Mr. Alfred Kahl was a German schoolteacher who took up microscopy mid-life and became a leading authority on ciliated protozoa. He taught English, French, and Natural History in Hamburg, Germany. He first became interested in ciliophora when his daughter, Lucia ...

Ana Maria Jimenez-Cueto is a Professor of Ecology and Geography at the Universidad TecMeilenio - Cancun, and a professor at the Universidad Veracruzana. She specializes in parasitology. Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Ana Maria has published ...

Cammie Hyatt is a SWMP Research Scientist Assistant and Data Manager at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas, Texas. She has worked in Dr. Edward Buskey's Marine Zooplankton Ecology Lab since 1999. Relevant to the biota ...

Dr. Anne Estes Hearn is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Institute for Genome Sciences of the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Her specialties include, symbioses, microbial ecology, microscopic diversity, and genomics. Her current research focuses on analyzing 16S rRNA ...

Dr. Moss is an associate professor at Auburn University in the Department of Biological Sciences. His research includes studies on cilia and flagella, marine gelatinous zooplankton and marine microbial biology. GoMRI-funded projects: - Recovery: Plankton (Year One Block Grant-MESC) - ...

Dr. Arthur C. Borror is a Professor Emeritus of Zoology at the University of New Hampshire - Durham. Much of his research focused on the Ciliophora family Urostylidae. Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Borror has ...

Dr. Arthur Pearse was a North American botanist and zoologist. He was Professor of Zoology at Duke University from 1927 until his retirement in 1948. He played a pivotal role in the establishment of the Marine Biology laboratory in Beaufort ...

Dr. Bland Finlay is Professor of Microbial Ecology at Queen Mary University of London. Research Interests -Ecology and physiology of free-living Protozoa -Dimensions and dynamics of biodiversity at the microbial level -Rationalising biological and habitat complexity -Characterising the dimensions of ...

Dr. Charles Kofoid was North American zoologist. He was known for his collection and classification of many new species of marine protozoans.

Dr. David Caron is North American microbiologist and professor at the University of Southern California. Dr. Caron's research interests via USC webpage: "Marine and freshwater microbial ecology, with emphasis on the trophic relationships between protists (microalgae and protozoa) and other ...