Faculty
Biological Sciences has more than 60 full-time faculty members, as well as more than 20 faculty with joint appointments and 15 visiting or adjunct professors. Among its many distinctions and honors, the Ph.D. program faculty includes two members of the National Academy of Sciences, four members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and 18 holders of endowed chairs and professorships.
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Jed FuhrmanMcCulloch-Crosby Chair in Marine Biology and Professor of BiologyContact Information E-mail: fuhrman@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-5757 Office: ACB 308 LINKS Lab Home Page APply to USC Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography Graduate Program |
Education
- SB Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1/1977
- Ph.D. Oceanography, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 1/1981
Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
- Professor Of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, 01/01/1992-
- Department Chair, Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, 01/01/1994-01/01/1996
- Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, 01/01/1988-01/01/1992
- Associate Professor of Oceanography, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 01/01/1986-01/01/1988
- Assistant Professor of Oceanography, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 01/01/1981-01/01/1986
Description of Research
Summary Statement of Research Interests
Professor Fuhrman researches the roles of microorganisms in natural marine ecosystems and the cycling of matter in the ocean, from the microscopic scale to the global scale. He also measures human pathogenic viruses at recreational beaches as a potential health hazard, and works on innovative ways to make such measurements relatively easy and inexpensive. Professor Fuhrman is currently exploring global marine microbial biodiversity with molecular biological techniques, which has enabled him to identify major new taxonomic groups and make better estimates of the total diversity found in these communities and its role in ecosystem function. His team has discovered a major new group of Archaea inhabiting the deep sea and other novel microbial groups in coral reefs and other ocean habitats. Recently, his lab has determined patterns in diversity that help show how the microorganisms interact as a complex network. In the public health realm, his team has helped to link cases of illness to exposure to microbial and viral pathogens in the coastal zone.
Research Specialties
Marine Microbial Ecology,
Biological Oceanography,
Microbial Diversity,
Human Pathogens in Marine Environments
Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions
- Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies,http://wrigley.usc.edu
Publications
Book Chapter
- Fuhrman, J. A., Hagström, Å. (2008). Bacterial and archaeal community structure and its patterns. pp. 45-90. Microbial Ecology of the Oceans, Wiley.
Journal Article
- Fuhrman, J. A. (2009). Microbial community structure and its functional implications. Nature. Vol. 459, pp. 193-199.
- Fuhrman, J. A., Schwalbach, M. S., Stingl, U. (2008). Proteorhodopsins: an array of physiological roles?. Nature Rev Microbiol. Vol. 6, pp. 488-494.
- Fuhrman, J. A., Steele, J. A. (2008). Community structure of marine bacterioplankton: patterns, networks, and relationships to function. Aquat Microb Ecol.. Vol. 53, pp. 69-81.
- Fuhrman, J. A., Steele, J. A., Hewson, I., Schwalbach, M. S., Brown, M. V., Green, J. L., Brown, J. H. (2008). A latitudinal diversity gradient in planktonic marine bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol. 105 (22), pp. 7774-7778.
- Fuhrman, J. A., Hewson, I., Schwalbach, M., Steele, J., Brown, M. V., Naeem, S. (2006). Annually reoccurring bacterial communities are predictable from ocean conditions. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. Vol. 103, pp. 13104-13109.
- Martiny, H., Brendan, J., Brown, J. H., Colwell, R., Fuhrman, J. A., Green, J., Horner-Devine, M. C., Kane, M., B, J. (2006). Microbial biogeography: Putting microorganisms on the map. Nature Reviews Microbiology/Nature Publishing Group. Vol. 4, pp. 102-112.
- Ruan, Q., Dutta, D., Schwalbach, M., Steele, J., Fuhrman, J. A., Sun, F. (2006). Local Similarity Analysis Reveals Unique Associations Among Marine Bacterioplankton Species and Environmental Factors. Bioinformatics. Vol. 20, pp. 2532-2538. PMID: 16882654.
- Hewson, I., Fuhrman, J. A. (2006). Improved strategy for comparing community fingerprints. Microbial Ecology. Vol. 51, pp. 147-153.
- Hewson, I., Capone, D. G., Steele, J., Fuhrman, J. A. (2006). Influence of Amazon and Orinoco offshore surface water plumes on oligotrophic bacterioplankton diversity in the West Tropical Atlantic. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. Vol. 43, pp. 11-22.
- Brown, M. V., Schwalbach, M., Hewson, I., Fuhrman, J. A. (2005). Coupling 16S-ITS rDNA clone libraries and ARISA to show marine microbial diversity; development and application to a time series. Environmental Microbiology. Vol. 7, pp. 1466-1479.
- Fuhrman, J. A., Schwalbach, M., Brown, M. V. (2005). Impact of light on marine bacterioplankton community structure. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. Vol. 39, pp. 235-245.
- Brown, M. V., Fuhrman, J. A. (2005). Marine bacterial microdiversity as revealed by internal transcribed spacer analysis. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. pp. p.41.
Other
- Fuhrman, J. A. Fuhrman JA. Marine viruses and their biogeochemical and ecological effects. Nature. [ 1999 ] Jun 10;399(6736):541-8.
Honors and Awards
- USC Raubenheimer Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, 2006-
- ISI Highly Cited Researcher, 2002-
- Endowed Chair, McCulloch-Crosby Chair in Marine Biology, 9/1/1995-
- Hutchinson Medal, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 2006
- Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology, 2004
Service to the Profession
Editorships and Editorial Boards
- Editorial Board Member, The ISME Journal, 2007-
- Editorial Board Member, Environmental Microbiology, 2005-
- Subject Editor, Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 1995-
- Contributing Editor, Marine Ecology - Progress Series, 1997