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Sarah Hu is an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University, specializing in microbial ecology and biological oceanography. Her research focuses on understanding how microorganisms drive and sustain ecological processes on our planet. She is particularly interested in the complex interactions within marine microbial food webs, exploring the ecological contributions of unicellular eukaryotes, commonly known as protists. Sarah examines community structures, diversity, and nutritional strategies of protists as reflections of their environments. Her work employs a combination of molecular techniques, computational biology, laboratory incubations, and microscopy to elucidate the dynamics of the marine microbial eukaryome in diverse habitats, including coastal areas and deep-sea hydrothermal vents. With a background in marine chemistry and geochemistry from her postdoctoral research at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and a Ph.D. in Marine Environmental Biology from the University of Southern California, Sarah brings valuable expertise to her field.
Department: Department of Communication and Journalism. Ph.D. program only currently admitting. GRE is test-optional.