Our group broadly studies the abundance, diversity and activity of marine microbes. We are biological
oceanographers, marine molecular
ecologists, marine microbiologists and biogeochemists. Our research focuses on the marine cyanobacteria
Prochlorococcus, the most abundant phytoplankton in the open oceans and an excellent model marine microbe, as well as the biotechnological applications of marine microalgae. We are at the
Marine Laboratory as part of the
Nicholas School of the Environment at
Duke University.