ECOLOGY DEPARTMENT

Scientists in the Ecology Department lead development of new technologies to dissect the microbial diversity of complex ecosystems. Their internationally recognized expertise include scale-aware ecology systems, advanced imaging, physiological diversity of microbes, and plant-microbe interactions.

Bouskill,Nicholas J - Dr. Bouskill is an environmental microbiologist broadly interested in the interaction between microbial communities and biogeochemical cycling. However, he has a particular interest in the nitrogen cycle (a true biological cycle) and how it interacts with the carbon and phosphorus cycles.

Brodie,Eoin L - Dr. Brodie is a Senior Scientist in the Ecology Department of Berkeley Lab’s Earth and Environmental Sciences Area (EESA). Dr. Brodie serves as the Deputy Director of the Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Program Domain Lead for Environmental and Biological Systems Sciences and co-lead of the labwide Microbes-to-Biomes initiative. At the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Brodie is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management. He obtained his Ph.D. from University College Dublin in Ireland and joined LBNL following postdoctoral research at UC Berkeley.

Chakraborty,Romy - Dr. Chakraborty received her PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in Microbiology. Her background is in anaerobic microbial physiology and microbialecology. She is the Ecology Department Head, Earth and Environmental Science Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Karaoz,Ulas - Dr. Karaoz is a Research Scientist with the Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Quinn,Nigel William Trevelyan - Dr. Quinn leads the HydroEcological Engineering Advanced Decision Support research group (HEADS) at Berkeley National Laboratory which specializes in the development of environmental decision support systems to improve understanding and find solutions to complex water resources and water quality problems in California and world-wide.

Tas Baas,Neslihan - Dr. Taş is an environmental microbial ecologist and a Research Scientist in the Climate & Ecosystems Division at Berkeley Lab. Dr. Taş studies microbial transformation of natural and anthropogenic carbon in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. She received her Ph.D. and MSc from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Dr. Taş’s current research projects spans from studying impact of climate change in soil microbial functions in the Arctic to fate of terrestrial carbon in aquatic ecosystems. Dr. Taş’s expertise lies on applications of multi-omic technologies in order to understand microbial function in the environment.