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Ocean Processes and Ecology

Simons Collaboration

We aimed to advance our understanding of the biology, biogeochemistry, ecology and evolution of microbial processes at a representative ocean benchmark, Station ALOHA, located in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG), and at transition zones on the edges of the NPSG. SCOPE studied the ocean ecosystem in situ, at multiple levels of biological organization (genetic, biochemical, physiological, biogeochemical and ecological), to understand the pathways and exchanges of energy and matter between microbial groups and with their environment at nested spatial and temporal scales, from surface waters to the deep sea.

David Karl, Ph.D., and Edward DeLong, Ph.D., served as collaboration directors from 2014 to 2020. David Karl and E. Virginia Armbrust, Ph.D., then served in the role from 2020 to 2024.

Collaboration Directors

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David M. Karl

Co-Director, Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology

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Edward F. DeLong

Co-Director, Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology

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Virginia Armbrust

Co-Director, Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology

Principal Investigators

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Randelle Bundy

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology

Sonya Dyhrman sitting in front of a microscope

Sonya Dyhrman

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology

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Andrew Irwin

Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Computational Biogeochemical Modeling of Marine Ecosystems

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Daniel J. Repeta

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology

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Jonathan P. Zehr

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology

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David A. Caron

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology

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Zoe Finkel

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology

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Seth John

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology

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Benjamin Van Mooy

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology

Portrait photo of Sallie ‘Penny’ Chisholm

Sallie W. Chisholm

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology

Michael J. Follows

Director, Simons Collaboration on Computational Biogeochemical Modeling of Marine Ecosystems

Laurie Juranek in front of a lot of water machinery

Laurie Juranek

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology

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Joshua Weitz

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology

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Matthew J. Church

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology

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Anitra Ingalls

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology

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Debbie Lindell

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology

Angelicque White holding a vial of green liquid in her left hand and a vial of pink liquid in her right hand

Angelicque White

Principal Investigator, Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology

SCOPE Scholars

Bryndan Durham, Ph.D.

Nicholas Hawco, Ph.D.

Oscar Sosa, Ph.D.

Christopher Follett, Ph.D.

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