List of Current Collaborators:

Many of my projects benefit from collaboration with other investigators who provide additional expertise, insights, and skills.  Collaborators on current projects are listed below.

Allan Decho, Dept. Environmental Health Sciences, USC
Microbial colonization of submerged surfaces

Harold Drake, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Acetogenic bacteria associated with marine plants

Madilyn Fletcher, Baruch Institute and Dept. Biological Sciences, USC
Microbial colonization of submerged surfaces, biocomplexity, microbiota of biofilms

Kirsten Kusel, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Acetogenic bacteria associated with marine plants

Lukasz Lebioda, Dept. Chemistry and Biochemistry, USC:
Crystallographic analysis of protein structures

Alan Lewitus, Baruch Institute, USC:
Haloaromatic impacts on benthic microalgae, biocomplexity

Dave Lincoln, Dept. Biological Sciences, USC:
Haloaromatic secondary metabolites of marine infauna
Impacts of natural and anthropogenic haloaromatics on benthic communities

Patty Sobecky, Georgia Tech
Plasmids in marine diazotrophic bacteria

David Wethey, Dept. Biological Sciences, USC:
Microbial consortia and disturbance in sediment habitats

David White, Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Univ. Tennessee
Characterization of microbial communities in marine sediments and infaunal burrows

Juergen Wiegel, Dept. of Microbiology, Univ. Georgia
Characterization of dehalogenating anaerobes

Sally Woodin, Dept. Biological Sciences, USC:
Haloaromatic secondary metabolites of marine infauna
Impacts of natural and anthropogenic haloaromatics on benthic communities