• Postdoctoral Researcher – San Diego State University, Department of Biology, 2013 – 2014
• Ph.D., Cell & Molecular Biology JDP, San Diego State University, 2008 – 2013
  Thesis advisor: Dr. Forest Rohwer, Marine microbiology and genomics
• B.S., Biology, San Diego State University, 2004 

• Biotechnology Student Travel Award, CSUPERB (2007).
• International Travel Scholarship, College of Sciences SDSU (2005).
• Student Travel Scholarship, CSUPERB (2003).

• Adjunct Assistant Research Professor, 2014 – present
• Lab manager and research technician, 2002-present
  San Diego State University, Forest Rohwer lab

Lecturer – San Diego State University, Department of Biology, 2011 – present

• Courses 
• Biol 350 – General Microbiology, Fall 2011, 2012, 2014

Teaching Assistant – San Diego State University, Department of Biology, 2009 – 2011

• Courses
• Advanced Cell and Molecular Biol. Lab, Spring 2009 
• Intro to Cell and Molecular Biol. Lab, Spring 2010 and 2011

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• Diel population and functional synchrony of microbial communities on coral reefs.
  Kelly LW, Nelson CE, Haas AF, Naliboff DS, Calhoun S, Carlson CA, Edwards RA, Fox MD, Hatay M, Johnson MD, Kelly ELA, Lim YW, Macherla S, Quinlan ZA, Silva GGZ, Vermeij MJA, Zgliczynski B, Sandin SA, Smith JE, Rohwer F
  Nat Commun (2019) 10(1):1691 (PMC6461649)
• Elevated pCO alters marine heterotrophic bacterial community composition and metabolic potential in response to a pulse of phytoplankton organic matter.
  James AK, Kelly LW, Nelson CE, Wilbanks EG, Carlson CA
  Environ. Microbiol. (2018) 21(2):541-556
• Ecosystem Microbiology of Coral Reefs: Linking Genomic, Metabolomic, and Biogeochemical Dynamics from Animal Symbioses to Reefscape Processes.
  Wegley Kelly L, Haas AF, Nelson CE
  mSystems (2018) 3(2): (PMC5850082)
• Microbial bioenergetics of coral-algal interactions.
  Roach TNF, Abieri ML, George EE, Knowles B, Naliboff DS, Smurthwaite CA, Kelly LW, Haas AF, Rohwer FL
  PeerJ (2017) 5:e3423 (PMC5482263)
• Variability and host density independence in inductions-based estimates of environmental lysogeny.
  Knowles B, Bailey B, Boling L, Breitbart M, Cobián-Güemes A, Del Campo J, Edwards R, Felts B, Grasis J, Haas AF, Katira P, Kelly LW, Luque A, Nulton J, Paul L, Peters G, Robinett N, Sandin S, Segall A, Silveira C, Youle M, Rohwer F
  Nat Microbiol (2017) 2:17064
• Corrigendum: Lytic to temperate switching of viral communities.
  Knowles B, Silveira CB, Bailey BA, Barott K, Cantu VA, Cobián-Güemes AG, Coutinho FH, Dinsdale EA, Felts B, Furby KA, George EE, Green KT, Gregoracci GB, Haas AF, Haggerty JM, Hester ER, Hisakawa N, Kelly LW, Lim YW, Little M, Luque A, McDole-Somera T, McNair K, de Oliveira LS, Quistad SD, Robinett NL, Sala E, Salamon P, Sanchez SE, Sandin S, Silva GG, Smith J, Sullivan C, Thompson C, Vermeij MJ, Youle M, Young C, Zgliczynski B, Brainard R, Edwards RA, Nulton J, Thompson F, Rohwer F
  Nature (2016) 539(7627):123
• Using viromes to predict novel immune proteins in non-model organisms.
  Quistad SD, Lim YW, Silva GG, Nelson CE, Haas AF, Kelly LW, Edwards RA, Rohwer FL
  Proc. Biol. Sci. (2016) 283(1837): (PMC5013795)
• Global microbialization of coral reefs.
  Haas AF, Fairoz MF, Kelly LW, Nelson CE, Dinsdale EA, Edwards RA, Giles S, Hatay M, Hisakawa N, Knowles B, Lim YW, Maughan H, Pantos O, Roach TN, Sanchez SE, Silveira CB, Sandin S, Smith JE, Rohwer F
  Nat Microbiol (2016) 1(6):16042
• Lytic to temperate switching of viral communities.
  Knowles B, Silveira CB, Bailey BA, Barott K, Cantu VA, Cobián-Güemes AG, Coutinho FH, Dinsdale EA, Felts B, Furby KA, George EE, Green KT, Gregoracci GB, Haas AF, Haggerty JM, Hester ER, Hisakawa N, Kelly LW, Lim YW, Little M, Luque A, McDole-Somera T, McNair K, de Oliveira LS, Quistad SD, Robinett NL, Sala E, Salamon P, Sanchez SE, Sandin S, Silva GG, Smith J, Sullivan C, Thompson C, Vermeij MJ, Youle M, Young C, Zgliczynski B, Brainard R, Edwards RA, Nulton J, Thompson F, Rohwer F
  Nature (2016) 531(7595):466-70
• Unraveling the unseen players in the ocean - a field guide to water chemistry and marine microbiology.
  Haas AF, Knowles B, Lim YW, McDole Somera T, Kelly LW, Hatay M, Rohwer F
  J Vis Exp (2014) (93):e52131 (PMC4353422)
• Sequencing at sea: challenges and experiences in Ion Torrent PGM sequencing during the 2013 Southern Line Islands Research Expedition.
  Lim YW, Cuevas DA, Silva GG, Aguinaldo K, Dinsdale EA, Haas AF, Hatay M, Sanchez SE, Wegley-Kelly L, Dutilh BE, Harkins TT, Lee CC, Tom W, Sandin SA, Smith JE, Zgliczynski B, Vermeij MJ, Rohwer F, Edwards RA
  PeerJ (2014) 2:e520 (PMC4145072)
• Local genomic adaptation of coral reef-associated microbiomes to gradients of natural variability and anthropogenic stressors.
  Kelly LW, Williams GJ, Barott KL, Carlson CA, Dinsdale EA, Edwards RA, Haas AF, Haynes M, Lim YW, McDole T, Nelson CE, Sala E, Sandin SA, Smith JE, Vermeij MJ, Youle M, Rohwer F
  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2014) 111(28):10227-32 (PMC4104888)
• Influence of coral and algal exudates on microbially mediated reef metabolism.
  Haas AF, Nelson CE, Rohwer F, Wegley-Kelly L, Quistad SD, Carlson CA, Leichter JJ, Hatay M, Smith JE
  PeerJ (2013) 1:e108 (PMC3719129)
• Coral and macroalgal exudates vary in neutral sugar composition and differentially enrich reef bacterioplankton lineages.
  Nelson CE, Goldberg SJ, Wegley Kelly L, Haas AF, Smith JE, Rohwer F, Carlson CA
  ISME J (2013) 7(5):962-79 (PMC3635233)
• Effects of coral reef benthic primary producers on dissolved organic carbon and microbial activity.
  Haas AF, Nelson CE, Wegley Kelly L, Carlson CA, Rohwer F, Leichter JJ, Wyatt A, Smith JE
  PLoS ONE (2011) 6(11):e27973 (PMC3220721)
• Black reefs: iron-induced phase shifts on coral reefs.
  Kelly LW, Barott KL, Dinsdale E, Friedlander AM, Nosrat B, Obura D, Sala E, Sandin SA, Smith JE, Vermeij MJ, Williams GJ, Willner D, Rohwer F
  ISME J (2011) 6(3):638-49 (PMC3280131)
• Viral and microbial community dynamics in four aquatic environments.
  Rodriguez-Brito B, Li L, Wegley L, Furlan M, Angly F, Breitbart M, Buchanan J, Desnues C, Dinsdale E, Edwards R, Felts B, Haynes M, Liu H, Lipson D, Mahaffy J, Martin-Cuadrado AB, Mira A, Nulton J, Pasić L, Rayhawk S, Rodriguez-Mueller J, Rodriguez-Valera F, Salamon P, Srinagesh S, Thingstad TF, Tran T, Thurber RV, Willner D, Youle M, Rohwer F
  ISME J (2010) 4(6):739-51
• The GAAS metagenomic tool and its estimations of viral and microbial average genome size in four major biomes.
  Angly FE, Willner D, Prieto-Davó A, Edwards RA, Schmieder R, Vega-Thurber R, Antonopoulos DA, Barott K, Cottrell MT, Desnues C, Dinsdale EA, Furlan M, Haynes M, Henn MR, Hu Y, Kirchman DL, McDole T, McPherson JD, Meyer F, Miller RM, Mundt E, Naviaux RK, Rodriguez-Mueller B, Stevens R, Wegley L, Zhang L, Zhu B, Rohwer F
  PLoS Comput. Biol. (2009) 5(12):e1000593 (PMC2781106)
• Laboratory procedures to generate viral metagenomes.
  Thurber RV, Haynes M, Breitbart M, Wegley L, Rohwer F
  Nat Protoc (2009) 4(4):470-83
• Metagenomic analysis indicates that stressors induce production of herpes-like viruses in the coral Porites compressa.
  Vega Thurber RL, Barott KL, Hall D, Liu H, Rodriguez-Mueller B, Desnues C, Edwards RA, Haynes M, Angly FE, Wegley L, Rohwer FL
  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2008) 105(47):18413-8 (PMC2584576)
• Functional metagenomic profiling of nine biomes.
  Dinsdale EA, Edwards RA, Hall D, Angly F, Breitbart M, Brulc JM, Furlan M, Desnues C, Haynes M, Li L, McDaniel L, Moran MA, Nelson KE, Nilsson C, Olson R, Paul J, Brito BR, Ruan Y, Swan BK, Stevens R, Valentine DL, Thurber RV, Wegley L, White BA, Rohwer F
  Nature (2008) 452(7187):629-32
• Biodiversity and biogeography of phages in modern stromatolites and thrombolites.
  Desnues C, Rodriguez-Brito B, Rayhawk S, Kelley S, Tran T, Haynes M, Liu H, Furlan M, Wegley L, Chau B, Ruan Y, Hall D, Angly FE, Edwards RA, Li L, Thurber RV, Reid RP, Siefert J, Souza V, Valentine DL, Swan BK, Breitbart M, Rohwer F
  Nature (2008) 452(7185):340-3
• Microbial ecology of four coral atolls in the Northern Line Islands.
  Dinsdale EA, Pantos O, Smriga S, Edwards RA, Angly F, Wegley L, Hatay M, Hall D, Brown E, Haynes M, Krause L, Sala E, Sandin SA, Thurber RV, Willis BL, Azam F, Knowlton N, Rohwer F
  PLoS ONE (2008) 3(2):e1584 (PMC2253183)
• Metagenomic analysis of the microbial community associated with the coral Porites astreoides.
  Wegley L, Edwards R, Rodriguez-Brito B, Liu H, Rohwer F
  Environ. Microbiol. (2007) 9(11):2707-19
• Distribution and diversity of archaeal ammonia monooxygenase genes associated with corals.
  Beman JM, Roberts KJ, Wegley L, Rohwer F, Francis CA
  Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (2007) 73(17):5642-7 (PMC2042080)
• Rapid estimation of microbial numbers in water using bulk fluorescence.
  Wegley L, Mosier-Boss P, Lieberman S, Andrews J, Graff-Baker A, Rohwer F
  Environ. Microbiol. (2006) 8(10):1775-82
• Using pyrosequencing to shed light on deep mine microbial ecology.
  Edwards RA, Rodriguez-Brito B, Wegley L, Haynes M, Breitbart M, Peterson DM, Saar MO, Alexander S, Alexander EC, Rohwer F
  BMC Genomics (2006) 7:57 (PMC1483832)
• Widespread association of a Rickettsiales-like bacterium with reef-building corals.
  Casas V, Kline DI, Wegley L, Yu Y, Breitbart M, Rohwer F
  Environ. Microbiol. (2004) 6(11):1137-48
• Movement of viruses between biomes.
  Sano E, Carlson S, Wegley L, Rohwer F
  Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (2004) 70(10):5842-6 (PMC522096)
• Phage community dynamics in hot springs.
  Breitbart M, Wegley L, Leeds S, Schoenfeld T, Rohwer F
  Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (2004) 70(3):1633-40 (PMC368299)