PEOPLE

Janelle R. Thompson

Academic Preparation:

Stanford University, Biological Sciences, with Honors B.S. 1998
Stanford University, Environmental Engineering and Science. M.S. 1999
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Joint Program in Biological Oceanography. Ph.D. 2005

Appointments:

Assistant Professor, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, July 2007-Present
Visiting Scientist, Sept. 2006 - April 2007, Dept of Microbiology, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand
Postdoctoral Fellow, Nov. 2005 - June 2007, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Postdoctoral Associate, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, June 2005 - Oct. 2005

Four Recent Publications:

Luyten, Y. A., Thompson, J. R., Polz, M. F., & D. L. Distel (2006) "Symbiont community composition varies among members of a single host population of the wood-boring bivalve Lyrodus pedicellatus (Bivalvia: Teredinidae)" Appl Environ Microbiol. 72(1):412-7.
Gophna, U., Thompson, J. R., Boucher, Y., and W. F. Doolittle (2006) "Complex histories of genes encoding HMG-CoA reductase." Molec. Biol and Evolution. 23(1):168-178.
Thompson, J. R., Pacocha, S. E., Pharino, C., Klepac-Ceraj, V., Benoit, J., Sarma-Rupavtarm, R., Distel, D. L., and M. F. Polz. (2005) "Genotypic Diversity within a Natural Coastal Bacterioplankton Population." Science. 307(5713):1311-1313
Thompson, J. R., Randa, M. A., Marcelino, L. A., Tomita-Mitchell, A., and M. F. Polz. (2004) "Diversity and Dynamics of a North Atlantic Vibrio Community." Appl Environ Microbiol. 70(7): 4130-4110.

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