People

Dr. Brzezinski's research focuses on a dominant group of marine phytoplankton, the diatoms.

Microbial oceanography, marine biogeochemistry, bacterioplankton dynamics, dissolved organic matter, carbon cycle.

Population and community ecology, river ecology, predator-prey interactions, science education.

Debora Iglesias-Rodriguez has worked for twenty years on diversity and function in marine phytoplankton combining molecular approaches, carbon physiology and biogeochemistry in the lab and in the field.

Our laboratory is engaged in four interlocking areas of research. The underlying theory being developed in our lab concerns the nature of adaptive peaks for different types of trophic interactions (links in the food web; predator/prey, parasite/host).

Limnology and Coastal Oceanography, with particular emphasis on physical-biological coupling.

Dr. Melack studies ecological processes in lakes, wetlands and streams and their catchments throughout the world.

Macroevolution, phylogenetics, bioluminescence, vision, molecular evolution, complexity, marine organismal biology.

Population and community ecology; applied ecology; consumer-resource interactions; marine invertebrates and reef fishes.

Professor Siegel’s research focuses on aquatic ecosystems and their functioning using the tools of an applied physicist, radiative transfer and fluid mechanics.

Ocean Resilience: biodiversity, assembly, and sustainability of harvested ocean ecosystems.