faculty
Christopher Ward, PhD he/him
Research Assistant Professor
SMAST / Estuarine & Ocean Sciences
Contact
508-910-6327
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School for Marine Science & Technology, New Bedford 118A
Education
| 2016 | Duke University | PhD in Marine Science |
| 2007 | Carleton College | BA in Chemistry |
Research
Research interests
- Marine microbial genomics
- Marine biodegradation of polymers
- Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms
Select publications
- Christopher S Ward, Zoie Diana, Kate Meicong Ke, Beatriz Orihuela, Thomas P Schultz, Daniel Rittschof (2022).
Microbiome development of seawater-incubated pre-production plastic pellets reveals distinct and predictive community compositions
Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 807327. - Jeffrey A Kimbrel, Brendan M Jeffrey, Christopher S Ward (2021).
Prokaryotic genome annotation
Microbial Systems Biology: Methods and Protocols, 193-214. - Christopher S Ward, Cheuk-Man Yung, Katherine M Davis, Sara K Blinebry, Tiffany C Williams, Zackary I Johnson, Dana E Hunt (2017).
Annual community patterns are driven by seasonal switching between closely related marine bacteria
ISME Journal, 11, 1412-1422. - Cheuk-Man Yung, Christopher S Ward, Katherine M Davis, Zackary I Johnson, Dana E Hunt (2016).
Insensitivity of diverse and temporally variable particle-associated microbial communities to bulk seawater environmental parameters
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 82, 3431-3437.
Ryan S Wagner, Michelle J Neudeck, Alexis E Heath, Katelyn B Barker, Katelyn M Brown, Seth Buchholz, Christopher S Ward, George S Bullerjahn - The recent disappearance of a persistent Planktothrix bloom: Characterization of a regime shift in the phytoplankton of Sandusky Bay (USA) (2024).
The recent disappearance of a persistent Planktothrix bloom: Characterization of a regime shift in the phytoplankton of Sandusky Bay (USA)
Harmful Algae, 136, 102656.