Students in the Marine Microbiology Group
Michael Andres, Ph.D. Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Robin Overstreet
Interests: Parasites of Fishes
Tracy Berutti, M.S. Candidate
Adviser: Dr. D. Jay Grimes
Interests: Pathogenic Vibrios in shrimp aquaculture biofloc
Juan Manuel Carrillo, Ph.D. Candidate
Adviser: Dr. Robin Overstreet
Interests: Non-invasive approaches to diagnosing dolphin health
Adrienne R. Flowers, Ph.D. Candidate
Adviser: Dr. D. Jay Grimes
Interests: Microbial ecology; bacterial reservoirs in sediment; plankton-bacteria relationships
Hongwei Ma, Ph.D. Candidate
Adviser: Dr. Robin Overstreet
Interests: Taxonomy and systematics of ciliates and nematodes; ecology of planktonic and commensal protozoa in marine coastal waters; cell development and molecular biology of protozoa; viral infections and their transmission in crustaceans
Tershara Matthews, Ph.D. Candidate
Adviser: Dr. Robin Overstreet
Interests: Detection, prevention and transmission of viral and bacterial diseases in penaeid shrimp and other crustaceans
Eric Pulis, Ph.D. Candidate
Adviser: Dr. Robin Overstreet
Interests: Digenean parasites of fishes
Corey D. Russo, Ph.D. Candidate
Adviser: Dr. D. Jay Grimes
Interests: The use of microbiomics to characterize harmful viral pathogens (especially Morbillivirus) in bottlenose dolphins
Shuo Shen, Ph.D. Candidate
Advisor: Dr. D. Jay Grimes
Interests: The abundance and distribution of Photobacterium damselae subspecies damselae in red snapper and bottlenose dolphins
Jeff Siegel, M.S. Candidate
Adviser: Dr. Robin Overstreet
Interests: Stranding and biology of cetaceans
Rachelle Williams, Ph.D. Candidate
Adviser: Dr. D. Jay Grimes
Interests:
Cultivation of bacteria from bottlenose dolphins
Recent Graduates
Josh Cook, M.S. Candidate, graduated from USM and from U of Georgia Vet School)
Hongwei Ma, Ph.D., graduated and producing wonderful research on molecular aspects of vision
Jeff Siegel, M.S., graduated and teaching at Jefferson Davis campus of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College