People

Scott Gifford
Assistant Professor
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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:Link to Google Scholar Page:

Garrett Sharpe
Graduate Student
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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
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Graduate Student
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I study the Galapagos marine microbiome using metagenomics and metatranscriptomics.
Email: acacia@live.unc.edu Phone: (919) 930-9005
Melanie Cohn
Graduate Student
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Graduate Student
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Transcriptional sensors of marine DOC composition and remineralization in coastal and open ocean bacterioplankton.
Email: mcohn@live.unc.edu
David Malcom
Graduate Student
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Graduate Student
Research Interests:
Metagenomics, Coastal Carbon Cycle, Spatial Ecology
Email: lmalcom@unc.eduOffice: 3105B Venable Hall

Samantha Cerda
Undergraduate Researcher
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Undergraduate Researcher
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Cultivation, Microscopy

Sierra Parker
Undergraduate Researcher
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Undergraduate Researcher
Research Interests:
Microbial Ecology of Jordan Lake