https://oceanexpert.org/expert/1076

ORCID : 0000-0002-6492-9455
ResearcherID : B-3257-2009

Ph.D. Marine Science

Research

Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology
Deepsea

Dr. Kellogg is a research microbiologist with the U.S. Geological Survey and currently leads an environmental microbiology laboratory specializing in coral microbial ecology. Her research on tropical corals has taken her to the Florida Keys, Caribbean, Hawaii and American Samoa, leading her friends to say that she specializes in ‘resort microbiology.’

Chris has been working in deepwater coral ecosystems since 2004 and considers herself extremely lucky to have had the privilege of visiting them personally using the Delta, Johnson-Sea-Link and Alvin submersibles. She served as a judge for the $2-million dollar Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE competition to design more accurate pH meters for the deep ocean and the $7-million dollar Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE to develop autonomous undersea mapping technologies. She was elected to the Council Policy Committee (2012–2016) and Board of Directors (2023–2029) of the American Society for Microbiology, playing an active role in revamping the communication and governance structures of the organization. Chris shapes the direction of microbiome research in the U.S., having represented the Department of Interior on the Federal Microbiome Interagency Working Group, being a part of the National Microbiome Data Collaborative, and helping define consistent standards (STREAMS) for environmental microbiome research.

Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
North Atlantic Ocean
North Pacific Ocean

Coral microbial ecology (deep-sea, mesophotic, and tropical), Marine microbiology, Bacteriophage-host systems, Marine viruses, Molecular biology

English

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/spcmsc/science/coral-microbial-ecology