Eric Webb

  • Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
  • USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Office: (213) 740-7954

Expertise Summary

Expert in molecular biology, genetics of marine bacteria and their role in the global food web

Expertise

  • open-ocean cyanobacteria, including Trichodesmium
  • photosynthesizing bacteria in marine food web
  • microbial physiology and marine biogeochemistry
  • molecular biology of iron and phosphorous acquisition by bacteria
  • biochemical, genetic and genomic analysis of microbe metabolism
  • nitrogen cycle, carbon cycle, nitrogen fixation
  • genetics and marine microbiology
  • genetic capacity driving evolution in microorganisms

Additional Information

Member, American Society for Microbiology

Member, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography