Gordon Taylor

Gordon Taylor is a Professor at Stony Brook University's School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS), serving as Division Head for Marine Sciences. He leads the NSF-funded NAno-Raman Molecular Imaging Laboratory (NARMIL), pioneering applications of Raman microspectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy to marine microbiology.

• PhD (1983) - University of Southern California

His research focuses on:

• Microbial mediation of biogeochemical carbon cycling
• Planktonic food web interactions in oxic/anoxic boundaries
• Microplastic contamination and degradation processes
• Chemoautotrophy in oxygen-deficient systems

NARMIL's innovations enable:

• 3D biomolecular mapping of marine specimens
• Single-cell growth rate measurements
• Microplastic identification/quantification
• Stable isotope tracing in microbial communities

His work extends to:

• CARIACO Ocean Time Series Program (1995-2017)
• Understanding ocean deoxygenation impacts
• Developing open-access microbiology tools (MicrobioRaman repository)