Dr. Erin Field
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, East Carolina University
Interests: Metal-microbe interactions, biocorrosion, water treatment, contaminant mobility, microbial community interactions, and microbial genomics.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, East Carolina University
Interests: Metal-microbe interactions, biocorrosion, water treatment, contaminant mobility, microbial community interactions, and microbial genomics.
Chequita Brooks
PhD Candidate, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biological Sciences (IDPBS)
Email: brooksch16@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Iron-oxidizing bacteria and the environmental factors that impact their role in biogeochemical cycling as part of microbial communities.
PhD Candidate, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biological Sciences (IDPBS)
Email: brooksch16@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Iron-oxidizing bacteria and the environmental factors that impact their role in biogeochemical cycling as part of microbial communities.
Cody Garrison
PhD Candidate, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biological Sciences (IDPBS)
Email: garrisonc16@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Integrating traditional bench-top microbiology with genomics to study microbial influenced corrosion.
PhD Candidate, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biological Sciences (IDPBS)
Email: garrisonc16@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Integrating traditional bench-top microbiology with genomics to study microbial influenced corrosion.
Kyra Price
MS Student, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (MBBT)
Email: price15@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Microbial communities associated with different metal alloys and their potential role in microbial influenced corrosion.
MS Student, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (MBBT)
Email: price15@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Microbial communities associated with different metal alloys and their potential role in microbial influenced corrosion.
Kyle Swanson
MS Student, Biology
Email: swansonky18@students.ecu.edu
Interests: The microbial impact on the host-parasite interaction of a native crab host and an invasive barnacle.
MS Student, Biology
Email: swansonky18@students.ecu.edu
Interests: The microbial impact on the host-parasite interaction of a native crab host and an invasive barnacle.
Seth Gibbons
MS Student, Biology
Email: gibbonss18@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Environmental DNA quantification of North Carolina River Herring spawning populations.
MS Student, Biology
Email: gibbonss18@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Environmental DNA quantification of North Carolina River Herring spawning populations.
Sara Roozbehi
Undergraduate, BS Biology
Email: roozbehis16@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Determining whether microbes play a role in the host-parasite interaction between Loxothylacus panopaei, an invasive parasite from infecting Rhithropanopeus harrisii, coastal mud crabs.
Undergraduate, BS Biology
Email: roozbehis16@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Determining whether microbes play a role in the host-parasite interaction between Loxothylacus panopaei, an invasive parasite from infecting Rhithropanopeus harrisii, coastal mud crabs.
Maya Budayr
Undergraduate, BS Biochemistry
Email: budayrm18@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Microbial interactions with aluminum alloys and their effects on aluminum toxicity
Undergraduate, BS Biochemistry
Email: budayrm18@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Microbial interactions with aluminum alloys and their effects on aluminum toxicity
Michael Glennon
Undergraduate, BS Biology
Email: glennonm16@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Cultivation of benzene-degrading microorganisms such as Hydrogenophaga spp. and benzene toxicity effects on these microbes
Undergraduate, BS Biology
Email: glennonm16@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Cultivation of benzene-degrading microorganisms such as Hydrogenophaga spp. and benzene toxicity effects on these microbes
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
AFFILIATE MEMBERS
Gina Bledsoe (Peralta Lab)
PhD Candidate, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biological Sciences (IDPBS)
Interests: Plant-microbe interactions and how environmental factors (i.e., nutrients and hydrology) influence those interactions and ecosystems functions (i.e. denitification, carbon cycling).
PhD Candidate, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biological Sciences (IDPBS)
Interests: Plant-microbe interactions and how environmental factors (i.e., nutrients and hydrology) influence those interactions and ecosystems functions (i.e. denitification, carbon cycling).
PREVIOUS MEMBERS
Madison Lamb
MS Biology
Current: Biology Laboratory Instructor, Vanderbilt University
MS Biology
Current: Biology Laboratory Instructor, Vanderbilt University
Sarah Dworkin
BS Biology
Current: Technician, LabCorp
BS Biology
Current: Technician, LabCorp
Sophia Pearce
BS Biology
Current: Fermentation scientist, Pfizer
BS Biology
Current: Fermentation scientist, Pfizer
Kelvin Macklin
BS Biology
Current: Technician, KBI Biopharma
BS Biology
Current: Technician, KBI Biopharma
Dalia Nashed
BS Biochemistry & BA Chemistry
BS Biochemistry & BA Chemistry
Matthew Woodlief
BS Biology & BA Chemistry
BS Biology & BA Chemistry
Austin Eberwein
BS Biology
BS Biology