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Jennifer B.H. Martiny

Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
School of Biological Sciences

Ph.D., Stanford University, 1999, Biological Sciences

Phone: (949) 824-0487
Fax: (949) 824-2181
Email: jmartiny@uci.edu

University of California, Irvine
3029 Biological Sciences III
University of California
Mail Code: 2525
Irvine, CA 92697

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Research
Interests
community ecology, microbial diversity, and global change biology
   
URL Lab website
   
Academic
Distinctions
2011 NAS Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow
2005 Junior Investigator Award, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
2004 CAREER Award, National Science Foundation
2003 Career Enhancement Fellow, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
   
Research
Abstract
Our lab studies the generation, maintenance, and consequences of biodiversity. Currently we are investigating the mechanisms underlying microbial diversity patterns and the consequences of this diversity for ecosystem functioning, particularly in the face of global change. The lab uses a combination of approaches, from genetic surveys of natural communities to field experiments and microcosm studies. We study a variety of systems including grassland bacteria and fungi and marine viruses.
   
Publications Selected recent publications:

Hanson, C.A., J. Fuhrman, M.C. Horner-Devine, and J.B.H. Martiny. 2012. Beyond biogeographic patterns: processes shaping the microbial landscape. Nature Reviews Microbiology. Online early.

Irvine, I.C., L. Vivanco, P. Bentley, and J.B.H. Martiny. 2012. The effect of nitrogen enrichment on C1-cycling microorganisms and methane flux in salt marsh sediments. Frontiers in Microbiology: 3:90.

Marston, M.F., F.J. Pierciey Jr., A. Shepard, G. Gearin, J. Qi, C. Yandava, S.C. Schuster, M.R. Henn, and J.B.H. Martiny. 2012. “Rapid diversification of coevolving marine Synechococcus and a virus.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109:4544-4549.

Irvine, I.C., M.S. Witter, C.A. Brigham, and J.B.H. Martiny. 2012. “Relationships between methylobacteria and glyphosate with native and invasive plant species: implications for restoration.” Restoration Ecology. Online early.

Irvine, I.C., C.A. Brigham, K.N. Suding, and J.B.H. Martiny. 2012. The Abundance of Pink-Pigmented Facultative Methylotrophs in the Root Zone of Plant Species in Invaded Coastal Sage Scrub Habitat.” PlosONE 7:e31206.

Martiny, A.C., J.B.H. Martiny, C. Weihe, A. Field, and J.C. Ellis. 2011. “Functional metagenomics reveals previously unrecognized diversity of antibiotic resistance genes in gulls.” Frontiers in Antimicrobials, Resistance and Chemotherapy 2: 238.

Martiny, J.B.H., J.A. Eisen, K. Penn, S.D. Allison, and M.C. Horner-Devine. 2011. “Drivers of bacterial beta-diversity depend on spatial scale.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108: 7850-7854.

Zinger, L. L.A. Amaral-Zettler, J.A. Fuhrman, M.C. Horner-Devine, S.M. Huse, D.B. Mark Welch, J.B.H. Martiny, M. Sogin, A. Boetius, and A. Ramette. 2011. “Global patterns of bacterial beta-diversity in seafloor seawater ecosystems.” PlosONE 6(9): e24570. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024570.

Mohamed, D.J. and J.B.H. Martiny. 2010. “Patterns of fungal diversity and composition along a salinity gradient.” The ISME Journal 5: 379-388.

Lage, M.D., H.E. Reed, C. Weihe, C.M. Crain, and J.B.H. Martiny. 2010. “Nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment alter the composition of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in salt marsh sediments.” The ISME Journal 4: 933-944.
   
Other Experience Assistant Professor
Brown University 2000—2006

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Last updated 08/10/2012