USC Department of Biology
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Faculty

Bakus, Gerald
Professor of Biological Sciences
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
Edwards, Katrina
Professor of Biological Sciences and Earth Sciences
Keywords: Iron oxidation, subsurface biosphere, rock alteration, hydrothermal systems, chemoautotrophy, biofilms, endolithic
Fitzhugh, Kirk
Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences
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
Gracey, Andrew
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
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
Keywords: Marine and environmental microbiology and ecology; Protist diversity; Environmental genomics and transcriptomics
Hendler, Gordon
Adjunct Professor
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.
Martin, Joel
Adjunct Professor
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
Nelson, William
Assistant Professor (research) of Biological Sciences
Keywords: bioinformatics genomics metagenomics transcriptomics
Orcutt, Beth
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology
Sanudo-Wilhelmy, Sergio
Professor of Biological Sciences and Earth Sciences
Keywords: Biogeochemistry
Schnetzer, Astrid
Assistant Professor (research) of Biological Sciences
Sullivan, Neal
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
Thacker, Christine
Adjunct Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Webb, Eric
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: Marine Cyanobacteria, Physiology, Genomics, Microbial Ecology, Fe scavenging strategies
Wetzer, Regina
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Ziebis, Wiebke
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Keywords: Marine Biogeochemistry; Benthic Ecology; Sediment Microbiology; Transport Processes; Benthic-Pelagic coupling; Bioturbation; Sediment-Animal-Microbe Interactions; Extreme Environments: Methane Seeps, Hydrothermal Vents; Research Cruises,Scientific Diving