About
Dr Phyllis Lam is Associate Professor of Microbial Biogeochemistry within Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton at the University of Southampton.
Research
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Research interests
- Dr. Lam's research interest lies in the functional roles of microorganisms in biogeochemical cycling, particularly the nitrogen and carbon cycles, in diverse marine and aquatic systems. In collaboration with researchers inside and outside the university, her work integrates state-of-the-art molecular ecological techniques, stable isotopic analyses, process rate measurements, hypothesis-driven experimentation and modelling, to disentangle complex microbial interactions and their impacts on biogeochemical environments especially in the context of global change.
- Current research topics include:
- Shortcuts in the nitrogen cycle – novel pathways and microbial players for nitrogen remineralisation in the ocean’s twilight zoneMicrobial carbon remineralisation pathways and fluxes in the mesopelagic oceanUsing proteomics tools to disentangle active microbial nitrogen and carbon cycling processes in oceanic oxygen minimum zonesImportance of particle-associated microeukaryotes on the efficiency of oceanic biological carbon pumpMicrobial production and consumption pathways of greenhouse gases
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Publications
39 publications
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Yukun Zhang, Spencer Long, Manon T. Duret, Liam A. Bullock, Phyllis Lam & Aidong Yang,
2025, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 13(19), 6972-6981
Type: article
V. Hemsley, J. Füssel, M.T. Duret, R.R. Rayne, M.H. Iversen, S.A. Henson, R. Sanders, P. Lam & M. Trimmer,
2023, Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 212
Type: article
Manon Duret, Richard Lampitt & Phyllis Lam,
2020, Limnology and Oceanography, 65(S1), S49-S70
DOI: 10.1002/lno.11319
Type: article
Manon Duret, Richard Lampitt & Phyllis Lam,
2019, Environmental Microbiology Reports, 11(3), 386-400
Type: article
Harriet Dale, Martin Solan, Phyllis Lam & Michael Cunliffe,
2019, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 95(5)
Type: article
Monica Torres-Beltran, Andreas Mueller, Melanie Scofield, Maria Pachiadaki, Craig Taylor, Kateryna Tyshchenko, Celine Michiels, Phyllis Lam, Osvaldo Ulloa, Klaus Jürgens, Jung-Ho Hyun, Virginia Edgcomb, Sean Crowe & Steven Hallam,
2019, Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 1-16
Type: article
Harriet Dale, Joe D. Taylor, Martin Solan, Phyllis Lam & Michael Cunliffe,
2019, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 95(2), 1-10
Type: article
S. Wajih A. Naqvi, Phyllis Lam, Gayatree Narvenkar, Amit Sarkar, Hema Naik, Anil Pratihary, Damodar M Shenoy, Mangesh Gauns, Siby Kurian, Samir Damare, Manon Duret, Gaute Lavik & Marcel M.M. Kuypers,
2018, Nature Communications, 9
Type: article
Jessika Füssel, Sebastian Lücker, Pelin Yilmaz, Boris Nowka, Maartje A.H.J. van Kessel, Patric Bourceau, Philipp F. Hach, Sten Littmann, Jasmine Berg, Eva Spieck, Holger Daims, Marcel M.M. Kuypers & Phyllis Lam,
2017, Science Advances, 3(11)
Type: article
R. Sanders, S.A. Henson, A.P. Martin, T.R. Anderson, R. Bernardello, P. Enderlein, S. Fielding, S. Giering, M. Hartmann, M. Iverson, S. Khatiwala, Phyllis Lam, D.J. Mayor, C.M. Moore, E. Murphy, S.C. Painter, A.J. Poulton, K. Saw, G. Stowasser, G.A. Tarling, S. Torres-Valdes, M. Trimmer, G.A. Wolff & A. Yool,
2016, Frontiers in Marine Science, 3, 136
Type: article
Biography
Head of Marine Biogeochemistry Research Group, School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton (2020-present)
Head of Environmental Geonomics Sequencing Facility, University of Southampton (2021-present)
Lecturer in Marine Microbial Biogeochemistry, University of Southampton (2013-2016)
Research Scientist, Department of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (2006-2013)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nutrient Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (2005-2006)
PhD Oceanography, University of Hawai'i at Mãnoa (2004)
BSc Oceanography with Marine Biology, University of Southampton (1998)