Laboratories

Senior researcher: Steve Archer

Tracking the exchange of trace gases between the ocean and the atmosphere to understand how marine microbes influence climate

Senior researcher: Nichole Price

Diving into the role of ocean warming and acidification in altering benthic seaweed and coral communities and ecosystem functions

Senior researcher: Nick Record

Using computer models to understand and forecast ocean ecosystem processes

Senior researcher: Beth Orcutt

Exploring the deep-sea for marine microbes involved in breaking down rocks and oil

Ecosystem Resilience Laboratory

Senior researcher: Douglas Rasher

Revealing the interactions among species and human activities that keep ecosystems healthy

Senior researcher: David Emerson

Understanding the role of iron-oxidizing, rust-producing microbes in the environment

Harmful Algal Bloom Laboratory

Senior researcher: Steve Archer

Investigating the causes and impacts of harmful algal blooms and potential ways to manage and mitigate their effects.

Senior researcher: Christoph Aeppli

Using chemistry to understand how marine microbes determine the fate of organic compounds such as oil

Senior researcher: Catherine Mitchell

Using satellites to study marine environments

Senior researcher: Joaquín Martínez Martínez

Uncovering how viruses infect hosts and affect marine ecosystem function

Senior researcher: José Antonio Fernández-Robledo

Understanding disease-causing parasites of mollusks and their implications in aquaculture and biotechnology.

Senior researcher: Pete Countway

Tracking marine microbes, including those that cause harmful blooms, through their genes and genomes

Senior researcher: Barney Balch

Tracking how microbes at the base of the marine food web that are responsible for trapping carbon dioxide in shells vary over space and time

Senior researcher: Michael Lomas

Documenting how microbial plankton diversity impacts carbon capture in the ocean under climate change and ocean acidification pressures

Quantitative Marine Disease Ecology Lab

Exploring the drivers and outcomes of host-pathogen interactions in fished, farmed,and wild marine organisms

Senior researcher: Ramunas Stepanauskas

Unlocking the genomic secrets of marine microbes, one cell at a time

Senior researcher: Ben Twining

Finding the links between metals and microbial life in the ocean

Senior researcher: David Fields

Probing the role of microscopic animal plankton in marine food webs and carbon cycling