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Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology · Ecology

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h-index50
i10-index135
Publications383
Citations9,624

Grants

11 total · 1 active

NSF #1737173

Autonomous Systems for the Collection, in situ Preservation and Return of Microbial Samples from Aquatic Ecosystems

Expiring Soon
Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2017-09-01 → 2026-10-31
PIs
3

NSF #2318228

The Role of Fungi in Biogeochemical Transformations of Mn and Other Micro- and Macro-nutrients Along Chemoclines of the Baltic Sea

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2023-09-01 → 2026-08-31
PIs
4

NSF #2046799

Collaborative Research: IODP-enabled Insights into Fungi and Their Metabolic Interactions with Other Microorganisms in Deep Subsurface Hydrothermal Sediments

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2021-01-15 → 2025-07-31
PIs
1

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All Grants

11 total · 1 active

NSF #1737173

Autonomous Systems for the Collection, in situ Preservation and Return of Microbial Samples from Aquatic Ecosystems

Expiring Soon
Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2017-09-01 → 2026-10-31
PIs
3

NSF #2318228

The Role of Fungi in Biogeochemical Transformations of Mn and Other Micro- and Macro-nutrients Along Chemoclines of the Baltic Sea

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2023-09-01 → 2026-08-31
PIs
4

NSF #2046799

Collaborative Research: IODP-enabled Insights into Fungi and Their Metabolic Interactions with Other Microorganisms in Deep Subsurface Hydrothermal Sediments

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2021-01-15 → 2025-07-31
PIs
1

NSF #1829903

Collaborative Research: Hydrothermal Fungi in the Guaymas Basin Hydrocarbon Ecosystem

Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2018-09-01 → 2023-08-31
PIs
2

NSF #1851012

Trojan Horses in the Marine Realm: Protist Parasite-host Dynamics in Coastal Waters

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2019-03-15 → 2023-02-28
PIs
3

NSF #1658031

Collaborative Research: Delineating The Microbial Diversity and Cross-domain Interactions in The Uncharted Subseafloor Lower Crust Using Meta-omics and Culturing Approaches

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2017-02-01 → 2021-01-31
PIs
2

NSF #1336082

Collaborative Research: Genetic and Metabolic Signatures of Marine Microorganisms in Oxygen Depleted and Varying Geochemical Seascapes (MetaOmics in the Cariaco Basin)

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2013-08-01 → 2017-07-31
PIs
2

NSF #0849578

Pickled Protists or Community Uniquely Adapted to Hypersalinity

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2009-04-01 → 2014-12-31
PIs
2

NSF #1061774

SID/ISMS, An Autonomous Instrument for Combined In Situ Tracer Incubation Studies and Preservation of Microbial Samples for Genomic, Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analysis

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2011-05-01 → 2014-04-30
PIs
2

NSF #0604084

MIP: Protist-Prokaryote Symbioses in Bathyal Sulfidic Sediments: Santa Barbara Basin Flagellates and Ciliates

Amount
—
Period
2006-10-01 → 2011-09-30
PIs
2

NSF #0348407

Collaborative Research: Microbial Observatory in the Cariaco Basin - Dynamics of Protistan Diversity Across Time, Space, and Chemical Gradients

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2004-09-01 → 2010-08-31
PIs
2

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: Diversification in ANME-1 archaea is associated with the presence of highly variable genomic hotspots (UNC Libraries)2026-06-04
  2. New preprint: Multiple modes of methanogenesis in deep hydrothermally-influenced subsurface sediments2025-12-05
  3. New NSF award: Autonomous Systems for the Collection, in situ Preservation and Return of Microbial Samples from Aquatic Ecosystems2017-09-01

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