701984

MIP: Abundance, Dynamics, and Diversity of Viruses in the Northwestern Sargasso Sea

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2007-09-15 → 2012-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of South Florida

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: Genetic Features of the Scuticociliate Pathogen <i>Philaster</i> sp. Isolate <scp>FWC2</scp> That Causes Sea Urchin Mass Mortality (Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology)2026-02-02
  2. New NSF award: Collaborative Research: Unraveling parasite, host, and environmental drivers of Diadematidae scuticociliatosis, a globally significant marine disease2025-09-01
  3. New preprint: Prophage regulation of Shewanella fidelis 3313 motility and biofilm formation: implications for gut colonization dynamics in Ciona robusta2025-08-14

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