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.
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.
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
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
Samantha Gallien
Undergraduate, BS Chemistry
Email: galliens17@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Conservation biology of North Carolina species through the use of environmental DNA (eDNA)
Undergraduate, BS Chemistry
Email: galliens17@students.ecu.edu
Interests: Conservation biology of North Carolina species through the use of environmental DNA (eDNA)
PREVIOUS MEMBERS
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Seth Gibbons, MS Biology (Current: PhD Student, Clemson University)
Madison Lamb, MS Biology
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: Postdoc, Penn State University)
Seth Gibbons, MS Biology (Current: PhD Student, Clemson University)
Madison Lamb, MS Biology
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: Postdoc, Penn State University)