Research Interests

• Benthic foraminiferal ecology and paleoecology
• Biogeochemistry of redox boundary sediments in both modern and ancient environments
• Microaerophilic and anaerobic protists from Oxygen Minimum Zones and methane and cold seeps
• Protistan-prokaryote symbioses
• Culturing of deep-sea benthic foraminifera to ground truth paleoceanographic proxies
• Microbial communities of laminated sediments
• Sub-millimeter life positions of microorganisms in sediments
• Application of various microscopic techniques (TEM, SEM, LSCM) to marine microbial ecology

Contact Information

Associate Scientist, Geology and Geophysics
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543

Department Web Page

jbernhard@whoi.edu