Three Year Fellowships

As of October 2005 all the Three Year Fellows were appointed

The BIOTRACS three year fellows are:

1. Ellen Avery who is working on 'The inorganic and biogenic quantification of sulphide oxidation processes in active and passive submarine vent environments: a contrasting experimental and natural approach' with Liane Benning, Rachel Mills, Jon Lloyd and Rich Pancost.
2. Alfred Aquilina who is working on 'Trace metal cycling across sulphate-methane transition zones in cold seeps'with Rich Pancost, Rachel Mills, Jon Lloyd and Joe Macquaker.
3. Sergio Balzano who is working on 'The bacterial recycling of particulate elements in marine waters'with Peter Statham and Rich Pancost.
4. Loredana Brinza who is working on "Interaction of trace metals and iron-based nanoparticles in contrasting marine settings' with Liane Benning and Peter Statham.
5. Thanos Gkritzalis who is working on "Development of a long term in situ water sampler' with Martin Palmer and Martyn Tranter.
6. Kim Handley who is working on "Microbial diversity and respiratory processes in hydrothermal sediments' with Jon Lloyd, Rachel Mills and Rich Pancost.
7. Maite Hernandez who is working on "Trace metal cycling and productivity variations during southern ocean algal blooms' with Rich Pancost, Rachel Mills and Jon Lloyd.
8. Massimo Lupascu who is working on "Trace metal and nutrient cycling in permafrost: impact on microbial activity' with Jemma Wadham and Peter Statham.
9. Sara Monteiro who is working on "Metal resistance mechanisms in hydrothermal microbial communities' with Jon Lloyd, Rachel Mills and Liane Benning.
10. Moritz Muller who is working on "Microbe-metal interactions in hydrothermal sediments' with Rachel Mills, Martin Palmer, Rich Pancost and Jon Lloyd.
11. Marek Stibal who is working on "Fe, nutrient and trace metal cycling in cryconite holes within the Dry Valleys of Antarctica' with Martyn Tranter and Liane Benning.
12. Alexandra Xylouri who is working on "Chemical reactivity of Saharan dust and its importance for global biogeochemical processes'with Mike Krom and Peter Statham.