Jennifer Joyner, Post-Doctoral Research Associate
UNC-Chapel Hill
Institute of Marine Sciences
3431 Arendell Street
Morehead City , NC 28557
Phone:
252-726-6841 ext. 229
Fax: 252-726-2426
Email
Research Interests:
cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs), molecular biology, and ecology
Education:
- 2007 Ph.D. Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 2000 B.S.
Biology, Honors with Distinction, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bio:
My dissertation project involved the molecular characterization (16S, nifH genes) of freshwater Lyngbya species and strains from Florida and North Carolina and the effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on the primary productivity and nitrogen fixation rates of Lyngbya from Silver Glen and Alexander Springs, FL. Lyngbya is a cosmopolitan, non-heterocystous benthic cyanobacterial genus found in both freshwater and marine environments. I am currently working on the molecular characterization of various marine Lyngbya species collected from Sanibel Island and Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and analyzing two years of data collected from several nutrient addition bioassays involving the same marine Lyngbya spp.
Awards:
- 2004 Department of Marine Sciences Student Travel Award to attend the 6th International Conference on Toxic Cyanobacteria at Bergen, Norway.
- 2003 Travel Award to attend the Second Symposium on Harmful Algae in the U.S. at Woods Hole, MA.
- 1999 Golden Key National Honor Society, Induction
Publications:
Joyner, J. J., R. W. Litaker, and H. W. Paerl. 2008. Morphological and genetic evidence that the cyanobacterium Lyngbya wollei (Farlow ex Gomont) Speziale and Dyck encompasses at least two species. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74(12): 3710-3717.
Hobbies:
Reading, running, and going to the beach.
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