Jason Sylvan Graduate Assistant Microbial Ecology

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Phone: 732-932-6555 x. 305

Education: B.Sc., Brandeis University

Research Interests:
I am currently finishing my master’s thesis on alkaline phosphatase activity (APA) in the Mississippi River Plume. I used fluorescent substrates to look at fluctuating APA and found high activity to be generally concurrent with high river flow. For my PhD research, I would like to examine the molecular biology of alkaline phosphatase and perhaps other ectoenzymes in phytoplankton and bacterioplankton.

Personal Interests:
Outside of the lab, I spend most of my time playing guitar and tending to my pets, of which I have too many.