Yosuke Yamada Postdoctoral Researcher My research focuses on particle dynamics and microbial activities in the ocean and investigates the impacts on marine biogeochemistry and ecology. Current projects focus on the interaction among diatoms, bacteria and viruses. Gerrit Wienhausen Postdoctoral Researcher My current research interest focuses on microbial interactions. The large majority of marine microbes depends on the availability of nutrients. Metabolite cross feeding allows microbes to overcome their nutrient dependencies in the marine environment. My current project focuses on the exchange of vitamin precursor metabolites among bacteria to overcome their auxotrophies. Staff
Caroline Petersen Undergraduate student I am currently a senior year undergraduate student in Marine Biology
from the University of Copenhagen. In the Azam lab I am working on
strains of Arctic Bacteria, using techniques such as Flow Cytometry,
culturing and sequencing. My interest in research lies in the arctic
climate and its microbial life, their phylogenetic relationships and
adaption/influence on climate change. Tyler Price Undergraduate student I am a third year Biochemistry and Cell Biology major here at UCSD, and
am interested in studying global climate change and its effects on the
evolution of marine organisms. I love working at the Scripps Institute,
and am hoping to use the many opportunities the institute offers to soon
learn to surf or scuba dive. In the lab I work on fish larvae microbiome and on the effects of material toxicity on marine bacteria. Ahmed Alsaggaf Undergraduate student aalsagga@ucsd.edu I am Ahmed Alsaggaf, an undergraduate student at UCSD studying biology and marine science! I really enjoy the field of marine science and I only enjoyed it more in lab. I have learned various things in the lab like dyeing, filtering bacteria, using microscopes, and many other really interesting stuff! I currently work on bacteria relationship with the microscopic sea life; phytoplankton. We are finding a lot of interesting interactions between both and we hope to understand what they are doing and how they are doing it! Harshitha Sai Viswanathan Undergraduate student - Resume I am currently a third year at UCSD majoring in Biochemistry and Cell Biology with a minor in Marine Sciences from Abudhabi, U.A.E. I achieved an Advanced Scuba diving certificate which enabled me to study marine responses to changing temperatures. As an active member of ecological organizations, I also take part in scuba diving expeditions to clean beaches and seas. In the Azam lab I do imaging of marine bacteria and viruses. Farooq Azam (prof), Josie Rivera (undegrad.), Caroline Ren (undergrad.), Julie Dinasquet (postdoc), Yosuke Yamada (postdoc), Ryan Guillemette (PhD student), Ahmed Alsaggaf (undergrad.), Nirav Patel (PhD student). Former lab members |