Christina A Kellogg

Summary

Dr. Kellogg grew up on a charter boat in the U.S. Virgin Islands with the Caribbean Sea as her backyard, so it was no wonder she pursued a career in marine biology. Chris joined the U.S. Geological Survey as a Mendenhall Fellow, characterizing the microbial communities in aerosolized African desert dust, beach sediments, seagrass beds and coral reefs. Currently, she leads an environmental microbiology laboratory at the U.S. Geological Survey specializing in coral microbial ecology. Chris has been working in deepwater coral ecosystems since 2004 and considers herself extremely lucky to have had the privilege of visiting them personally using the Delta and Johnson-Sea-Link submersibles. She has given invited keynote talks on both her aerosol microbiology and deep-sea coral microbial work. Chris served as a judge for the $2 million dollar Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE competition in 2015 and the $7 million dollar Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE in 2018.

Biodiversity Biogeography Bioinformatics Ecology Environmental Sciences Marine Biology Microbiology Molecular Biology Virology