Julie Meyer
Associate Professor
Gainesville, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJulie Meyer is a marine microbial ecologist and Associate Professor at the University of Florida with over a decade of experience applying genomics and other 'omics approaches to understand microbial communities from deep-sea hydrothermal vents to coral reefs. Her career blends fieldwork and molecular ecology — from studying vent and crustal fluids at the Marine Biological Laboratory to leading lab and classroom research in Gainesville — giving her a rare depth across extreme and coastal marine systems. She leverages population- and community-level genetics to reveal how microbes shape ecosystem function and resilience, with a practical "green thumb" for experimental systems and cultivation. Known for integrating computational 'omics with hands-on sampling, she trains the next generation of marine microbiologists while maintaining an active research program rooted in both discovery-driven and applied questions.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Biology, BS, Biology at Salisbury UniversityPhD, Marine Biosciences, PhD, Marine Biosciences at University of DelawareMS, Biology, MS, Biology at West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Spanish
Github Skills (9)
bioconductor7
phyloseq7
microbiome6
bioinformatics6
taxonomy6
sequencing5
metagenomics5
genomics5
inference2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
meyermicrobiolab/McH1-7_Probiotics_Tank_Trials
Aug 2021 - Apr 2022
Contributions:7 pushes in 8 months
meyermicrobiolab/Panama_Hypoxia_TentExperiment
Dec 2024 - Jan 2025
Contributions:25 pushes in 1 month
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