Robert M. Morris Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Oregon State University, Ph.D. in Microbiology, 2004
• George Mason University, B.A. in Biology and Russian, 1995

Professional Appointments

• Assistant Professor, University of Washington, 2007-present
• Postdoctoral Scholar, The University of California, Santa Barbara, 2006-2007
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cornell University, 2004-2006

Teaching

• Instructor, Microbial Oceanography, BIOS, 2004-2008
• TA, Microbiology, Oregon State University, 2000-2004
• Lecturer, English, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 1997-1999

Peer reviewed articles

Rowe, A.R., Lazar, B.J., Morris, R.M. and Richardson, R.E.  (2008)  Characterization of the Community Structure of a Dechlorinating Mixed Culture and Comparisons of Gene Expression in Planktonic and Biofloc-Associated "Dehalococcoides" and Methanospirilum Species.  Appl Environ Microbiol 74: 6709-6719.

Fung, J.M., Morris, R.M., Adrian, L., and Zinder, S.H. (2007) Expression of reductive dehalogenase genes in Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195 growing on tetrachloroethene, trichloroethene, or 2,3-dichlorophenol. Appl Environ Microbiol 73: 4439-4445.


Cho, J.C., Stapels, M.D., Morris R.M., Vergin K.L., Barofsky D.F., and Giovannoni S.J. (2007) Polyphyletic photosynthetic reaction center genes in oligotrophic marine Gammaproteobacteria.  Environ Microbiol 9: 1456-1463.


Morris, R.M., Fung, J.M., Rahm, B.G., Zhang S., Freedman, D.L., Zinder, S.H., and Richardson, R.E. (2007) Comparative proteomics of Dehalococcoides reveals strain-specific peptides associated with activity. Appl Environ Microbiol, 73: 320-326.


Morris, R.M., Sowell, S., Barofsky, D., Zinder, S.H., and Richardson, R. (2006) Transcription and mass-spectroscopic proteomic studies of electron transport oxidoreductases in Dehalococcoides ethenogenes. Environ Microbiol 8: 1499-1509.


Rahm, B.G., Morris, R.M., and Richardson, R.E. (2006) Temporal expression of respiratory genes in an enrichment culture containing Dehalococcoides ethenogenes. Appl Environ Microbiol 72: 5486-5491.


Morris, R.M., Longnecker, K., and Giovannoni, S.J. (2006) Pirellula and OM43 are among the dominant lineages identified in an Oregon coast diatom bloom. Environmental Microbiology 8: 1361-1370.


Morris, R.M. (2006) Environmental genomics: exploring ecological sequence space. Curr Biol 16: R499-501.



Morris, R.M., Vergin, K.L., Cho, J.C., Rappe, M.S., Carlson, C.A., and Giovannoni, S.J. (2005) Temporal and spatial response of bacterioplankton lineages to annual convective overturn at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study site. Limnol and Oceanogr 50: 1687-1696.

Morris, R.M., Rappe, M.S., Urbach, E., Connon, S.A., and Giovannoni, S.J. (2004) Prevalence of the Chloroflexi-related SAR202 bacterioplankton cluster throughout the mesopelagic zone and deep ocean. Appl Environ Microbiol 70: 2836-2842.


Cho, J.C., Vergin, K.L., Morris, R.M., and Giovannoni, S.J. (2004) Lentisphaera araneosa gen. nov., sp. nov, a transparent exopolymer producing marine bacterium, and the description of a novel bacterial phylum, Lentisphaerae. Environ Microbiol 6: 611-621.


Morris, R.M., Rappe, M.S., Connon, S.A., Vergin, K.L., Siebold, W.A., Carlson, C.A., and Giovannoni, S.J. (2002) SAR11 clade dominates ocean surface bacterioplankton communities. Nature 420: 806-810.


Selected abstracts

Carlson, C.A., Giovannoni, S.J., Parsons, R. and R. M. Morris (2007). Temporal and Spatial Distributions of Bacterial Lineages at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study Site. National Science Foundation Microbial Observatory Program, oral presentation.

Morris, R. M., Fung, J.M., Zinder, S.J., and R.E. Richardson (2006). Proteomic discrimination of Dehalococcoides ethenogenes electron-transporting oxidoreductases under different growth conditions. American Society for Microbiology, poster.

Fung J., R. M. Morris, B. G. Rahm, R. E. Richardson, and S. H. Zinder (2006). Dehalococcoides ethenogenes hydrogenase and dehalogenase gene regulation in pure and mixed cultures. American Society for Microbiology, poster.


Morris, R.M., Zinder, S.H., and R.E., Richardson (2005) Electron-transporting respiratory gene regulation in Dehalococcoides strain 195. American Society for Microbiology, poster.

Morris, R.M., and S.J. Giovannoni (2005) Pirellula and OM43 are among the dominant lineages identified in an Oregon coast phytoplankton bloom.  International Union of Microbiological Societies, poster.

Morris, R.M., Cho, J.C., Rappé, M.S., Vergin, K.L., Carlson, C.A., and S.J. Giovannoni, (2004) Seasonal shifts in bacterioplankton community structure at BATS. American Society for Microbiology, poster.

Giovannoni, S.J., K.L., Vergin, and R.M. Morris (2004). Time-Series Measurements Reveal Spatial and Temporal Variability Among Bacterioplankton Lineages at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-Series Study Site; ISME 2004

Morris, R.M., T.D., Wright, E., Urbach, M.S., Rappé, K.L., Vergin, S.A., Connon and S.J. Giovannoni (2003) Direct cell counts reveal mesopelagic distribution of the Green Non-Sulfur (GNS) related SAR202 bacterioplankton group. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, oral presentation.

Cho, J-C., K. L. Vergin, R. M. Morris, and S. J. Giovannoni (2003). Lentisphaera araneosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a Transparent Exopolymer Producing Marine Bacterium, the First Cultivated Representative of the Novel Phylum Lentisphaerae phy. nov. American Society of Microbiology, poster.

Morris, R.M., M.S., Rappé, S.A., Connon, K.L., Vergin, W.A., Siebold, C.A., Carlson, and S.J. Giovannoni (2002).  In-situ abundance of the SAR11 bacterioplankton clade in the North Atlantic Ocean. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, oral presentation.