Dr. Erin Field
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, East Carolina University
Email: fielde14@ecu.edu
Interests: Metal-microbe interactions, biocorrosion, water treatment, contaminant mobility, microbial community interactions, and microbial genomics.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, East Carolina University
Email: fielde14@ecu.edu
Interests: Metal-microbe interactions, biocorrosion, water treatment, contaminant mobility, microbial community interactions, and microbial genomics.
Michelle Chamberlain
MS Student, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (MBBT)
Email: chamberlainmi20@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Microbial interactions in early Earth systems
MS Student, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (MBBT)
Email: chamberlainmi20@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Microbial interactions in early Earth systems
Chase Spicer
MS Student, MS Biology
Email: spicerc21@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Conservation biology of North Carolina species in the Lower Roanoke River using environmental DNA (eDNA)
MS Student, MS Biology
Email: spicerc21@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Conservation biology of North Carolina species in the Lower Roanoke River using environmental DNA (eDNA)
Maggie Shostak
MS Student, MS Biology
Email: shostakm21@students.ecu.edu
Interests: The role microbes play in microbiologically influenced corrosion of steel-comprised shipwrecks located in the Pamlico Sound
MS Student, MS Biology
Email: shostakm21@students.ecu.edu
Interests: The role microbes play in microbiologically influenced corrosion of steel-comprised shipwrecks located in the Pamlico Sound
Anna Koirala
Undergraduate, BS Biology
Email: koiralaa19@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Microbial adaptation and stress response to emerging environmental conditions
Undergraduate, BS Biology
Email: koiralaa19@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Microbial adaptation and stress response to emerging environmental conditions
Meredith Cox
Undergraduate, BS Biochemistry
Email: coxme19@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Microbiomes of steel-hulled shipwrecks
Undergraduate, BS Biochemistry
Email: coxme19@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Microbiomes of steel-hulled shipwrecks
AFFILIATE MEMBERS
Dominic Bush
Ph.D. Candidate, Coastal Resource Management
Maritime Studies Program (Advisor: Jennifer McKinnon)
Email: bushd16@students.ecu.edu
Research Interests: Microbiologically-Influenced Corrosion of WWII Aircraft Wrecks in the Pacific
Ph.D. Candidate, Coastal Resource Management
Maritime Studies Program (Advisor: Jennifer McKinnon)
Email: bushd16@students.ecu.edu
Research Interests: Microbiologically-Influenced Corrosion of WWII Aircraft Wrecks in the Pacific
Allyson Ropp
Ph.D. Candidate, Integrated Coastal Sciences
Maritime Studies Program (Advisor: Nathan Richards)
Email: roppal14@students.ecu.edu
Research Interests: Macro- and micro-climate change effects on the degradation of wooden shipwrecks
Ph.D. Candidate, Integrated Coastal Sciences
Maritime Studies Program (Advisor: Nathan Richards)
Email: roppal14@students.ecu.edu
Research Interests: Macro- and micro-climate change effects on the degradation of wooden shipwrecks
PREVIOUS MEMBERS
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Dr. Chequita Brooks, PhD Program Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biological Sciences (IDPBS) (Current: Postdoctoral Researcher, Appalachian State University)
Dr. Cody Garrison, PhD Program Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biological Sciences (IDPBS) (Current: NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at Stony Brook University)
Seth Gibbons, MS Biology (Current: PhD Student, Clemson University)
Madison Lamb, MS Biology (Previous: Lab Manager, Vanderbilt University)
Kyra Price, MS Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (Current: Research Associate, Absci)
Kyle Swanson, MS Biology
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Maya Budayr, BS Biochemistry (Current: Undergraduate student, UNC Chapel Hill)
Sarah Dworkin, BS Biology (Current: Technician, LabCorp)
Austin Eberwein, BS Biology
Michael Glennon, BS Biology
Kelvin Macklin, BS Biology (Current: Technician, KBI Biopharma)
Dalia Nashed, BS Biochemistry & BA Chemistry
Sophia Pearce, BS Biology (Current: Fermentation scientist, Pfizer)
Sara Roozbehi, BS Biology
Matthew Woodlief, BS & BA Chemistry
AFFILIATE MEMBERS
Dr. Gina Bledsoe, Peralta Lab, IDPBS Program (Current: Postdoctoral Researcher, Penn State University)
Dr. Chequita Brooks, PhD Program Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biological Sciences (IDPBS) (Current: Postdoctoral Researcher, Appalachian State University)
Dr. Cody Garrison, PhD Program Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biological Sciences (IDPBS) (Current: NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at Stony Brook University)
Seth Gibbons, MS Biology (Current: PhD Student, Clemson University)
Madison Lamb, MS Biology (Previous: Lab Manager, Vanderbilt University)
Kyra Price, MS Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (Current: Research Associate, Absci)
Kyle Swanson, MS Biology
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Maya Budayr, BS Biochemistry (Current: Undergraduate student, UNC Chapel Hill)
Sarah Dworkin, BS Biology (Current: Technician, LabCorp)
Austin Eberwein, BS Biology
Michael Glennon, BS Biology
Kelvin Macklin, BS Biology (Current: Technician, KBI Biopharma)
Dalia Nashed, BS Biochemistry & BA Chemistry
Sophia Pearce, BS Biology (Current: Fermentation scientist, Pfizer)
Sara Roozbehi, BS Biology
Matthew Woodlief, BS & BA Chemistry
AFFILIATE MEMBERS
Dr. Gina Bledsoe, Peralta Lab, IDPBS Program (Current: Postdoctoral Researcher, Penn State University)