People

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.

	Jan Amend Professor of Microbial Geochemistry University of Southern California	Director, Principal Investigator, Executive Committee
	Julie Huber Associate Scientist Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	Associate Director, Co-Investigator, Executive Committee
	Steven D’Hondt Professor of Oceanography University of Rhode Island	Co-Investigator, Executive Committee South Pacific Gyre Group Lead
	Andrew Fisher Professor of Hydrogeology University of California, Santa Cruz	Co-Investigator, Executive Committee Juan de Fuca Group Lead
	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
	John Heidelberg Professor of Microbial Genomics University of Southern California	Executive Committee Data Management and Integration Director
	Steven Finkel Professor of Bacterial Genetics and Molecular Biology University of Southern California	Senior Scientist
	Victoria Orphan Professor of Microbial Ecology and Geobiology California Institute of Technology	Senior Scientist
	Beth Orcutt Senior Research Scientist Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences	Senior Scientist
	Alfred Spormann Professor of Microbial Physiology and Biochemistry Stanford University	Senior Scientist

Administration

Manages the Center’s day-to-day activities.

Rosalynn Sylvan University of Southern California

Managing Director

Knowledge Transfer & Data Management and Integration

KT is central to all of C-DEBI’s research, education, and outreach programs, and hence, it is the responsibility of all our senior personnel as well as the KT Director. The DMI team has the primary objective to make C-DEBI data and products accessible to the world via a data portal.  The DMI Director also ensures that C-DEBI participants have access to the Center’s computational resources and/or bioinformatics expertise, as well as making certain C-DEBI generated data are properly deposited in public archives and databases.

	C. Geoffrey Wheat University of Alaska, Fairbanks	Knowledge Transfer Director
	John Heidelberg University of Southern California	Data Management Director
	Robert Pockalny University of Rhode Island	Data Portal Lead
	Benjamin Tully University of Southern California	Bioinformatics Specialist

Education, Outreach, and Diversity

The EOD team develops, implements, and coordinates programs and activities integrating C-DEBI research at all levels.

	Gwen Noda University of Southern California	Education & Diversity Director
	Steven Finkel University of Southern California	GGURE Director
	John Heidelberg University of Southern California	GEM Course Instructor
	Eric Webb University of Southern California	GEM Course Instructor
	Nina Yang University of Southern California	GEM Course TA

External Advisory Board

Provides annual assessments of the science, education, mentoring, management, and functioning of C-DEBI as a whole to the Directorship.

	Doug Bartlett Scripps Institution of Oceanography	External Advisory Board Chair
	Vicki Ferrini Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory	External Advisory Board
	Jon Kaye Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation	External Advisory Board
	Rina Roy American River College	External Advisory Board
	Judy Wall University of Missouri	External Advisory Board

Ethics Panel

Advises ExCom on any issue pertaining to ethics, including concerns regarding administration, funding, and scientific conduct.  This Panel handles all C-DEBI ethics complaints (none to date).

	Karen Lloyd University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Ethics Panel Chair, Faculty Representative
	Rick Colwell Oregon State University	Faculty Representative
	Sharon Cooper Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory	Education Representative
	Andrew Fisher University of California, Santa Cruz	ExCom Representative
	William Orsi Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich	Faculty Representative

External Evaluator

Assesses and evaluates the effectiveness of C-DEBI management, research (specifically expeditions), and EOD programs and provides thorough, rigorous, independent, and results-based assessments.

Beth Rabin

External Evaluator

Our Community

In addition to the lead investigators at the primary institutions, C-DEBI supports deep biosphere community research at over 45 institutions in nearly 110 projects including about 55 graduate student and postdoctoral research fellowships, as well as E&O grants and travel exchanges.

The C-DEBI community also includes nearly 1000 members from 40 countries that stay informed of C-DEBI activities and opportunities via our mailing list.

See Also:

Funded ProjectsMailing List & Newsletter