Hannah E Epstein

Coral Microbial Ecology | Coral Adaptation & Acclimatization |Climate Resilience

 

Animals might be evolution’s icing, but bacteria are the cake.”

-Andrew Knoll

 
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About Me

Dr Hannah Epstein
Lecturer in Marine Biology
School of Life Sciences, University of Essex
Colchester, UK

Education & Training:
2020-2023 NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology. Oregon State University. OR, USA

2019-2020 Postdoctoral Scholar. University of Victoria. BC, Canada

2019 Ph.D. in the Natural and Physical Sciences. ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Science, James Cook University, AIMS@JCU & the Australian Institute of Marine Science. QLD, Australia

2014 B.MarSci (Honours). College of Science, James Cook University. QLD, Australia

 
 

“It is the microbes that will have the last word”

-Louis Pasteur

 
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Research Vision

As a coral microbial ecologist, my research is focused on addressing our anthropogenically-driven coral reef crisis from the microscopic to ecosystem level. Specifically, I am interested in three overall objectives: 

1.The Main drivers of microbial community composition in corals

2.How changes in microbial community composition impact climate resilience in corals

3.How changes in microbial communities in corals affect the health and resilience of the broader coral reef ecosystem

 
 

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