First Last Primary affiliation C-DEBI Theme Area of Expertise Biogeochemistry | Phosphorus Cycling | Isotope Geochemistry | Theme 1: Activity in the deep subseafloor Paleoclimatology | Sulfur Cycling | Nitrogen Cycling | Methane Adina Paytan UC Santa Cruz biosphere Hydrates | Paleoclimatology | Biogeochemistry | Hydrothermal Microbiology | Methanogenesis | Microbial Ecology | Molecular Biology | Thermophiles + Hyperthermophiles | Sulfur Cycling | Geomicrobiology | Methane Andreas Teske UNC Chapel Hill Theme 1: Extent of life seeps Theme 1: Activity in the deep subseafloor biosphere | Theme 2: Extent of life | Theme Biochemistry | Hydrogeology | Nitrogen Cycling | Water-rock Andrew Fisher UC Santa Cruz 3: Limits of life interactions | InstrumentationWater resources Biogeochemistry | Genomics | Marine Mycology | Microbial Ecology Theme 1: Activity in the deep subseafloor | Molecular Biology | Soil Microbial Ecology | Sulfur Cycling | Brandi Reese University of Southern California biosphere | Theme 2: Extent of life Geomicrobiology | Biogeochemistry | Biofilms | Hydrothermal Microbiology | Microbial Ecology | Phosphorus Cycling | Thermophiles + Hyperthermophiles | ElectrochemistrySulfur Cycling | Nitrogen Cycling | Geomicrobiology | Theme 1: Activity in the deep subseafloor Water-rock interactions | Aquatic RoboticsOcean Resources Brian Glazer University of Hawaii biosphere | Theme 3: Limits of life EngineeringInstrumentation Hydrothermal Microbiology | Microbial Ecology | Microbial Evolution Craig Moyer Western Washington University Theme 4: Evolution and survival | Geomicrobiology | Paleomicrobiology | Mapping | microbial mats Theme 1: Activity in the deep subseafloor Hydrogeology | Isotope Geochemistry | Paleoclimatology | Sulfur biosphere | Theme 2: Extent of life | Theme Cycling | Mineralogy | Paleoclimatology | Basalt alternation | Water- Damon Teagle University of Southampton 3: Limits of life rock interactions | Mapping | Hydrogeology | Isotope Geochemistry | Water-rock interactions | Theme 1: Activity in the deep subseafloor Aquatic RoboticsOcean Resources EngineeringInstrumentationMapping Geoffrey Wheat University of Alaska Fairbanks biosphere | Theme 3: Limits of life | Biochemistry | Biogeochemistry | Genomics | Marine Mycology | Microbial Ecology | Microbial Evolution | Microbial Physiology | Theme 1: Activity in the deep subseafloor Molecular Biology | Soil Microbial Ecology | Sulfur Cycling | Nitrogen biosphere | Theme 2: Extent of life | Theme Cycling | Geomicrobiology | Methane Hydrates | Basalt alternation | Heath Mills Texas A&M University 3: Limits of life Methane seeps Theme 1: Activity in the deep subseafloor Bioenergetics | Biogeochemistry | Hydrothermal Microbiology | biosphere | Theme 2: Extent of life | Theme Methanogenesis | Microbial Physiology | Thermophiles + James Holden University of Massachusetts Amherst 3: Limits of life Hyperthermophiles | Geomicrobiology | Mineralogy | Bioenergetics | Biogeochemistry | Hydrothermal Microbiology | Methanogenesis | Microbial Ecology | Microbial Physiology | Theme 1: Activity in the deep subseafloor Thermophiles + Hyperthermophiles | Sulfur Cycling | Water-rock Jan Amend University of Southern California biosphere | Theme 3: Limits of life interactions | Biogeochemistry | Cyanobacteria | Genomics | Microbial Ecology | Janet Siefert Rice University Theme 4: Evolution and survival Microbial Evolution | Paleoecology | Biogeochemistry | Genomics | Hydrothermal Microbiology | Theme 1: Activity in the deep subseafloor Microbial Ecology | Molecular Biology | Phosphorus Cycling | Sulfur Jason Sylvan University of Southern California biosphere | Theme 2: Extent of life Cycling | Nitrogen Cycling | Geomicrobiology | Basalt alternation | Biochemistry | Biogeochemistry | Genomics | Hydrothermal Theme 1: Activity in the deep subseafloor Microbiology | Marine Mycology | Methanogenesis | Microbial biosphere | Theme 2: Extent of life | Theme Ecology | Molecular Biology | Isotope Geochemistry | Jennifer Biddle University of Delaware 4: Evolution and survival Geomicrobiology | Paleomicrobiology | Methane seeps Biogeochemistry | Biofilms | Hydrothermal Microbiology | Methanogenesis | Microbial Ecology | Microbial Evolution | Theme 1: Extent of life | Theme 3: Limits of Microbial Physiology | Molecular Biology | Thermophiles + John Spear Colorado School of Mines life Hyperthermophiles | Viruses | Geomicrobiology | Aquatic Robotics Theme 1: Activity in the deep subseafloor biosphere | Theme 2: Extent of life | Theme Marine Mycology | Methanogenesis | Microbial Ecology | Microbial 3: Limits of life | Theme 4: Evolution and Evolution | Molecular Biology | Thermophiles + Hyperthermophiles | Julie Huber Marine Biological Laboratory survival Sulfur Cycling | Bioenergetics | Biogeochemistry | Genomics | Hydrothermal Microbiology | Methanogenesis | Microbial Ecology | Microbial Evolution | Microbial Physiology | Molecular Biology | Thermophiles + Hyperthermophiles | Isotope Geochemistry | Sulfur Cycling | Karen Lloyd University of Tennessee Theme 1: Extent of life Geomicrobiology | Methane Hydrates | Methane seeps Biochemistry | Bioenergetics | Biogeochemistry | Biofilms | Theme 1: Extent of life: Limits of life | Genomics | Microbial Ecology | Molecular Biology | Geomicrobiology Kenneth Nealson University of Southern California Theme 4: Evolution and survival | Theme 1: Activity in the deep subseafloor biosphere | Theme 2: Extent of life | Theme Biofilms | Hydrothermal Microbiology | Microbial Ecology | Microbial 3: Limits of life | Theme 4: Evolution and Evolution | Microbial Physiology | PiezophilesThermophiles + Matt Schrenk East Carolina University survival Hyperthermophiles | Geomicrobiology | Water-rock interactions | Theme 1: Activity in the deep subseafloor biosphere | Theme 2: Extent of life | Theme Genomics | Microbial Ecology | Microbial Evolution | Microbial Michael Rappe University of Hawaii at Manoa 4: Evolution and survival Physiology | Biogeochemistry | Hydrogeology | Isotope Geochemistry | Nitrogen Natasha Dimova University of Alabama Cycling | Water-rock interactions | Hydrogeology | Isotope Geochemistry | Mineralogy | Basalt Theme 1: Activity in the deep subseafloor alternation | Water-rock interactions | Mapping | structural geology Nicholas Hayman University of Texas biosphere | petrology | geophysics Theme 1: Activity in the deep subseafloor Microbial Ecology | Microbial Evolution | Microbial Physiology | Rajesh Sani South Dakota School of Mines and Technologybiosphere Geomicrobiology | Theme 1: Activity in the deep subseafloor Rob Pockalny URI Graduate School of Oceanography biosphere Biogeochemistry | Mapping | Bioenergetics | Biogeochemistry | Genomics | Methanogenesis | Theme 1: Activity in the deep subseafloor Microbial Ecology | Microbial Evolution | Molecular Biology | Isotope biosphere | Theme 2: Extent of life | Theme Geochemistry | Paleoclimatology | Sulfur Cycling | Nitrogen Cycling | 3: Limits of life | Theme 4: Evolution and Geomicrobiology | Paleoclimatology | Paleoecology | Basalt Steven D'Hondt University of Rhode Island survival alternation | Water-rock interactions | Biofilms | Genomics | Hydrothermal Microbiology | Methanogenesis Theme 1: Extent of life | Theme 4: Evolution | Microbial Ecology | Microbial Evolution | Thermophiles + William Brazelton East Carolina University and survival Hyperthermophiles |