Matthew Harke, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Contact Information:

845.365.8192

mjharke@ldeo.columbia.edu

Mailing Address:

Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory

61 Rt. 9W

Palisades, NY  10964

USA

EDUCATION

Stony Brook University

Ph.D., Marine and Atmospheric Science, 2015

Stony Brook University

MS, Marine and Atmospheric Science, 2009

University of Wisconsin - Madison

B.S., English with Environmental Studies Certificate, 1997

REsearch Interests

My overarching research interests revolve around microbial ecology. I use modern molecular microbiology techniques (PCR, RT-qPCR, next-generation sequencing) and bioinformatic tools to assess the genetic underpinnings that drive proliferation of microbes in response to changing environmental conditions in both marine and freshwater ecosystems. I have combined these molecular observations with observational and experimental approaches to understand to how environmental conditions shape microbial succession and how microbial succession may shape ecosystem dynamics.

Publications

Harke, M. J., A. R. Juhl, S. T. Haley, H. Alexander, S. T. Dyhrman. 2017. Conserved transcriptional responses to nutrient stress in bloom-forming algae. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8:1279. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01279.