Graduate Lab Members
Andrew Reed
Ph.D. student, Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources Graduate Program, Rutgers University
Affiliation: Institute
of Marine and Coastal Sciences
M.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee
B.S. Organismal and Systems Biology, University of Tennessee
Melitza Crespo-Medina
Recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) Award 2005
Ph.D. student, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Graduate Program, Rutgers University
Affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology & Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Education: B.S. in Biology, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, 2002
Reserch Interests: Thiosulfate oxidizing
bacteria from deep-sea vents; Microbial resistance to mercury in geothermal
environments
e-mail: melitza@eden.rutgers.edu
Ileana Perez
Ph.D. student, Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources Graduate Program, Rutgers University
Affiliation: Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources & Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Education: B.S. in Biology, University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, 2005
Reserch Interests:
Anaerobic chemosynthetic bacteria in deep-sea geothermal environments
e-mail: ilemilagros@yahoo.com
Melitza Crespo-Medina (left) and Ileana Perez (right) in the lab on board the R/V Atlantis
Ramaydalis Cruz
Ph.D. student, Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, Rutgers University
Affiliation: Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Department of Environmental Sciences & Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Education: B.S. in Biology, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, 2006
Reserch Interests: Hydrocarbon oxidation in deep-sea geothermal environments
Former Graduate Students
James Voordeckers (At the University of Massachusetts - Amherst as of July 30th, 2007)
Ph.D. student, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Graduate Program, Rutgers University
Affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology & Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
B.S. Biotechnology, minor in Biochemistry
Research Interests: Thermophilic nitrate-reducing bacteria from hydrothermal vents
James' PhD defense - June 29th, 2007