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We are proud to support the following projects aligned with
C-DEBI goals and themes.
Research Grants
The distribution of the 14 small
research grants funded as of May 2012 have been across
all 4 C-DEBI
research themes. Many have been associated with
the initial three focus drilling cruises, IODP Expedition
327, 329, and 336, to the Juan
de Fuca Ridge Flank, South
Pacific Gyre and North
Pond, respectively, though a third of the proposals
has been associated with other drilling expedition sites
or not at all. |
By Research Theme |
By Study Site |
Recently funded:
- William Orsi, Virginia Edgcomb (Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution), and Jennifer Biddle (University
of Delaware)
The
distribution and activity of marine subsurface fungi
7/1/2012 - 6/30/2013, $49,441
- Everett Salas (Photon Systems) and Jason
Sylvan (University of Southern California)
Quantification
and spatial heterogeneity of microbial biomass in subsurface
igneous marine basement
8/1/12 - 7/31/13, $49,417
- Beth Orcutt (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean
Sciences)
The
Dorado Outcrop low-temperature ridge flank environment
12/1/12 - 11/30/13, $49,995
- Jan Amend and Roy Price (University of
Southern California)
A
Lost City-type hydrothermal system in readily accessible,
shallow water
12/1/12 - 11/30/13, $49,440
- Chris House and Leah Brandt (Pennsylvania State University)
Investigating the active microbial community members as a function of temperature in a hydrothermal subsurface
2/1/13 - 1/31/14, $50,000
- Joaquin Martinez Martinez (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)
Viral genetic richness and functions that shape the microbial community at the Juan de Fuca Ridge
2/1/13 - 1/31/14, $49,999
- Scott Wankel (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) and Wiebke Ziebis (University of
Southern California)
Autotrophy and heterotrophy supported by microbial nitrogen cycling in sediments underlying the oligotrophic ocean: A stable isotope study of North Pond porewaters
2/1/13 - 1/31/14, $50,000
- Andrew Steen (University of Tennessee Knoxville)
Novel peptidases in subsurface sediments: Activities and substrate specificities
3/1/13 - 2/28/14, $49,970
- Costantino Vetriani (Rutgers University)
Heterotrophy in deep-sea reducing environments: Physiology and metabolism of aerobic hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria
3/1/13 - 2/28/14, $49,972
> See all funded research
grants.
> See more on our research
grants program.
Education & Outreach Grants
Recently funded:
- Steven Moore (California
State University Monterey Bay)
Advanced
platforms for undersea robotic educational activities (A-PURE-A)
2/1/12 - 1/31/13, $32,427
- Sunshine Menezes, Sara
Hickox, and John Kirkpatrick (University of Rhode Island)
Communicating
research on the marine deep biosphere
3/1/12 - 2/28/13, $49,875
- Sharon Cooper and Leslie
Peart (Consortium for Ocean Leadership)
Linking
transformational science, education, outreach, and communication
as part of a C-DEBI "core" project on the eastern
flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge
3/1/12 - 2/28/13, $36,124
- David Fike and Jen
Houghton (Washington University)
An interactive interface for deep biosphere
models to promote dialogue between scientists and the public
5/1/12 - 4/30/14, $48,186
- Mary Kadooka and Robert Bowers (University of Hawaii NASA Astrobiology Institute)
Deep biosphere integration into astrobiology for teachers and students
10/1/12 - 9/30/13, $49,416
> See all
funded education and outreach grants.
> See more on our education
and outreach grants program.
Research and Travel Exchanges
Recently funded:
- Karyn Rogers (Carnegie
Institution of Science)
A
high-pressure, high temperature growth system
6/11/12 - 6/15/12, Jens Kallmeyer Laboratory (University
of Potsdam)
$1,516 matched by Carnegie Institution of Science and Deep
Carbon Observatory
- Pat Harcourt (Centers
for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence, COSEE-West)
Extreme
ocean life: Microbes beneath the sea floor
6/24/12 - 6/28/12, National Marine
Educators Association Conference
$497 matched by the COSEE-West
- Katrina Twing (Matt
Schrenk Laboratory, East Carolina University)
Biogeography
of functional genes in serpentinization-driven ecosystems
6/24/12 - 6/29/12, Gordon Research Conference and
Seminar on Marine Microbes
$1,500 matched by Carnegie NASA Astrobiology Institute
- William Brazelton (Matt
Schrenk Laboratory, East Carolina University)
Metagenomic
evidence for primary production fueled by serpentinization
6/24/12 - 6/29/12, Gordon Research Conference and
Seminar on Marine Microbes
$1,500 matched by GRC and Carnegie NASA Astrobiology Institute
- Loïs Maignien
(Sheri Simmons Laboratory, Marine Biological Laboratory)
Anaerobic
oxidation of methane in hypersaline cold seep sediments
8/19/12 - 8/24/12, International Society for Microbial
Ecology
$1,920 matched by Sheri Simmons Laboratory
> See all
funded exchange grants.
> See more on our DEBI
RCN student and postdoctoral exchange program and C-DEBI
research and travel exchange program.
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Recently funded:
- Douglas LaRowe (Jan
Amend Laboratory, University of Southern California)
Ph.D. Earth and Planetary Science, University of California,
Berkeley (2005)
Bioenergetic
profiles of microbial activity in the marine subsurface
4/1/12 - 3/31/13, $60,000
- Benjamin Harrison (Jake
Bailey Laboratory, University of Minnesota)
Ph.D. Geochemistry, California Institute of Technology (2011)
Buried
alive: microbial responses to sediment flux with implications
for the deep biosphere
4/1/12 - 3/31/13, $55,614
- Ulrike Jaekel (Pete
Girguis Laboratory, Harvard University)
Ph.D. Marine Microbiology, Bremen University (2011)
Microbial
transformations of recalcitrant organic carbon in the deep
biosphere
10/1/12 - 9/30/13, $60,000
- Danielle Morgan-Smith
(Matt Schrenk Laboratory, East Carolina University)
Ph.D. Oceanography, Old Dominion University (2012)
Pressure
resuscitation of the deep subseafloor biosphere
11/1/12 - 10/31/13, $56,824
- Brandon Briggs (Hailiang Dong Laboratory, Miami University)
Ph.D. Oceanography, Oregon State University (2012)
Development of a novel and in-situ method to image microbe-mineral associations
3/1/13 - 2/28/14, $60,000
> See all
funded postdoctoral fellowships.
> See more on our postdoctoral
scholar program.
Graduate Student Fellowships
Recently funded:
- Kiana Frank (Pete Girguis
Laboratory, Harvard University)
Key
variables for modeling rates of microbially mediated sulfate
reduction
7/1/12 - 6/30/13, $32,000
- Amy Smith (Rick Colwell
Laboratory, Oregon State University)
Modeling rates of olivine bioweathering in ocean
crust
9/24/12 - 9/23/13, $32,000
- Sean Jungbluth (Mike Rappe
Laboratory, University of Hawaii)
Ridge flank crustal fluid microbial community genomics, expression, and phylogeny
12/1/12 - 12/1/13, $31,980
- Kristin Woycheese (D'Arcy Meyer-Dombard Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago)
Comparative analysis of serpentinizing fluids in Turkey and the Philippines: Insights and the “genetic legacy” of deep subsurface microbes
5/16/13 - 5/15/14, $32,000
> See all
funded graduate student fellowships.
> See more on our graduate
student fellow program.
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