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Lead Principle Investigator
Dr. Paul G. Falkowski, Professor II
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Office: Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Room 318D
E-mail:
falko@imcs.rutgers.edu
Tel.: ++1 (732) 932-6555 ext. 370
Fax.: ++1 (732) 932-4083
Research Interests:
Biogeochemical cycles, photosynthesis, biological oceanography,
molecular biology, biochemistry and biophysics, physiological
adaptation, plant physiology,
evolution, mathematical modeling, symbiosis.
Curriculum Vitae
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Faculty Members
Dr. Kay Bidle, Assistant Professor
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Office: Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Room 305C
E-mail:
bidle@imcs.rutgers.edu
Tel.: ++1 (732) 932-6555 ext. 393
Fax.: ++1 (732) 932-4083
Research Interests: Microbial ecology, phytoplankton
physiology and mortality, virology, molecular evolution and ecology,
biogeochemistry, ecosystem processes, the structure
and function of microbial food webs; To elucidate, using molecular
biology and biochemistry
techniques, cellular strategies whereby phytoplankton and marine
bacteria react to their
changing environment (e.g. nutrient stress, blooms) and, in the
process, shape ecosystem
dynamics and biogeochemistry in the upper ocean.
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
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Dr. Maxim Gorbunov, Associate Research Professor
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Office:
Room 309A
E-mail:
gorbunov@imcs.rutgers.edu
Tel.: ++1 (732) 932-6555 ext. 366
Fax.:++1 (732) 932-3036
Research Interests: Biological oceanography, coral reefs,
biophysics and physiology of photosynthesis, photoreceptors, benthic
ecosystems, ocean optics, relationship between physical and
biological processes in the ocean, global biogeochemical cycles,
remote sensing.
Curriculum Vitae (pdf) |
Dr. Oscar Schofield, Associate Professor
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Office:
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Room 318C
E-mail:
oscar@imcs.rutgers.edu
Tel.: ++1 (732) 932-6555 ext. 548
Fax.:++1 (732) 932-4083
Research Interests: Phytoplankton ecology and physiology.
Ocean technologies.
Impact of climate change on
ocean ecosystems.
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
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Visiting Research Professors
Research Associates
Dr. Linda Godfrey, Research Associate
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Office:
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Room 205E
E-mail:
godfrey@marine.rutgers.edu
Tel.: ++1 (732) 932-6555 ext. 243
Fax.:++1 (732) 932-4083
Research Interests: Evolution
of the nitrogen cycle over geological time; light stable and
radiogenic isotope geochemistry; development of paired Hf-Nd
isotopes as
paleoceanographic tracers; hydrogeology and paleoclimate
of the Atacama Desert and
Southern Altiplano.
Curriculum
Vitae
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Post-doctoral Associates/Fellows
Dr. Benjamin
Bailleul, Post-doctoral Associate
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Office:
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Room 111A
E-mail:
benjamin@marine.rutgers.edu
Tel.: ++1 (732) 932-6555 ext. 539
Fax.:++1 (732) 932-4083
Research
Interests:
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Dr. Chris
Brown,
Post-doctoral Associate
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Office:
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Room 305B
E-mail:
cbrown@marine.rutgers.edu
Tel.: ++1 (732) 932-6555 ext. 375
Fax.:++1 (732) 932-4083
Research
Interests: Molecular mechanisms of programmed cell death in
phytoplankton. Host/virus interactions in phytoplankton; impacts on
nutrient cycling. Mechanisms of resistance to and mitigation of
viral infection.
Curriculum Vitae not available. |
Dr. Miguel
Frada,
Post-doctoral Associate
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Office:
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Room 318E
E-mail: frada@marine.rutgers.edu
Tel.: ++1 (732) 932-6555
ext. 379
Fax.:++1 (732) 932-4083
Research
Interests:
Curriculum Vitae (pdf) |
Dr. Arik Harel,
Post-doctoral Associate
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Office:
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Room: 303B
E-mail:
harelarik@gmail.com
Tel.: ++1 (732) 932-6555
ext. 334
Fax.:++1 (732) 932-4083
Additional office in Lipman, Room 203C
Tel: ++1 (732) 932-9763 ext. 203
Research
Interests: Using bioinformatic approach for studying
environmental
microbiology.In specific, studying the role of redox
reactions in Biogeochemical cycles
Curriculum Vitae
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Dr. Orly
Levitan,
Post-doctoral
Associate
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Office:
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Room: 205A
E-mail:
levitan@marine.rutgers.edu
Tel.: ++1 (732) 932-6555 ext. 338
Fax.:++1 (732) 932-4083
Research
Interests: Biological oceanography, microbial and molecular ecology,
phytoplankton, biogeochemistry, nitrogen fixation, photosynthesis,
biofuels.
Curriculum Vitae
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Dr. Tali
Mass,
Post-doctoral
Associate
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Office:
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Room: 318E
E-mail:
tmass@marine.rutgers.edu
Tel.: ++1 (732) 932-6555
ext. 379
Fax.:++1 (732) 932-4083
Research
Interests:
Curriculum Vitae
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Dr. Kimberlee Thamatrakoln, Post-doctoral Associate
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Office:
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Room 305A
E-mail:
thamat@imcs.marine.rutgers.edu
Tel.: ++1 (732) 932-6555 x 339
Fax.:++1 (732) 932-4083
Research Interests: Molecular
mechanisms of programmed cell death in phytoplankton
Curriculum Vitae
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Other
Staff/Research Members
Liti
Haramaty, Laboratory/Technical Researcher
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Office:
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Room 305A
E-mail:
haramaty@imcs.rutgers.edu
Tel.: ++1 (732) 932-6555 ext. 339
Fax.:++1 (732) 932-4083
Current Research:
Programmed Cell Death in phytoplankton and its role in bloom demise,
and in response to stress and viral infection. Coral bleaching and
response of corals and zooxanthellae to stress.
The role of apoptosis in coral death after a bleaching event.
Phytoplankton Screening for biological activity of novel natural
products from marine organisms for potential drug use.
Curriculum Vitae
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Kevin Wyman, Laboratory Researcher
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Office:
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Room 318E
E-mail:
wyman@imcs.rutgers.edu
Tel.: ++1 (732) 932-6555 ext. 379
Fax.:++1 (732) 932-4083
Curriculum Vitae:
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Frank Natale,
Laboratory Researcher III
Beatrice Birrer, Program Coordinator
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Office:
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Room 318
E-mail:
bea@marine.rutgers.edu
Tel.: ++1 (732) 932-6555 ext. 244
Fax.:++1 (732) 932-4083
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Graduate Assistants/Students
Jeana Drake,
Graduate Assistant
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Office:
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Room: 318B
E-mail: drake@marine.rutgers.edu
Tel.: ++1 (732) 932-6555
ext. 222
Fax.:++1 (732) 932-4083
Research
Interests: Microbial nitrogen cycling, symbiosis,
harmful algal blooms
Curriculum Vitae (pdf) |
Joomi Kim, Graduate
Assistant
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Office:
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Room 318A
E-mail: jkim@marine.rutgers.edu
Tel.: ++1 (732) 932-6555 ext.332
Fax.:++1 (732) 932-4083
Research Interests: Phytoplankton physiology, molecular
biology, and algal biofuels.
Curriculum Vitae not available |
John Kim,
Graduate Student
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Office:
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Room 305E
E-mail: jk@marine.rutgers.edu
Tel.: ++1 (732) 932-6555 ext.306
Fax.:++1 (732) 932-4083
Research Interests: Biological electron transfer,
Metalloproteins, Astrobiology,
Geochemistry
Curriculum Vitae (pdf) |
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