Graduate Student

Department of Oceanography,
University of Hawaii
Marine Science Building
1000 Pope Road, Room 227
Honolulu, HI 96822

Email: cbober(at)hawaii.edu

• B.S. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Clarion University (Clarion, PA)

Current research

Biological Oceanography

Faculty advisor

Zackary Johnson

Past research

• Microarray Analysis of Differential Gene Expression in Biofilm-forming E. coli, Clarion University, PA (undergraduate honors thesis)
• MSURF/NSF Fellowship, University of Hawaii (summer 2004)
  - Conducted a methodological study of a chemical dye assay employing alcian blue to quantify the amount of exopolysaccharide produced from single species marine biofilms
  - Advisor: Dr. Michael Cooney
• Isolation and Identification of Naturally Occurring Antibiotic Resistant Strains of Riverine Biofilm Bacteria, Clarion University, PA (undergraduate research)
• Genetic Analysis of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Isolated from the Clarion River, Clarion University, PA (undergraduate research)

Teaching activities

• OCN 201 – Science of the Sea - Teaching Assistant (Fall 2005)