猎奇重口

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猎奇重口 Institute on Ecosystems

Matthew Church

Professor

Contact

Office
Flathead Lake Biological Station Rm 115
Phone
406-872-4506
Email
matt.church@flbs.umt.edu
Curriculum Vitae
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Matthew Church

Education

2003 - The College of William and Mary, Ph.D., Marine Science

1999 - The College of William and Mary, M.Sc., Marine Science

1994 - The Evergreen State College, B.Sc.

Courses Taught

Recent List of Courses Taught:

  • Spring 2022, BIOM 415, “Microbial Ecology, Diversity, and Evolution”, 猎奇重口
  • Summer 2021, BIOE 400, “Aquatic Microbial Ecology”, Flathead Lake Biological Station, 猎奇重口
  • Spring 2021, BIOM 415, “Microbial Ecology, Diversity, and Evolution”, 猎奇重口
  • Fall 2020, BIOE 370, General Ecology, 猎奇重口
  • Spring 2020. BIOM 415, “Microbial Ecology, Diversity, and Evolution”, 猎奇重口
  • Summer 2019, BIOE 400 "Aquatic Microbial Ecology”, Flathead Lake Biological Station, 猎奇重口
  • Spring 2019, BIOM 415 “Microbial Ecology, Diversity, and Evolution”, 猎奇重口
  • Summer 2018,  BIOB 491 “Aquatic Microbial Ecology”, Flathead Lake Biological Station, 猎奇重口 
  • Spring 2018, BIOM 415 “Microbial Ecology, Diversity, and Evolution”, 猎奇重口
  • Summer 2017, BIOB 491 “Aquatic Microbial Ecology”, Flathead Lake Biological Station, 猎奇重口
  • Spring 2017, BIOM 415 “Microbial Ecology, Diversity, and Evolution”, 猎奇重口

Research Interests

Microbial ecology, aquatic nitrogen cycling, organic matter cycling by microorganisms

Projects

  • SCOPE ALOHA: Mineralization, stoichiometry, and microbial metabolism in the subtropical North Pacific. PI: Church, M.J. (猎奇重口). Funding agency: Simons Foundation. 
  • Collaborative Research: Influence of phosphorus deficiency on enigmatic biological methane production in oxic freshwater lakes. PI: Church, M.J. (猎奇重口), co-PIs: Dore, J. (猎奇重口 State University), Devlin, S. (猎奇重口). Funding agency: National Science Foundation. 
  • Collaborative Research: RoL: The rules of life were made to be broken - Connecting physiology, evolutionary ecology, and mathematics to identify a Growth Rate Rule. PI: J. Elser (猎奇重口), co-PIs: M. Church (猎奇重口), Y. Khang (Arizona State University), P. Jeyasingh (Oklahoma State University). Funding agency: National Science Foundation.
  • SCC-PG: Leveraging community partnerships and intelligent technologies to address septic system water quality risks in the Flathead Basin. PI: S. Halverson (UM), co-PIs: N. Nelson, M. Church (FLBS, UM). Funding agency: National Science Foundation. 

 

Publications

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (2020-2022)

Single underline indicates graduate student working under Church’s mentorship; asterisk (*) indicates post-doc working under Church’s mentorship.

Published Articles and Chapters

Barone, B.#, Church, M.J.#, Dugenne, M., Hawco, N.J., Jahn, O. White, A.E., John, S.G., Follows, M.J., DeLong, E.F., Karl, D.M. 2022. Biogeochemical dynamics in adjacent mesoscale eddies of opposite polarity. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 36: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GB007115.  # indicates authors contributed equally.

Ross, A.M., Peoples, L.M., Bilbrey, E.M., Church, M.J. 2022. Draft metagenome-assembled genomes from methane-rich Echo Lake, 猎奇重口. Microbial Resource Announcements. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01112-21.

Hawco, N.J., Barone, B., Church, M.J., Babcock-Adams, L., Repeta, D.J., Wear, E.*, Foreman, R.H., Björkman, K.M., Bent, S., Van Mooy, B.A.S., Sheyn, U., DeLong, E.F., Acker, M., Kelly, R.L., Nelson, A., Ranieri, J., Clemente, T., Karl, D.M., John, S.G. 2022. Iron depletion in the deep chlorophyll maximum: mesoscale eddies as natural iron fertilization experiments. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, doi.org/10.1029/2021GB007112

Wan, X.S., Sheng, H.-X., Ward, B.B., Church, M.J., Zou, W, Li, X., Hutchins, D.A., Dai, M. Kao, S.-J. 2022. Phytoplankton-nitrifier interactions control the geographic distribution of nitrite in the upper ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles.  

Böttjer, D., White, A.E., Björkman, K.M., Church, M.J., Poulos, S., Shimabukuru, E., Rii, Y.M., Riebesell, U., Letelier, R.M., Karl, D.M. 2022. Effects of nutrient enrichments on oligotrophic phytoplankton communities: A mesocosm experiment near Hawai‘i. In press. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 

Rii, Y.M., Peoples, L.M*, Karl, D.M., Church, M.J. 2021. Seasonality and episodic variation in picoeukaryote diversity and structure reveals community resilience to disturbances in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre.Limnology and Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11916

Church, M.J., Kyi, E., Hall, R.O., Karl, D.M., Lindh, M.*, Nelson, A., and E.K. Wear*. 2021. Production and diversity of microorganisms associated with sinking particles in the subtropical North Pacific Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography 66: 3255-3270. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11877

Pendergraph, D.P., J. Ranieri, L. Ermatinger, A. Baumann, A.L. Metcalf, T. H. DeLuca, M.J. Church. 2021. Differentiating sources of fecal contamination to wilderness waters using droplet digital PCR and fecal indicator bacteria methods. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine 32: 332-339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2021.04.007

Wear, E.K.*, M.J. Church, B.N. Orcutt, C.N. Shulse, M.V. Lindh, C.R. Smith. 2021. Bacterial and archaeal communities in the abyssal Clarion-Clipperton Zone: Emerging patterns and considerations for future monitoring studies. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.634803

Karl, D. M. R.M. Letelier, R.R. Bidigare, K.M. Björkman, M.J. Church, J.E. Dore, A.E. White. 2021. Seasonal-to-decadal scale variability in primary production and particulate matter export at Station ALOHA. Progress in Oceanography 195: 102563.

Wear, E.K.*, Carlson, C.A., Church, M.J. 2020. Bacterioplankton use of phytoplankton lysates across a cyclone-anticyclone eddy dipole impacts the turnover and production of semi-labile organic matter in the photic zone. Limnology and Oceanography 65: 1608-1622. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11409

Affiliations

2016 - present: Graduate Faculty, Ecology and Evolution, 猎奇重口

2018 - present: Affiliate Graduate Faculty, Systems Ecology, 猎奇重口

2018 - present: Affiliate Graduate Faculty, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii

 

Professional Experience

2019-present - Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, Flathead Lake Biological Station, 猎奇重口

2016-2019 - Associate Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, Flathead Lake Biological Station, 猎奇重口

2016 - Professor, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii

2011-2016 - Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii

2007-2011 - Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii

2004-2007 - Assistant Researcher, University of Hawaii