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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

Microbial Ecology, Microbial Evolution, Community Selection, Scalable Carbon Dioxide Removal
Graduate Student in GPS division (ESE)

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

Microbial Ecology, Physiology, Methane and Sulfur Metabolism
Graduate Student in BBE division (Microbiology)

Carbon Cycling, Protein Engineering
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

Research interests: mechanical engineering, environmental science, sustainability, materials science, manufacturing
Major: Computer Science Research Interests: Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, 3D Design, Robotics

Postdoctoral Scholars and Visitors

Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship Trainee in Geobiology
Microbial Ecology, Physiology, Evolution
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Biology and Biological Engineering
Microbial Ecology, Bioinformatics, Methane Metabolism, Geochemistry
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, Bioinformatics, Microbiology, Microbial Evolution