Cleber Ouverney (Ph. D. 2000). Quantitative microbial biodiversity/activity studies with fluorescent rRNA-targeted probes, also combination with microautoradiography Ian Hewson (Ph.D. 2005). Virus in benthic and coastal systems, effects on bacterial diversity Xiaolin Liang (M.S. 2005) Microbial contamination of coastal waters John Griffith (Ph.D. 2006). Human enteric viruses and indicator bacteria in the coastal zone, molecular methods intercomparisons and verification, microbial contamination source tracking Michael Schwalbach (Ph.D. 2006). Viral ecological effects / Phototrophic bacteria Joshua Steele (Ph.D. 2010) Microbial community composition patterns and sea surface films Anand Patel (Ph.D. 2010) Marine biofilms, viruses and archaea Cheryl Chow (Ph.D. 2012. NSF Fellow). Bacterial and viral diversity time series and relationships Jacob Cram (Ph.D. 2014). Bacterial diversity time series and depth patterns David Needham (Ph.D. 2015, NSF Fellow). Marine viral effects on biogeochemical cycles Alma Parada (Ph.D. 2016, NSF Fellow). Archaeal diversity time series and depth patterns Ella Sieradzki (Ph.D 2017, USC Fellow). Marine archaea and human impacts Provost’s Yi-Chun Yeh (Ph.D. student, USC Global Fellow). Application of ecological theory to marine microbial systems Colette Fletcher-Hoppe (Ph.D. student) Melody Aleman (Ph.D. student) Delaney Nolin (Ph.D. student) Alexandra Santora (Ph.D. student) (Also served on numerous M.S. and Ph.D. committees) Postdoctoral Researchers Supervised Curtis Suttle (1986-88) - Nitrogen (organic and inorganic) and phosphorus cycling by marine plankton Yaeko Masuchi (1989-90) - 16S rRNA sequencing of marine bacterial oligotroph cultures, search for "representative" cultures by DNA-DNA hybridization, direct sequencing of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA genes Kirk McCallum (1990) - cloning and sequencing of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA genes from natural marine microbial assemblages
Cleber Ouverney (Ph. D. 2000). Quantitative microbial biodiversity/activity studies with fluorescent rRNA-targeted probes, also combination with microautoradiography Ian Hewson (Ph.D. 2005). Virus in benthic and coastal systems, effects on bacterial diversity Xiaolin Liang (M.S. 2005) Microbial contamination of coastal waters John Griffith (Ph.D. 2006). Human enteric viruses and indicator bacteria in the coastal zone, molecular methods intercomparisons and verification, microbial contamination source tracking Michael Schwalbach (Ph.D. 2006). Viral ecological effects / Phototrophic bacteria Joshua Steele (Ph.D. 2010) Microbial community composition patterns and sea surface films Anand Patel (Ph.D. 2010) Marine biofilms, viruses and archaea Cheryl Chow (Ph.D. 2012. NSF Fellow). Bacterial and viral diversity time series and relationships Jacob Cram (Ph.D. 2014). Bacterial diversity time series and depth patterns David Needham (Ph.D. 2015, NSF Fellow). Marine viral effects on biogeochemical cycles Alma Parada (Ph.D. 2016, NSF Fellow). Archaeal diversity time series and depth patterns Ella Sieradzki (Ph.D 2017, USC Provost’s Fellow). Marine archaea and human impacts Yi-Chun Yeh (Ph.D. student, USC Global Fellow). Application of ecological theory to marine microbial systems Colette Fletcher-Hoppe (Ph.D. student) Melody Aleman (Ph.D. student) Delaney Nolin (Ph.D. student) Alexandra Santora (Ph.D. student) (Also served on numerous M.S. and Ph.D. committees) Postdoctoral Researchers Supervised Curtis Suttle (1986-88) - Nitrogen (organic and inorganic) and phosphorus cycling by marine plankton Yaeko Masuchi (1989-90) - 16S rRNA sequencing of marine bacterial oligotroph cultures, search for "representative" cultures by DNA-DNA hybridization, direct sequencing of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA genes Kirk McCallum (1990) - cloning and sequencing of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA genes from natural marine microbial assemblages