Ryan Paerl ☑️

Bio

As a native North Carolinian, I excitedly joined the MEAS Department at NC State in 2017 to began a new marine & aquatic microbiology (bacteria and algae) research group.  I received my Ph.D. in Ocean Sciences from UC Santa Cruz, and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and University of Copenhagen prior to starting as an Assistant Professor at NC State. Presently I teach two undergraduate/graduate courses: Aquatic Microbiology and Molecular Ecology of Aquatic Microbes.

Area(s) of Expertise

My research interests focus on improving our current understanding of marine/aquatic microbial ecology, physiology, metabolism, diversity, and biogeography. Problems and questions related to nutrient cycling (production, assimilation, and transformation) are of particular interest. Students in my lab will conduct in-field and/or laboratory-based experiments and employ traditional (cell isolation, culturing) as well as modern molecular techniques (qPCR, PCR, nucleic acid sequencing, isotopic tracing) to test hypotheses.

Publications

• New chemical and microbial perspectives on vitamin B1 and vitamer dynamics of a coastal system , ISME COMMUNICATIONS (2024)
• Use and detection of a vitamin B1 degradation product yields new views of the marine B1 cycle and plankton metabolite exchange , MBIO (2023)
• Exchange of Vitamin B-1 and Its Biosynthesis Intermediates Shapes the Composition of Synthetic Microbial Cocultures and Reveals Complexities of Nutrient Sharing , JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY (2022)
• Harmful cyanobacterial aerosolization dynamics in the airshed of a eutrophic estuary , SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT (2022)
• Key Knowledge Gaps to Fill at the Cell-To-Ecosystem Level in Marine B-Vitamin Cycling , FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE (2022)
• Elevated organic carbon pulses persist in estuarine environment after major storm events , LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY LETTERS (2020)
• Picophytoplankton dynamics in a large temperate estuary and impacts of extreme storm events , SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2020)
• Characterization of Ice‐Nucleating Particles Over Northern India , Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (2019)
• Author Correction: Carboxythiazole is a key microbial nutrient currency and critical component of thiamin biosynthesis , Scientific Reports (2018)
• Carboxythiazole is a key microbial nutrient currency and critical component of thiamin biosynthesis , Scientific Reports (2018)