Modeling

Microbial ecosystem dynamics regulate the storage and cycling of carbon in both terrestrial and marine systems.

To develop a mechanistic understanding of microbial control on carbon pools at the ocean scale, researchers within PriME develop mathematical models of carbon transport in the ocean that integrate many of the findings at the scale of bacterial physiology, behavior and interactions.

Our work indicates that microbial interactions on particles exert an important control on carbon flux, and is a first step in bridging the vast divide between microscale observations and ocean-scale carbon dynamics.

Researchers

Roman Stocker

PI

ETH Zurich
Stocker Lab

Naomi M Levine

PI

University of Southern California
Levine Lab

Natasha Blitvic

External PI

Queen Mary University

Jonasz Slomka

Senior Researcher

ETH Zurich

Kate Evans

PostDoc

University of Southern California

Hagen Buck-Wiese

PostDoc

University of Southern California
Hehemann Lab

Daniela Osorio Rodriguez

PostDoc

University of Southern California

Gabriel Toneatti Vercelli

PhD Student

MIT
Cordero Lab