Martin’s research incorporates field and laboratory studies of trees and corals with aircraft- and satellite-based maps to understand the biodiversity and health of forests and reefs.

Marc Fontánez is a Graduate Service Assistant at the Biodesign Center for Fundamental & Applied Microbiomics.

Maas is a comparative ecophysiologist who studies the biogeochemical role of zooplankton in open ocean systems and the effects of climate change on these organisms.

Structure/function of nanominerals (sulfide); anoxygenic photosynthesis; sulfur-cycling bacteria; microbe-nanomineral interactions (e- transfer); biogenic nanostructures; coupled S, N, &C cycles in natural/engineered systems