faculty
Christopher Ward, PhD he/him
Research Assistant Professor
SMAST / Estuarine & Ocean Sciences
Contact
508-910-6327
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School for Marine Science & Technology, New Bedford 118A
Education
| 2016 | Duke University | PhD in Marine Science |
| 2007 | Carleton College | BA in Chemistry |
Teaching
Courses
Seminar discussions and presentations based on research or detailed literature surveys.
Seminar discussions and presentations based on research or detailed literature surveys.
Seminar discussions and presentations based on research or detailed literature surveys.
Research
Research awards
- $ 295,875 awarded by National Science Foundation for Understanding Winter Nitrogen Cycling Across Gradients of Winter Severity and Impacts on Phytoplankton Communities in an Inland Freshwater Sea, Lake Erie
Research
Research interests
- Marine microbial genomics
- Marine biodegradation of polymers
- Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms
Select publications
- Christopher S Ward, Zoie Diana, Kate Meicong Ke, Beatriz Orihuela, Thomas P Schultz, Daniel Rittschof (2022).
Microbiome development of seawater-incubated pre-production plastic pellets reveals distinct and predictive community compositions
Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 807327. - Jeffrey A Kimbrel, Brendan M Jeffrey, Christopher S Ward (2021).
Microbial Systems Biology: Methods and Protocols, 193-214. - Christopher S Ward, Cheuk-Man Yung, Katherine M Davis, Sara K Blinebry, Tiffany C Williams, Zackary I Johnson, Dana E Hunt (2017).
ISME Journal, 11, 1412-1422. - Cheuk-Man Yung, Christopher S Ward, Katherine M Davis, Zackary I Johnson, Dana E Hunt (2016).
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 82, 3431-3437.
Ryan S Wagner, Michelle J Neudeck, Alexis E Heath, Katelyn B Barker, Katelyn M Brown, Seth Buchholz, Christopher S Ward, George S Bullerjahn - The recent disappearance of a persistent Planktothrix bloom: Characterization of a regime shift in the phytoplankton of Sandusky Bay (USA) (2024).
Harmful Algae, 136, 102656.