Personnel
Executive Committee & Science Leadership
Directorship leads Center scientific, education, diversity, outreach, and administrative activities with guidance from ExCom. ExCom coordinates with the Senior Scientists on C-DEBI research directions.
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Jan Amend Professor of Microbial Geochemistry University of Southern California |
Director, Principal Investigator, Executive Committee |
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Julie Huber Associate Scientist Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
Associate Director, Co-Investigator, Executive Committee |
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Steven D’Hondt Professor of Oceanography University of Rhode Island |
Co-Investigator, Executive Committee South Pacific Gyre Group Lead |
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Andrew Fisher Professor of Hydrogeology University of California, Santa Cruz |
Co-Investigator, Executive Committee Juan de Fuca Group Lead |
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C. Geoffrey Wheat Research Professor of Geological Oceanography University of Alaska, Fairbanks |
Co-Investigator, Executive Committee North Pond and Dorado Group Lead Knowledge Transfer Director |
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John Heidelberg Professor of Microbial Genomics University of Southern California |
Executive Committee Data Management and Integration Director |
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Steven Finkel Professor of Bacterial Genetics and Molecular Biology University of Southern California |
Senior Scientist |
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Victoria Orphan Professor of Microbial Ecology and Geobiology California Institute of Technology |
Senior Scientist |
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Beth Orcutt Senior Research Scientist Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences |
Senior Scientist |
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Alfred Spormann Professor of Microbial Physiology and Biochemistry Stanford University |
Senior Scientist |