University of Southern California
USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences  
USC Department of Biology
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Faculty

Amend, Jan
Professor of Earth Sciences and Biological Sciences
Keywords: Hydrothermal systems, energetics of microbial metabolism, geomicrobiology of arsenic, origin of life, astrobiology, extremophiles, thermophiles, novel culturing techniques
Bakus, Gerald
Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: Ecology, quantitative biology, marine sponges.
Capone, Douglas
William and Julie Wrigley Chair in Environmental Studies and Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: Marine microbial ecology, biogeochemistry, nitrogen fixation, biocomplexity, mangrove, ecosystem, bacteria
Caron, David
Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: microbial ecology, algal blooms, protist, biodiversity, biogeography, trophic, food web, aquatic
Duguay, Linda
Associate Professor (Research) of Biological Sciences
Keywords: Ctenophores, foraminfera, symbiotic associations, benthic ecology of dredge spoil sites, water quality, beach health and status.
Edmands, Suzanne
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: conservation, evolution, population genetics, breeding, genetic structure, marine populations, copepod
Fu, Feixue
Assistant Professor (Research) of Biological Sciences
Keywords: N2 fixation, cyanobacteria, harmful alga bloom, global climate change, nutrient limitation
Fuhrman, Jed
McCulloch-Crosby Chair in Marine Biology and Professor of Biology
Keywords: biodiversity, marine, bacteria, archaea, biological oceanography, microbial ecology, coastal zone, contamination, run-off, storm water, sewage, prokaryotes, virus, food web, ocean
Gorby, Yuri
Associate Professor (Research) of Biological Sciences
Keywords: bacterial nanowires, uranium reduction, extracellular electron transfer, Shewenalla, Geobacter
Gracey, Andrew
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Hart, Juliette
Assistant Professor (Research) of Biological Sciences
Keywords: carbon and nitrogen cycling; climate change adaptation; climate change mitigation; climate change science; regional ocean governance; sustainable tourism; management plan development
Hedgecock, Dennis
Paxson H. Offield Professor in Fisheries Ecology and Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: genetics, population, evolutionary, conservation, captive breeding, microsatellite DNA, diversity, marine fish, marine shellfish, oysters, hybrid vigor, lethal genes, aquaculture, fisheries, sea bass
Heidelberg, John
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: Marine Metagenomics Marine Metatranscriptomics Marine Microbilogy Microbial Genomics
Heidelberg, Karla
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: Marine and environmental microbiology and ecology; Microbial diversity, including microbial eukaryotes; Environmental genomics; Effects of ocean acidification on microbial assemblages.
Hutchins, David
Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: Phytoplankton, Cyanobacteria, Nitrogen fixation, Marine food webs, Biogeochemistry, Global change, Nutrient cycles, Carbon cycle, Iron limitation, Harmful algal blooms, Greenhouse effect, Climate change
Iturriaga, Rodolfo
Research Adjunct Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Jacobson, Myrna
Assistant Professor (Research) of Biological Sciences
Keywords: Biogeochemistry, Environmental EctoEnzymes, Nutrient imbalances, Communicating science through words and cartoons
Jones, Burt
Professor (Research) of Biological Sciences
Keywords: phytoplankton, ocean optics, ocean observing, coastal processes, autonomous vehicles, river plumes, upwelling, ocean mapping, anthropogenic inputs, harmful algal blooms, remote sensing
Kiefer, Dale
Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: marine biology, physiology, fluorometer, energy flow, population dynamics, microbial ecology, plankton, phytoplankton, zooplankton, bacteria, biological oceanography
Lemus, Judith
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: science education
Manahan, Donal
Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: Animal environmental physiology; Biological adaptations to temperature and food; Biology of temperate, polar, tropical, and deep-sea species; Antarctic marine biol.; Hydrothermal vent biology; Developmental biology; Evolutionary biology; Marine invertebrate life history; Larval ecology; Aquaculture.
Marinelli, Roberta
Adjunct Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Michaels, Tony
Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: environmental entrepreneurship, marine environment, environmental risks, global change, geobiology, ocean pollution
Moffett, James
Professor of Biological Sciences, Earth Sciences and Civil and Environmental Engineering
Nealson, Kenneth
Wrigley Chair in Environmental Studies and Professor of Earth Sciences and Biological Sciences
Keywords: evidence of ancient life, microbial populations, geomicrobiology, biogeochemistry, development of methods for life detection, earthly life in extreme environments, Mars, genome sequencing, astrobiology, quorum sensing, NASA, Shewanella, Microbial Fuel Cells, Corrosion
Nelson, William
Assistant Professor (Research) of Biological Sciences
Keywords: bioinformatics genomics metagenomics transcriptomics
Sanudo-Wilhelmy, Sergio
Professor of Biological Sciences and Earth Sciences
Keywords: Biogeochemistry
Schnetzer, Astrid
Assistant Professor (Research) of Biological Sciences
Sullivan, Cornelius W
Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: Biological Oceanography, Marine Biology, microbial physiological ecology, global change research of polar regions, satellite remote sensing of polar oceans, sea ice microbial communities
Webb, Eric
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: Marine Cyanobacteria, Physiology, Genomics, Microbial Ecology, Fe scavenging strategies
Wetzer, Regina
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology
Ziebis, Wiebke
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: Marine Biogeochemistry; Deep Biosphere; Benthic Ecology; Sediment Microbiology; Transport Processes; Benthic-Pelagic coupling; Bioturbation; Sediment-Animal-Microbe Interactions; Extreme Environments (Methane Seeps, Hydrothermal Vents, low oxygen environments); Research Cruises;Scientific Diving; Ocean Drilling