Biochemical Oceanography
Anitra Ingalls
Calvin Professor in Oceanography
Professor, School of Oceanography
Marine microbial communities are a major life support system of our planet through their role in sustaining food webs and a stable climate system. Human activities are changing our oceans and these changes have the potential to shift microbial biogeography and activity.
The Ingalls lab uses chemical fingerprints of marine microbes to characterize the health and resilience of past and present microbial communities with the hope of predicting how the distribution and activity of these communities will change in the future.
The Ingalls lab is hiring!
We are seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar in the area of ocean biogeochemistry. The postdoctoral scholar will work within a multi-institution collaboration that aims to refine our understanding of the controls on ocean carbon cycling and ecosystem resilience with integrated observations and modeling. The lab houses a state of the art mass spectrometry facility that specializes in metabolomics measurements of marine microbes and microbial communities.
The successful candidate will work within a team that is studying the role of animal gut microbiomes in the marine carbon cycle. The ideal candidate will have a background in liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-based metabolomics and a desire to work within marine planktonic and animal gut microbial communities. Candidates with the necessary background in mass spectrometry, ocean biogeochemistry, microbial ecology, and/or organic matter transformations will be given full consideration. Accepting applications until the position is filled. Applications are accepted through Interfolio. https://apply.interfolio.com/150110
