Kristi SommerNSF-supported Research Technician
B.S., UNC Chapel Hill
M.S., UNCW
Horizontal transfer of photosynthetic genes between
marine cyanobacterial hosts and cyanophages
Meghan Chafee
M.S. in Marine Science candidate
B.S., College of Charleston, South Carolina
Comparative studies of the microbial ecology of diatoms in oligotrophic and eutrophic marine ecosystems based upon analyses of environmentally-derived psbA gene sequences
M.S. in Marine Biology candidate
B.S., UNCW
Molecular systematics, ultrastructure, and photosynthetic pigments
of Geminella and related green algae
Katie Chartrand
M.S. in Marine Biology candidate
Photophysiology and genetic variation among Siderastrea spp. hard corals in Florida Bay
UNCW Undergraduate Researcher
Investigations of nudibranchs and their zoochlorellae-like associates in southeastern North Carolina, USA
UNCW NSF Undergraduate Intern
Systematics of the watermolds and related taxa (Phylum Oomycota, Chromalveolata)
based upon sequence analyses of multiple nuclear and mitochondrial markers
UNCW NSF Undergraduate Intern
Evolution and systematics of the Eustigmatophyceae (Chromalveolata)
UNCW NSF Undergraduate Intern & UNCW Honors Program
psbA sequence evolution and systematics of selected red algae (Rhodophyta),
with emphasis on the Batrachospermales and Ceramiales
