Dr. Michelle Jungbluth (she/her)
Dr. Michelle Jungbluth is an ecologist, naturalist, and marine biologist interested in the phenomena occurring between species in complex marine ecosystems.
Her technical expertise includes characterizing life on earth through DNA barcoding, quantitative PCR-based studies of animal life history and food web connections, and next-generation DNA sequencing; these are all different techniques used to study environmental DNA (eDNA).
In addition to being an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology at SFSU, she is also a lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley's Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, where she teaches an Introductory Oceanography summer course.
She holds a B.S in Biology from the University of Wisconsin Madison, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Oceanography from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Dr. Sean Jungbluth (he/him)
Sean is a microbial ecologist, oceanographer, and computational biologist interested in the promising applications for environmental molecular sequencing to explore and monitor life in aquatic and other environments. His primary appointment is as a Research Scientist with the Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
As an Adjunct Faculty member at the EOS Center, he readily collaborates and contributes his expertise in software development and molecular microbial ecology to further Jungbluth Lab molecular sequencing-based research.
He holds a B.S. in Microbiology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a Ph.D. in Oceanography from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Current Lab Members
Research Associates
Graduate Students
Lab Alumni
*Amy Wong (*research mentor, M.S. IMES program, 2024)
Cheryl Patel (M.S. IMES program, 2024)
Danh Nguyen (Undergrad REU Fellow, 2024)
Eliana Prosnitz (Undergrad Pomona Internship, 2024)
Adrianna Albert (Undergrad REU Fellow, 2023)
Paris Kellogg (Undergrad REU Fellow, 2022)
Aspen Katla (Undergrad REU Fellow, 2019)
De'Asha Moore (Undergrad STAR Fellow, 2019)
Chandler Gorman (Undergrad 2018)
John Lee (Undergrad, UH Manoa)
Michelle Uchida (Undergrad, UH Manoa)
Eric Shimabukuro (Undergrad, UH Manoa)
Christine Babiano (Undergrad UH Manoa)
Thanks to all of the volunteers and undergraduate assistants who have contributed to our research over the years!