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Geobiology Faculty |
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Earth Sciences |
Geochemical aspects of geobiology |
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Earth Sciences |
Evolutionary and ecological history of life on Earth |
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Marine Environ. Bio. |
Microbial ecology and biogeochemistry |
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Earth Sciences |
Geobiology in deep (and not so deep) time |
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Marine Environ. Bio. |
Geomicrobiology and microbial ocean biogeochemistry |
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Earth Sciences |
Organic Geochemistry and Paleoenvironment |
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Mol. Comp. Bio. |
Long-term survival and evolution in bacteria |
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Marine Environ. Bio. |
Marine bacteria, archaea & viruses |
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Earth Sciences |
Biogeochemical cycles through sediment diagenesis |
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Marine Environ. Bio. |
Microbial genomics |
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Marine Environ. Bio. |
Prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbial genomics |
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Marine Environ. Bio. |
marine phytoplankton biology and nutrient cycling |
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Marine Environ. Bio. |
aquatic biogeochemistry |
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Marine Environ. Bio. |
Chemistry of trace elements in surface waters |
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Earth Sciences |
Environmental microbiology and microbial fuel cells |
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Marine Environ. Bio. |
Trace Metals and Biogeochemical Cycling |
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Marine Environ. Bio. |
Iron acquisition by marine cyanobacteria |
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Marine Environ. Bio. |
Biogeochemistry of benthic environments |
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Geobiology Staff |
Sue Anderson |
Wrigley Institute |
Project Specialist, International GeoBiology Course Co-Coordinator |
Andrea Cheung |
Earth Sciences |
Research Specialist I/Laboratory Technician: Microbial Fuel Cells |
Ann Close |
Wrigley Institute |
Director of Innovative Programs in Education and Outreach, International GeoBiology Course Coordinator |
Anna Obraztsova |
Earth Sciences |
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Shana Rapoport |
Earth Sciences |
Laboratory Manager: Geobiology |
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Postdoctoral Researchers |
Jinjun Kan |
Earth Sciences |
Molecular microbial ecology |
Maria Prokopenko |
Earth Sciences |
Nitrogen in anoxic sediments, oxygen isotopes |
Jason Sylvan |
Marine Environ. Bio. |
Microbiology of basalts at mid-ocean ridges |
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Graduate Students |
Roman Barco |
Marine Environ. Bio. |
deep-ocean geomicrobiology |
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Earth Sciences |
Hematite concretions on Mars |
Vicky Bertics |
Marine Environ. Bio. |
Animal-sediment-microbe interactions/benthic biogeochem |
Mike Cheetham |
Earth Sciences |
Climate proxies in biomarker isotopes |
Prithiviraj Chellamuthu |
Mol. Comp. Bio. |
PHN mediators of biofilm formation |
Laurie Chong |
Earth Sciences |
Biologically mediated nitrate transport |
Lisa Collins |
Earth Sciences |
Ocean biogeochemistry and particle fluxes |
Beverly Flood |
Marine Environ. Bio. |
anaerobic degredation of taurine |
Carie Frantz |
Earth Sciences |
Photosynthesis under extreme radiation environments |
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Earth Sciences |
Paleoecology, mass extinctions |
Howard Harris |
Marine Environ. Bio. |
Image analysis of Shewanella as they reduce metal oxides |
Greg Horn |
Marine Environ. Bio. |
Seafloor and Deep Subsurface Geomicrobiology
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Lewis Hsu |
Environ. Engineering |
heavy metal and radionuclei remediation
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Orion Johnson |
Earth Sciences |
Ultrabasic spring geomicrobiology of the Cedars Peridotite
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Earth Sciences |
Carbonate paleoecology |
Anand Patel |
Marine Environ. Bio. |
Marine biofilms and viruses |
Victoria Petryshyn |
Earth Sciences |
Carbonate biogeochemistry |
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Earth Sciences |
Microbial respiration rates |
Meghann Ribbens |
Mol. Comp. Biology |
LTSP in biofilms |
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Earth Sciences |
Metagenomics of deep ocean sediments |
Amanda Turner |
Earth Sciences |
water-rock/microbe-mineral seafloor interactions |
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Earth Sciences |
Biogenicity analysis |
Yanbing Wang |
Earth Sciences |
microbial physiology |
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Geobiology Affiliates |
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NASA JPL |
Geomicrobio of evaporites/volcanic rock in deserts |
Yuri Gorby |
Venter Institute |
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Gijs Kuenen |
TU Delft |
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NASA JPL |
Life detection in extreme environments |
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Alumni |
| Michael Waters |
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| Everett Salas |
Postdoc Rice University |
| Orianna Bretschger |
Researcher Venter Institute |
| Jake Bailey |
Postdoc Cal-Tech |
| Catherine Powers |
Glendale Community College Lecturer |
| Katherine Marenco |
Postdoc UC Riverside |
| Pedro Marenco |
Postdoc UC Riverside |
| Derek Shannon |
Consultant |
| Chanda Drennen |
USGS |
| Mathew Clapham |
Assistant Professor, UC Santa Cruz |
| Alison Olcott |
Assistant Professor, University of Kansas |
| Rachel Schelble |
ExxonMobil Exploration Company |
| Nicole Bonuso |
Assistant Professor, Cal State Fullerton |
| Gerald Grellet-Tinner |
Assistant Professor, South Dakota School of Mines |
| Margaret Fraiser |
Assistant Professor, University Wisconsin, Milwaukee |
| Sara Pruss |
Assistant Professor, Smith College |
| Steve Dornbos |
Assistant Professor, University Wisconsin, Milwaukee |
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The faculty-student interaction in USC’s Geobiology program transcends the departments of Earth Sciences, Molecular and Computational Biology, the Wrigley Institute and Marine and Environmental Biology. 
