IMS Affiliated Faculty
Faculty are hired by their respective departments, to which they owe primary responsibility; however, the institute continues to be involved in the identification of hiring and faculty needs of the cross-disciplinary marine program through active involvement in new faculty searches and in support of departmental recommendations. Affiliated faculty and researchers are those individuals that utilize any of the ORU’s resources (space, seawater, equipment, etc) and/or individuals whose research falls within one of the seven research clusters supported by IMS. IMS only appoints affiliates in the ORU based on the individual researchers request to be associated with the ORU.
- Title
- Distinguished Professor
- Division Physical & Biological Sciences Division
- Department
- Ocean Sciences Department
- Institute of Marine Sciences
- Phone 831-459-4009
- Fax 831-459-4882
- Website
- Office Location
- A438 Earth & Marine Sciences
- Mail Stop Ocean Sciences
- Faculty Areas of Expertise Oceanography, Microbiology, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Marine Biology, Biology
- Courses OCEA 101 The Marine Environment, OCEA 118/218 Marine Microbial Ecology, OCEA 118L/218L Marine Microbial Ecology Lab
Summary of Expertise
Ph.D. in Ecology-Limnology, University of California, Davis
B.S. in Biology, Western Washington University
Research Interests
Aquatic microbial ecology; biological oceanography
Honors, Awards and Grants
American Academy of Microbiology, 2009-present
Gordon and Betty Moore Investigator in Marine Microbiology, 2004-2012
Editorial Board of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, the American Society of Microbiology, 1998-2000
Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1996
National Research Council Research Associateship, 1985-1986
Jastro-Shields Research Fellowship, University of California, Davis, California, 1983
National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, 1981-1984
Outstanding Student in Biology, Western Washington University, 1981