Dr Phyllis Lam PhD

Associate Professor in Microbial Biogeochemistry

Dr Phyllis Lam is Associate Professor in Microbial Biogeochemistry within Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton at the University of Southampton.

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)

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My 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, my works integrate 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.

My current research topics include:

Shortcuts in the nitrogen cycle – novel pathways and microbial players for nitrogen remineralisation in the ocean’s twilight zone
Microbial carbon remineralisation pathways and fluxes in the mesopelagic ocean
Using proteomics tools to disentangle active microbial nitrogen and carbon cycling processes in oceanic oxygen minimum zones
Importance of particle-associated microeukaryotes on the efficiency of oceanic biological carbon pump
Microbial production and consumption pathways of greenhouse gases

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Marine Biogeochemistry

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SOES3031 Marine Molecular Biology - module co-ordinator

SOES3011/6007 Biogeochemical Cycles in the Earth System

SOES2026 Introduction to Marine Molecular Biology

SOES1005 Introduction to Ocean Biogeochemistry

SOES1003 Oceanography/ Marine Biology Easter Fieldcourse - co-ordinator

Dr Phyllis Lam
Ocean and Earth Science
National Oceanography Centre Southampton
University of Southampton Waterfront Campus
European Way
Southampton SO14 3ZH
UK

Room Number: NOCS/566/20

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