![From left to right: [above] Emma Bell, Mallory Choudoir, Sneha Couvillion, Tobin Hammer, Christina Hazard, Rachel Mackelprang, Brook Moyers, Mei, Ran,; [below] Benjamin Peterson, Dacheng Ren, Allison Rober, Neal Scott, Chikae Tatsumi, Vojtech Tlaskal, Fernando Torralbo, Luis Felipe Valdez-Nuñez](https://jgi.doe.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/DRAFT_2023Q3_NI_LedeImage.001-1024x576.jpeg)
From left to right: [above] Emma Bell, Mallory Choudoir, Sneha Couvillion, Tobin Hammer, Christina Hazard, Rachel Mackelprang, Brook Moyers, Mei, Ran,; [below] Benjamin Peterson, Dacheng Ren, Allison Rober, Neal Scott, Chikae Tatsumi, Vojtech Tlaskal, Fernando Torralbo, Luis Felipe Valdez-Nuñez
Below find a list of the second round of researchers accepted for 2023. Proposals are accepted year-round; the next review will be conducted in November. You can also find more information about the scientists and their proposals here.
| Name | Affiliation | Proposal Title |
| Bell, Emma | KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) | Long-term dynamics of virus-host interactions in a brackish coastal ecosystem, the Baltic Sea |
| Choudoir, Mallory | North Carolina State University | Linking soil microbial metagenomic responses and carbon fluxes across seasonal variation and between long-term land use regimes |
| Couvillion, Sneha | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | Uncovering the Small Molecule-Mediated Interactions in the Rhizosphere: Investigating the Impact of Plant Exudates on Microbial Community Dynamics and Metabolism |
| Hammer, Tobin | University of California, Irvine | Exploring functional diversity in wild bee gut microbiomes |
| Hazard, Christina | Ecole Centrale de Lyon, University of Lyon (France) | Determining in situ rates of host-virus evolution in soil |
| Mackelprang, Rachel | California State University, Northridge | Determining in situ rates of host-virus evolution in soil |
| Mei, Ran | Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (Japan) | Unraveling the interplay between sediment microorganisms in biomass consumption |
| Moyers, Brook | University of Massachusetts, Boston | Genome annotation of a bioremediating salt marsh plant |
| Peterson, Benjamin | University of California, Davis | Influence of labile permafrost dissolved organic matter on mercury-methylating microorganisms |
| Ren, Dacheng | Syracuse University | Genetic basis of bacterial persistence |
| Rober, Allison | Ball State University | Using metatransciptomics to link aquatic biofilm microbial diversity and function |
| Scott, Neal | Queen’s University (Canada) | Multi-scale variation in permafrost soil microbial community composition across the Arctic |
| Tatsumi, Chikae | Boston University | Soil fungal community function in biogeochemical cycling and plant symbiosis under increasing urban green space disturbance intensity |
| Tlaskal, Vojtech | Biology Centre CAS (Czech Republic) | Uncovering the functional potential and interactions of carbon and nitrogen cycling microorganisms adapted to an extreme habitat |
| Torralbo, Fernando | University of Cordoba (Spain) | Influence of rhizobia association on transcriptome of common bean to drought recovery |
| Valdez-Nuñez, Luis Felipe | Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca (Peru) | Bioprospecting for acidophilic microorganisms in high-altitude mining tunnels in Hualgayoc, Peru using omics tools |