The Orphan Lab's multidisciplinary research program spans the interface between environmental microbiology, geochemistry, and geology. Through the integrated application of environmental 'omics approaches, stable isotope analysis, and imaging, our group is characterizing the interspecies interactions and ecological physiology of archaea, bacteria, and viruses linked to the cycling of methane, sulfur, nitrogen, and metals in ocean sediments and extreme environments.
Anaerobic oxidation of methane and archaeal-bacterial syntrophy
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Microbial ecology and biogeochemistry of methane seeps and vents
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Viral ecology in marine environments: sediments, seeps, deep ocean
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Principles of microbial community structure and function in anaerobic ecosystems
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Blue carbon sequestration in anaerobic seagrass sediments
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Life in extreme environments
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