Molly C. Redmond
Graduate Program in Marine Science
University of California, Santa Barbara
Advisor: David Valentine
Research Interests
Microbial biogeochemistry
Environmental microbiology/ microbial ecology
Hydrocarbon seeps
Petroleum microbiology
Isolation of methane, ethane, propane, and butane oxidizing bacteria
DNA stable isotope probing to identify hydrocarbon consuming bacteria in seep environments
Education
2003-present: Graduate Student, Interdepartmental Program in Marine Sciences and Department of Earth Science, UCSB
1998-2002: A.B. Environmental Earth Science and Biology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Experience
2004-present: Teaching Assistant, Geol 4 (Introduction to Oceanography) and Geol 164B (Earth System: Oceans and Atmosphere), UCSB
2003-present: Graduate Student Researcher, Valentine Biogeochemistry Lab, UCSB
2002-2003: Research Assistant, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY
2002: Summer Intern, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA
2001-2002: Lab Assistant and Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Dartmouth College Depts. of Earth Sciences and Biological Sciences
2001: Research Experience for Undergraduates, Center for Great Lake Studies, Milwaukee, WI
2000: Dartmouth College Earth Sciences Field Study Program, Western United States and Mexico
Links
Papers I'm reading
Seep pictures and videos
Photos from SEEPS 07 Cruise with R/V Atlantis and Alvin, offshore Santa Barbara and Los Angeles
email: mredmond at umail.ucsb.edu