About Me
Dr Hannah Epstein
Honorary Lecturer (Assistant Professor) 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
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
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2.How changes in microbial community composition impact climate resilience in corals
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3.How changes in microbial communities in corals affect the health and resilience of the broader coral reef ecosystem
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