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	Enlarge ImageMatt Neave, Post-doc
	Enlarge ImageLaura Weber, Guest Student

Matthew Neave, Postdoctoral Fellow

Position:
2012 - Present: Postdoctoral Fellow, Joint appointment between KAUST (Chris Voolstra laboratory) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Education
Ph.D., Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia, 2011.
B.Sc. (Hons), Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia, 2007.
B.Sc., Deakin University, Warrnambool, Australia, 2006.

Research:
Currently I am a joint postdoctoral fellow with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA, USA, and the Red Sea Research Centre here at KAUST. My research involves using genomic sequencing, microscopy techniques and metabolomic profiling to understand the functional role of the symbiotic bacterial genus Endozoicomonas. These bacteria have been associated with soft and hard corals from the Mediterranean and Red Seas and reef-building corals from the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific. Understanding these associations will provide information about the ecology of the hosts and how host-microbial complexes respond to environmental change.

Laura Weber, Guest Student

Laura is a recent graduate of University of Maryland, College Park. Laura became interested in coral microbiology while she studied abroad at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences. She plans to attend graduate school to study and investigate the tremendous microbial diversity associated with coral colonies. As a guest student at WHOI, Laura will contribute towards several ongoing research projects in the lab, including studying coral microbes from Micronesia and the Florida Keys.

When Laura isn’t reading research articles or centrifuging samples, she plays the violin/ viola, sings, cooks, bakes, hikes, sketches, volunteers at the National Aquarium in Baltimore as an exhibit guide, and scuba-dives.