Bethanie Edwards

Bethanie Edwards is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, leading the Edwards Lab. Her research focuses on marine microbial interactions, lipidomics, and the Biological Carbon Pump, using integrated meta-omics approaches to study carbon export and particle dynamics in ocean ecosystems.

Research Interests:

• Microbial processes in the Biological Carbon Pump
• Lipidomic analysis of marine systems
• Viral impacts on biogeochemical cycling
• Chemical signaling in diatom host-virus pairs

Selected Trends: Recent work explores oxylipin chemical signaling, Arctic zooplankton lipid responses to climate change, and lunar influences on microbial rhythms. Her lab specializes in lipidomics to identify community stress biomarkers and environmental conditions.