Biographical Sketch
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Myrna Jacobson Meyers is a biogeochemist focusing on relationships between C:N:P and production and species distribution in ecosystems. She also works with the USC film school making cartoons about fundamental principles in Science and teaches Undergraduate and Graduate students Ecology and Literary concepts related to the ocean and communication with non scientific audiences
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Education
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 Ph.D. Oceanography, SUNY Stony Brook, 1990
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Postdoctoral Training
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Senior Research Faculty , Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996-2002
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Senior National Research Council Fellow- , NE RL Environmental Protection Agency, Athens GA, 1996-1999
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Research Associate, Southeastern Research Program (SERP) , Florida International University, Miami, FL , 1993-1995
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Postdoctoral Sea Grant Fellow , Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Division of Marine Biology and Fishes, Miami, FL, 1992-1993
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
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Assistant Research Scientist , University of Southern California , 2000-
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Description of Research
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Summary Statement of Research Interests
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Interests include Marine biogeochemistry, artificial reef technology, plant-sediment interactions, nutrient cycling in coastal environments, wetland biogeochemistry enzymes as indicators of environmental response
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Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions
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Smithsonian mangrove tour,http://www.si.edu/research/spotlight/3_2.htm
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Publications
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Journal Article
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Jacobson Meyers, M. E., Khachatrian, A., Popa, R.
(2007).
96 well reader adapted for ectoenzyme analysis of marine sediments and waters. Limnology and Oceanography Methods.
Vol. na
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Ibekwe, A. M., Lyon, S. R., Leddy, M., Jacobson Meyers, M. E.
(2007).
Impact of Plant Density and Microbial Composition on Water Quality from a Free Water Surface Constructed Wetland. Environmental Microbiology.
Vol. 9(4)
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Hewson, I., Jacobson Meyers, M., Fuhrman, J. A.
(2007).
Sediment bacterial assemblage diversity and enzyme activity across the San Pedro Basin Southern California Borderlands. Environmental Microbiology.
Vol. unknown, pp. 1462-2920..
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Multimedia Scholarship and Creative Works
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cartoon, This is a cartoon called the Carbon Cycle a Leaf's View made with DADA USC, 2006-2007
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