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Associate Professor
Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Morris is a microbiologist whose research focuses on the ecology and evolution of marine bacteria. Current work in the Morris Lab, funded by the NSF and the Simons Foundation, is focused on the interactions between algae and heterotrophic bacteria in the ocean, and how these complex interrelationships are evolving under climate change. Dr. Morris is also the director of the ROSE Network, a NSF-funded research coordination network focused on improving undergraduate biology education in both 4-year and community college institutions.