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PhD candidate in Marine Sciences. Here is a synopsis of my research: "I am interested in understanding how microbial communities assemble and function in the sun-lit marine environment. Microbial ecosystems, contain diverse organisms that are connected by the exchange of metabolites. Although microbial ecosystems are widespread and important, we lack the foundational principles that help us understand how these systems assemble (determinants of composition and diversity) and how they function (collective breakdown or transformation of metabolites). One of the most well-studied microhabitats in the surface ocean is the phycosphere, which is the metabolite and nutrient-laden region immediately surrounding a phytoplankton cell. Phytoplankton release a wealth of organic molecules into the surrounding milieu, forming chemical gradients. Heterotrophic bacteria are able to exploit the elevated nutrient concentrations generated by phytoplankton and utilize these compounds for growth. Consequently, bacteria remineralize these organic compounds, meaning bacteria breakdown and transform organic matter into its simplest inorganic forms. My current project aims to understand the genetic basis of microbial success during assembly of phycosphere communities. Our experimental strategy is to assess the fitness advantage conferred by an individual gene during growth in phycospheres by measuring the ecological success of bacteria when that gene is rendered non-functional."2026-01-17T18:24:01+00:00monthlyhttps://moranresearch.org/2019/05/02/nowinski-et-al-2019-published/https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lab-photos-1-4.jpglab photos - 1 (4)2026-01-17T18:23:10+00:00monthlyhttps://moranresearch.org/2019/08/05/nowinski-et-al-2019-environmental-microbiology-2/2026-01-17T18:22:21+00:00monthlyhttps://moranresearch.org/2019/11/04/moran-and-durham-2019-nature-reviews-microbiology/https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/screen-shot-2020-12-31-at-9.38.58-am.pngScreen Shot 2020-12-31 at 9.38.58 AMhttps://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/screen-shot-2020-12-31-at-9.39.38-am.pngScreen Shot 2020-12-31 at 9.39.38 AM2026-01-17T18:21:57+00:00monthlyhttps://moranresearch.org/2019/11/04/kiene-et-al-2019/https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/untitled-e1572901104699.pngUntitled2026-01-17T18:20:54+00:00monthlyhttps://moranresearch.org/2020/12/10/fu-et-al-2020-microbiology-resource-announcements/https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/genome.pnggenome2026-01-17T18:20:15+00:00monthlyhttps://moranresearch.org/2020/12/10/fu-et-al-2020-proceedings-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences/https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/figure-1-new.pngFigure 1 new2026-01-17T18:19:51+00:00monthlyhttps://moranresearch.org/2020/12/10/ferrer-gonzalez-et-al-2020-isme-journal/https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/fig.-3.pngFig. 32026-01-17T18:19:25+00:00monthlyhttps://moranresearch.org/2020/12/31/uchimiya-et-al-2020-biorxiv/https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/figure-3a.pngFigure 3a2026-01-17T18:18:50+00:00monthlyhttps://moranresearch.org/2021/08/22/nowinski-and-moran-2021-nature-microbiology/https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/niche.pngniche2026-01-17T18:17:47+00:00monthlyhttps://moranresearch.org/2022/04/01/olofsson-et-al-2022-isme-communications/https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/fig2for-web.pngfig2for web2026-01-17T18:17:11+00:00monthlyhttps://moranresearch.org/2022/04/01/moran-et-al-2022-nature-microbiology/https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/screen-shot-2022-04-01-at-4.31.42-pm.pngScreen Shot 2022-04-01 at 4.31.42 PM2026-01-17T18:16:21+00:00monthlyhttps://moranresearch.org/2023/03/15/nowinski-et-al-2023/https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/screenshot-2023-03-15-051745.pngscreenshot-2023-03-15-0517452026-01-17T18:14:36+00:00monthlyhttps://moranresearch.org/2023/05/08/schroer-et-al-2023/https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/screenshot-2023-05-08-122844-1.pngscreenshot-2023-05-08-122844-12026-01-17T18:14:14+00:00monthlyhttps://moranresearch.org/2019/05/02/isca-sampling-at-sapelo/https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lab-photos-1.jpglab photos - 1https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lab-photos-1-3.jpglab photos - 1 (3)https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/lab-photos-1-2.jpglab photos - 1 (2)2026-01-17T17:10:05+00:00monthlyhttps://moranresearch.org/portfolio/former-lab-members/https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/lab-photo-2008-1-e1532728645354.jpg20082008https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/lab-photo-2010-1-e1532727978171.jpg2010https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/p4240220-copy-e1532728236468.jpg2008https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/labgroup1-copy-e1532728076818.jpgLabGroup1 copy2003https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsc_0760-copy-e1532728690564.jpgDSC_0760 copyhttps://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsc_07641-e1556816393921.jpgDSC_0764https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsc02703-copy.jpgDSC02703 copyhttps://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/moran-photo.jpgMoran photohttps://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/postdocs-e1532728120558.jpgpostdocsPostdocs, 2010https://moranresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/labgroup09-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2024-05-13T18:22:43+00:00monthlyhttps://moranresearch.org/mars3450-food-web-model/2022-02-14T23:07:57+00:00weekly0.6https://moranresearch.org/people-2/2019-08-05T22:12:00+00:00weekly0.6https://moranresearch.orgdaily1.02026-02-11T12:48:04+00:00