Amaral Zettler Lab

"Study nature and books"

Research in the Amaral Zettler laboratory explores the relationships between microbes and the environment, focusing on mechanisms that determine microbial diversity, distribution, function, and impact on the human and natural environment. Current research objectives include understanding the environmental factors that help shape microbial community structure at the three-domain level and below. One of my long-term field sites focusing on Astrobiology research includes the acidic, heavy-metal laden Río Tinto (southwestern Spain)- a terrestrial analog for Mars. My NSF Biodiversity Survey and Inventories project called MIRADA LTERs also explores three-domain diversity, but at a much larger scale in a biogeographic study that involves Microbial Inventory Research Across 13 Diverse Aquatic LTER sites.

Linda Amaral-Zettler
MBL Fellow
e: amaral@mbl.edu
p: 508 289 7259
f: 508 457 4727
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Linda Amaral-Zettler is an MBL Fellow and an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She obtained her Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program after receiving a Bachelor of Science in Aquatic Biology at Brown University. Amaral-Zettler’s research investigates the relationships between microbes and the mechanisms that determine their diversity, distribution, survival and impact on local and global processes.

Leslie Murphy
Research Assistant III
e: lmurphy@mbl.edu
p: 508 298 7197
f: 508 457 4727