Specialist

 Education

1976                B.S. Oceanography, University of Washington.
1976                B.A. Zoology, University of Washington.
1979                M.S. Oceanography, Oregon State University.   Minor: Population Ecology.
1985                Ph.D. Oceanography, Oregon State University.  Minor: Statistics.

Professional Background

1983‑1985       Research Associate, Oregon State University.
1985‑1987       University of Georgia Marine Institute Postdoctoral Associate.
1987‑1989       Alexander Hollaender Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow, Brookhaven National Laboratory.
1989-1992       Associate Oceanographer, Brookhaven National Laboratory,
1989                Visiting Scholar, Louisiana State University and Southeastern Louisiana University.
1990-1995       Adjunct Assistant Professor, SUNY, Marine Sciences Research Center.
1991-1992       Visiting Assistant Professor, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences.
1992-1996       Oceanographer, Brookhaven National Laboratory.
1993-1996       Deputy Division Head, OASD, Department of Applied Science.
1996-1999       Journal of Sea Research, Co-Editor
1995-2006       Research Professor, SBU, Marine Sciences Research Center.
1995-present    American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Web Editor
2002-present    Editor-in-Chief, Limnology and Oceanography: Methods
2006-present    Adjunct Research Professor, SBU, Marine Sciences Research Center.
2006-present    Associate Director, Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education

Research Interests

Growth, activity and diversity of marine microbes; biosensor applications in microbial oceanography; molecular ecology of marine bacteria.

Recent Presentations

Achilles, K, PF Kemp. 2010.  Eco-DAS (Ecological Dissertations in the Aquatic Sciences):  Young Scientists Shaping the Future of Aquatic Research.  Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland OR. 

Baker, L. J.; Kemp, P. F.; 2011.  EXPLORING THE BACTERIA-DIATOM METAORGANISM USING SINGLE-CELL WHOLE GENOME AMPLIFICATION.  ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Puerto Rico.

Aller, J. Y.; Chistoserdov, A. Y.; Kemp, P. F.; 2011.  HIGH BACTERIAL PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY AND FUNCTIONAL REDUNDANCY ALLOW FLUIDIZED MUDS TO OPERATE AS EFFICIENT BIOGEOCHEMICAL REACTORS. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Puerto Rico.

Selected Publications

J. Y. Aller, R. C. Aller, P. F. Kemp, A. Y. Chistoserdov and V. M. Madrid.  2010. Fluidized muds: a novel setting for the generation of biosphere diversity through geologic time.  Geobiology. 8: 169–178.

Kemp, P.F. (Ed.).  2010.  Eco-DAS VIII Symposium Proceedings. Am. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr. 165 pp.   

B.C. Bruno, K. Achilles, K. Weersing, G. Walker, P. Kemp.  2008. Professional Development at the Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE).  The Earth Scientist 27 (2): 7-10. 

Aller, J.Y. and P.F. Kemp. 2008. Are Archaea inherently less diverse than Bacteria in the same environments? FEMS Microbial Ecology 65:74-87

Dhadwal, H. S., B. Mukherjee, P. Kemp, J. Aller, Y.  Liu, and J. Radway, 2007. A Dual Detector Capillary Waveguide Biosensor for Detection and Quantification of Hybridized Target. Analytica Chimica Acta 598: 147-154

D'Hondt, S, Inagaki, F, Ferdelman, T, Jørgensen, B.B., Kato, K, Kemp, P, Sobecky, P, Sogin, M, and Takai, K, 2007. Exploring Subseafloor Life with the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Drilling, September 2007, No. 5, p. 26-37, doi:10.2204/iodp.sd.5.03.2007.

Aller, J.Y., M.M. Kuznetsova, C.J. Jahns, P.F. Kemp. 2005. Enrichment of viruses and bacteria in the sea surface microlayer and marine aerosols. Journal of Aerosol Science 36(5/6): 801-812.

Kemp, P.F., J.Y. Aller.  2004. Bacterial diversity in aquatic and other environments: what 16S rDNA libraries can tell us.  FEMS Microbiology Ecology 47: 161-171

Kemp, P.F., J.Y. Aller. 2004. Estimating prokaryotic diversity: When are 16S rDNA libraries large enough?  Limnol. Oceanogr.: Methods 2:114-125

Dhadwal, H.S, P.F. Kemp, J.Y. Aller, and M.M. Dantzler.  2004.  Capillary waveguide nucleic acid based biosensor, Analytica Chimica Acta 501:205–217.

Kerkhof, L. and P.F. Kemp.  1999.  Small ribosomal RNA content in marine Proteobacteria during non-steady state growth.  FEMS Microbiology Ecology 30:253-260.

Rappe, M.S., Kemp, P.F., and Giovannoni, S.J.  1997.  Phylogenetic diversity of marine coastal picoplankton 16S rRNA genes cloned from the continental shelf off Cape Hatteras, N.C.  Limnol. Oceanogr. 42:811-826.

Rappe, M.S., Kemp, P.F., and Giovannoni, S.J.  1995.  Abundant chromophyte plastid 16S ribosomal RNA genes found in a clone library from Atlantic Ocean seawater.  J. Phycology 31: 979-988.

Lee, S. and  P.F. Kemp.  1994.  Single-cell RNA content of natural marine planktonic bacteria measured by hybridization with multiple 16S rRNA-targeted fluorescent probes.  Limnol. Oceanogr. 39: 869-879.

Recent research and publication collaborators

R.C. Aller, J.Y. Aller, H.S. Dhadwal, M. Kuznetsova, J. Mak, A. Chistoserdov, E. Delong, J. Zehr, S. Chisholm, C. Scholin, J. Waterbury, E. Boyle, S. Doney, S. Dyhrman, D. Karl, Z. Kolber, E. Laws, R. Letelier, D. Repeta, M Saito, C. Taylor, P. Sobecky, S. D’Hondt, M. Sogin, F. Inagaki, B. Jorgensen, K. Takai, T. Ferdelman, K. Kato, C. Jahns

Current Students