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Principal Investigator

James Irvine Professor of Environmental Science and Geobiology; Allen V. C. Davis and Lenabelle Davis Leadership Chair, Center for Environmental Microbial Interactions; Director, Center for Environmental Microbial Interactions
vorphan [at] gps.caltech.edu

Laboratory Manager

Senior Research Scientist

Research Scientists

Research Scientist

Graduate Students

Graduate Student MARUM, University of Bremen

Methane Metabolism, Geochemistry, Isotope Biogeochemistry
Graduate Student in GPS division (ESE)

Microbial Ecology, Bioinformatics, Bioenergetics, Microbiology
Graduate Student in BBE division (Microbiology)

Carbon Cycling, Protein Engineering
Graduate Student in GPS division (Geobiology)

Microbial Ecology, Bioenergetics, Microbiology
Graduate Student in ESE division (Environmental Sciences and Engineering)

Microbial Ecology, Methane Metabolism, Geochemistry
Graduate Student in BBE division (Microbiology)

Microbial Ecology, Phage Ecology, Geochemistry, Microbiology
Graduate Student in GPS division (Geobiology)

Microbial Ecology, Astrobiology, Geochemistry, Microbiology
Graduate Student in GPS division (Geobiology)

Microbiology, Bioinformatics, Astrobiology, Microbial Ecology
Graduate Student in GPS division (Geobiology)
Co-advised: Prof. Sessions

Microbial Ecology, Stable Isotopes, Marine Particles
Graduate Student in GPS division (Geobiology)

Microbial Ecology, Bioinformatics, Astrobiology, Microbiology
Graduate Student in GPS division (Geobiology)

Microbial Ecology, Evolution

Undergraduate Students

Postdoctoral Scholars and Visitors

Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship Trainee in GPS division (Geobiology)

Microbial Ecology, Bioinformatics, Microbiology, Microbial Evolution
Visitor in Geobiology
Microbial Ecology, Geochemistry, Microbiology, Sulfur Isotopes
Remote Access Only
Microbial Electrochemistry; Genomics; Sustainable Energy
Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship Trainee in Geobiology
Microbial Ecology, Phage Ecology, Microbiology
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Biology and Biological Engineering
Microbial Ecology, Bioinformatics, Methane Metabolism, Geochemistry
Senior Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Biology and Biological Engineering
Bioinformatics, Bioenergetics, Protein evolution, Microbial physiology
Senior Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Biology & Biological Engineering
Microbial Ecology, Phage Ecology, Microbiology
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Geobiology
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Biology and Biological Engineering
Microbial Ecology, Microbiology, Geobiology
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Geobiology
Microbial Ecology, Microbiology
Visitor in Geobiology
Microbial Ecology, Bioinformatics, Microbiology, Microfluidics