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Lead Principal Investigator

Dr. Paul G. Falkowski, Distinguished Professor 

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room: 318D

e-mail: falko@marine.rutgers.edu

phone: (848) 932-3426

Research Interests: Biogeochemical cycles, photosynthesis, biological oceanography, molecular biology, biochemistry and biophysics, physiological adaptation, plant physiology, evolution, mathematical modeling, symbiosis.


Faculty Members

Dr. Linda Godfrey, Assistant Research Professor

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room: 233B, Wright Geological Laboratory

e-mail: godfrey@marine.rutgers.edu

phone: (732) 445-3427

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.


Dr. Maxim Gorbunov, Associate Research Professor

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room: 309A

e-mail: gorbunov@marine.rutgers.edu

phone: (848) 932-3455

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.


Dr. Oscar Schofield, Distinguished Professor

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room: 318C

e-mail: oscar@marine.rutgers.edu

phone: (848) 932-3436

Research Interests: Phytoplankton ecology and physiology. Ocean technologies. Impact of climate change on ocean ecosystems.


Post-doctoral Associates/Fellows

Dr. Jyotirmoy Mondal, Post-doctoral Associate

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phone:  (865) 771-7736 or (848) 932-3450

Research Interests: Protein biochemistry; Protein evolution; Structural biology; Photosynthesis; Astrobiology; Extremophilic microorganisms


Dr. Fiorella Prada, Post-doctoral Associate

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room: 303A

email: prada@marine.rutgers.edu

phone: (848) 932-3450

Research Interests: Coral biomineralization and skeletal mechanical properties; climate change impacts on marine ecosystems.


Dr. Corday Selden, Post-doctoral Associate

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room: 303B

e-mail: crselden@marine.rutgers.edu

phone: (848) 445-9899

Research Interests: Role of microbial metabolism in the evolution and maintenance of Earth’s biogeochemical cycles; marine microbial ecology; carbon and nitrogen cycling with specific expertise in N2 fixation; biophysical coupling and coastal ocean dynamics; protein-metal interactions.


Dr. Jennifer Timm, Post-doctoral Associate

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room: 303F

e-mail: jennifer.timm@marine.rutgers.edu

phone: (848) 932-3493

Research Interests: Metalloproteins, Molecular evolution, Structure biology.

 


Visiting Scientists

Dr. Brian J. Stockman, Visiting Scientist
Professor, Department of Chemistry at Adelphi University

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room: 204K

e-mail: bstockman@adelphi.edu

phone: (860) 908-2073

Research Interests: Mineral surfaces and evolution of proteins, Origins of life, Biological electron transfer chemistries, Biochemical NMR spectroscopy


Other Staff/Research Members

Beatrice Birrer, Senior Program Coordinator

room: 318

e-mail: bea@marine.rutgers.edu

phone: (848) 932-3436


Liti Haramaty, Laboratory/Technical Researcher

room: 305A

e-mail: haramaty@marine.rutgers.edu

phone: (848) 932-3464

Research Interests: 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.


Kevin Wyman, Laboratory Researcher

room: 318E

e-mail: wyman@marine.rutgers.edu

phone: (848) 932-3428

Research Interests: As Lab Manager, my research interest parallels those of the entire group. I help people in the group with technical support, procurement, proper maintenance and use of research instrumentation while also overseeing adherence to proper lab safety procedures.


Graduate Assistants/Students

Michael Chen, Graduate Student

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room: 304

e-mail: michael.chen@marine.rutgers.edu

Research Interests: Climate change and marine ecosystems.


Heshani Pupulewatte, Graduate Student

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room: 318A

e-mail:  hp518@rutgers.edu

phone: (732) 861-7459

Research Interests: Biophysical chemistry, Environmental analytical chemistry.


Renna Yi, Graduate Student

e-mail: ry136@rutgers.edu

Research Interests: Mathematical modeling of catalysis and autocatalysis, prebiotic chemistry.


 

Undergraduate Assistants/Students

Nolan Fehon, Undergraduate Student

Major: Marine Science

e-mail: nff10@scarletmail.rutgers.edu

Research Interests: How microbial metabolisms relate to environmental limitations and evolution.


Jesse Noble, Undergraduate Student

Major/Minor: Major – Marine Science,  Minor – Astrobiology

e-mail: jhn38@scarletmail.rutgers.edu

Research Interests: Ways to discover life on other moons and planets using knowledge of what we know about life on earth and biological systems. Specifically moons with liquid water (Europa and Enceladus).


Paula Santana, Undergraduate Student

Major/Minor: Major – Chemical Engineering, Minor – Cinema Studies

e-mail:  pms208@scarletmail.rutgers.edu

phone: (973) 489-5153

Research Interests: Climate change, marine photosynthesis, biophysical chemistry.

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