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