Dr. Erin Field Associate Professor, Department of Biology, East Carolina University Email: [email protected] Interests: Metal-microbe interactions, biocorrosion, water treatment, contaminant mobility, microbial community interactions, and microbial genomics.
Autumn Robinson PhD Student, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biology, Biomedicine, and Chemistry (IDPBBC) Email: [email protected]
Interests: Microbial role in water treatment processes
Chase Spicer PhD Student, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biology, Biomedicine, and Chemistry (IDPBBC) Email: [email protected]
Interests: Conservation biology of North Carolina species in the Lower Roanoke River using environmental DNA (eDNA)
Maggie Shostak PhD Student, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biology, Biomedicine, and Chemistry (IDPBBC) Email: [email protected]
Interests: Biofilm assembly and biodiversity associated with WWII wrecks in the Pacific.
Cory Joyner MS Student, MS Biology
Interests: Using bioinformatics to study community-level gene interactions among microbes at polluted sites.
Sarah Kate Childs PhD Student, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biology, Biomedicine, and Chemistry (IDPBBC) Email: [email protected]
Interests: Climate change impacts on biofilm formation and microbial communities associated with steel structures.
Research Interests: Macro- and micro-climate change effects on the degradation of wooden shipwrecks
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GRADUATE STUDENTS Dr. Chequita Brooks, PhD Program Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biological Sciences (IDPBS) (Current: Postdoctoral Researcher, LUMCON) Dr. Cody Garrison, PhD Program Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biological Sciences (IDPBS) (Current: NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at Stony Brook University) Michelle Chamberlain, MS Biology (Current: PhD Student, Iowa State 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 (Current: Biologist, Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife) UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS Maya Budayr, BS Biochemistry (Current: Undergraduate student, UNC Chapel Hill) Meredith Cox, BS Biology (Current: MA Student, Emory School of Medicine) Sarah Dworkin, BS Biology (Current: Technician, LabCorp) Austin Eberwein, BS Biology Michael Glennon, BS Biology Anna Koirala, 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 (Current: Dental Student, University of New England) Matthew Woodlief, BS & BA Chemistry
AFFILIATE MEMBERS Dr. Gina Bledsoe, Peralta Lab, IDPBS Program (Current: Postdoctoral Researcher, Penn State University)