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Scott Gifford
Assistant Professor
Research Interests:

Molecular biology and ecophysiology of marine bacteria and their roles in biogeochemical cycles. Quantitative molecular microbial ecology.

Email: sgifford@email.unc.edu Phone: (919) 962-0269 Office: 4202G Murray/Venable Hall, CB 3300 Link to downloadable CV:
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Garrett Sharpe
Graduate Student
Research Interests:

Bacterial social interactions influencing carbon and energy flow in marine ecosystems.

Email: gcs@email.unc.edu Phone: (919) 962-1252 Office: 3313 Venable Hall
Acacia Zhao
Graduate Student
Research Interests:

I study the Galapagos marine microbiome using metagenomics and metatranscriptomics.

Email: acacia@live.unc.edu Phone: (919) 930-9005
Melanie Cohn
Graduate Student
Research Interests:

Transcriptional sensors of marine DOC composition and remineralization in coastal and open ocean bacterioplankton.

Email: mcohn@live.unc.edu
David Malcom
Graduate Student
Research Interests:

Metagenomics, Coastal Carbon Cycle, Spatial Ecology

Email: lmalcom@unc.edu

Office: 3105B Venable Hall

Samantha Cerda
Undergraduate Researcher
Research Interests:

Cultivation, Microscopy

Sierra Parker
Undergraduate Researcher
Research Interests:

Microbial Ecology of Jordan Lake