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Stocker lab team Summer 2012

One of the most exciting aspects of working at the interface between fluid mechanics, microbial ecology and oceanography is the diverse toolset that can be brought to the table. This is reflected in the composition of our group, which includes engineers, physicists, microbiologists, and bioinformaticians. Interested in joining the group? Send us an email!

Roman Stocker

Principal Investigator

Research Focus: Fluid dynamics, Environmental microfluidics, Marine microbial ecology

Roberto Rusconi

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: Bacterial motility in flow, Microfluidics, Chiral separation, Biofilm dynamics

Steve Smriga

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: Marine microbial ecology, Microscale hotspots, Bacteria-Phytoplankton interactions

Jeff Guasto

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: Sperm motility and chemotaxis, Bacterial motility, Microfluidics, Imaging

Melissa Garren

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: Coral-pathogen dynamics, Microbial interactions in the Ocean, Microscale visualization

Yutaka Yawata

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: Behavioral drivers of microbial evolution, Bacterial chemotaxis, Biofilm dynamics

Filippo Menolascina

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: Control theory in Systems and Synthetic Biology, Bacterial chemotaxis, Microfluidics

Gabriel Juarez

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: Bacteria-Oil interactions, Active colloids, Interface dynamics

Vicente Fernandez

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: Bacterial chemotaxis, Bacterial turbulence, Coral dynamics, Microfluidics

Kwangmin Son

PhD Student

Research Focus: Bacterial motility, Flagellar dynamics, Viral dynamics, Microfluidics, Advanced Imaging

Mike Barry

PhD Student

Research Focus: Phytoplankton motility, Digital holographic microscopy, Microfluidics

Bennett Spencer Lambert

PhD Student

Research Focus: Microfluidics, Cell imaging and sorting, Oceanographic applications of microfluidics

Gastón Miño

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: Choanoflagellate motility, Nutrient uptake, Evolution of multicellularity, Active colloids.

Mehdi Salek

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Focus: High-throughput microfluidics for microbial ecology, Sperm sorting

Mei-Chun Ruth Tse Yiu

Administrative Assistant

Please contact Ruth for any administrative or financial matter regarding the group

Jennifer Kim Thu Nguyen

PhD Student

Research Focus: Linking physiology and ecology of marine bacteria, Bacterial growth efficiency

This could be you!

Postdoc/ PhD Student

We have a range of projects that need talented, qualified and creative researchers. Contact us if you're interested!

Former group members

  • Tanvir Ahmed (Ph.D. student, now faculty at BUET, Bangladesh)
  • Marcos (Ph.D. student, now faculty at NTU, Singapore)
  • William ‘Mack’ Durham (Ph.D. student, now lecturer at Oxford University)
  • King Yung Yick (Ph.D. student, now working in finance)
  • Kolja Kindler (postdoc, now group leader at the German Aerospace Center, Cologne)
  • John Taylor (postdoc, now lecturer at Cambridge University)
  • Arezoo Ardekani (postdoc, now faculty at University of Notre Dame)
  • Justin Seymour (postdoc, now Senior Research Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney)