Job Type
Teaching/Education
Research
Data Management
Decision Making & Policy
Technical Advice & Consulting
Subject Area
Biological Oceanography
Marine Ecology
Marine Biotechnology
Marine Products
Pollution
Activities
recreational and shellfish harvesting water quality, marine microbial ecology, viral and bacterial dynamics in relation to phytoplankton dynamics in coastal and estuarine systems, beach water quality, rapid detection of pathogens for beach water quality management, human pathogen detection for protection of beach bather public health, bacteriological methods for measuring beach water quality
Region of Study
Atlantic Coastal Regions, Pacific Coastal Regions, Newport River Estuary, Neuse
Skills
Molecular diagnostics, including QPCR, design of QPCR assays for marine and ambient water applications, microbial ecology techniques including epifluorescence microscopy, culture-based techniques, DNA and RNA manipulation, sample processing and ultraconcentration.