Current Lab Members

As a polar oceanographer, Anvita explored the phytoplankton productivity and its potential controls in the Southern Ocean and the Antarctic coast. She has also worked with applying underwater imaging techniques to characterize plankton populations. Anvita is studying how one widespread zooplankton group, appendicularians, feeds on the ocean's smallest cells, the marine bacteria.

Camille is a research adjunct addressing how gelatinous animals and protists feed on marine microbes as prey. 

Erik's research focuses on questions of picocyanobacterial morphology and interactions. He uses a range of techniques including classic microbiology and flow cytometry to understand the durability of physical interactions between cells. 

Darian's work is addressing the feeding selectivity of choanoflagellates on marine picocyanobacteria. 

Kelly is a postdoctoral researcher studying the diversity in shape and size of picocyanobacteria. How do different cell morphologies arise? What impact do these morphological differences have on predation by choanoflagellates? When she’s not working on these questions, Kelly can be found skiing, biking, running, or just marveling at the scenery.

Rebecca is an experienced environmental chemist with nearly two decades of hands-on research in analytical chemistry, toxicology, and marine ecosystem health. She aims to better understand picocyanobacteria and their physiological and molecular responses to both man-made and environmental stressors through integrating chemistry, ecology, and innovation to advance marine environmental health and resilience.