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Paul Carini

  • Associate Professor, Soil/Subsurface Microbial Ecology
  • Assistant Professor, School of Plant Sciences
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
  • Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
  • Associate Professor, Genetics - GIDP
  • Associate Professor, Ecosystem Genomics - GIDP
Contact
  • paulcarini@arizona.edu
  • Bio
  • Interests
  • Courses
  • Scholarly Contributions

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Microbiology
    • Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States
    • Genome-enabled investigation of the minimal growth requirements and phosphate metabolism for Pelagibacter marine bacteria
  • M.S. Biology
    • University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
    • Sequence Diversity of the Lux Operon and Related Genes in Geographically Distinct Vibrio Harveyi-like Bacteria
  • B.S. Biology
    • University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Work Experience

  • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2023 - Ongoing)
  • Cultivarium (Sabbatical) (2023 - 2024)
  • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2017 - 2023)
  • University of Colorado Boulder (2015 - 2017)
  • Horn Point Laboratory (2013 - 2015)

Awards

  • Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES) Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowship
    • Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science at the University of Colorado Boulder., Summer 2015
  • Linus Pauling Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship
    • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Spring 2015

Licensure & Certification

  • Entering Mentoring Facilitator, CIMER (2022)

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Interests

Teaching

Environmental Microbiology -physiology, cellular evolution, cellular survival mechanisms, and nutrient cycling

Research

Environmental Microbiology -physiology, cellular evolution, cellular survival mechanisms, and nutrient cycling

Courses

2026-27 Courses

  • Dissertation
    MCB 920 (Fall 2026)
  • Environmental Microbiology
    ENVS 425 (Fall 2026)
  • Environmental Microbiology
    ENVS 525 (Fall 2026)
  • Environmental Microbiology
    MIC 425 (Fall 2026)
  • Honors Thesis
    MIC 498H (Fall 2026)

2025-26 Courses

  • ACBS Preceptorship
    ACBS 491 (Spring 2026)
  • Dissertation
    ENVS 920 (Spring 2026)
  • Dissertation
    MCB 920 (Spring 2026)
  • Honors Thesis
    MIC 498H (Spring 2026)
  • Inclusive Mentorship Sciences
    ENVS 696B (Spring 2026)
  • Dissertation
    MCB 920 (Fall 2025)
  • Environmental Microbiology
    ENVS 425 (Fall 2025)
  • Environmental Microbiology
    ENVS 525 (Fall 2025)
  • Environmental Microbiology
    IMB 525 (Fall 2025)
  • Environmental Microbiology
    MIC 425 (Fall 2025)
  • Honors Thesis
    MIC 498H (Fall 2025)
  • Lab Research Rotation
    GENE 792 (Fall 2025)
  • Research
    MCB 900 (Fall 2025)

2024-25 Courses

  • Honors Thesis
    BIOC 498H (Spring 2025)
  • Inclusive Mentorship Sciences
    ENVS 696B (Spring 2025)
  • Research
    MCB 900 (Spring 2025)
  • Honors Thesis
    BIOC 498H (Fall 2024)
  • Research
    MCB 900 (Fall 2024)

2023-24 Courses

  • Directed Research
    ABBS 792 (Spring 2024)
  • Honors Directed Research
    BIOC 492H (Spring 2024)
  • Directed Research
    ABBS 792 (Fall 2023)

2022-23 Courses

  • Independent Study
    ENVS 599 (Spring 2023)
  • Biology Environmental Systems
    ENVS 225 (Fall 2022)
  • Envir Microbiology
    ENVS 425 (Fall 2022)
  • Envir Microbiology
    ENVS 525 (Fall 2022)
  • Lab Research Rotation
    GENE 792 (Fall 2022)

2021-22 Courses

  • Colloquium
    ENVS 595 (Spring 2022)
  • Research
    MIC 900 (Spring 2022)
  • Thesis
    MIC 910 (Spring 2022)
  • Biology Environmental Systems
    ENVS 225 (Fall 2021)
  • Colloquium
    ENVS 595 (Fall 2021)
  • Envir Microbiology
    ENVS 425 (Fall 2021)
  • Envir Microbiology
    ENVS 525 (Fall 2021)
  • Envir Microbiology
    IMB 525 (Fall 2021)
  • Envir Microbiology
    MIC 425 (Fall 2021)
  • Research
    MIC 900 (Fall 2021)
  • Thesis
    MIC 910 (Fall 2021)

2020-21 Courses

  • Directed Research
    MCB 792 (Spring 2021)
  • Research
    MIC 900 (Spring 2021)
  • Envir Microbiology
    ENVS 425 (Fall 2020)
  • Envir Microbiology
    ENVS 525 (Fall 2020)
  • Envir Microbiology
    MIC 425 (Fall 2020)

2019-20 Courses

  • Thesis
    ENVS 910 (Spring 2020)
  • Envir Microbiology
    ENVS 425 (Fall 2019)
  • Envir Microbiology
    ENVS 525 (Fall 2019)
  • Envir Microbiology
    MIC 425 (Fall 2019)
  • Thesis
    ENVS 910 (Fall 2019)

2018-19 Courses

  • Dissertation
    ENVS 920 (Spring 2019)
  • Honors Thesis
    ENVS 498H (Spring 2019)
  • Dissertation
    ENVS 920 (Fall 2018)
  • Envir Microbiology
    ENVS 425 (Fall 2018)
  • Envir Microbiology
    ENVS 525 (Fall 2018)
  • Envir Microbiology
    IMB 525 (Fall 2018)
  • Envir Microbiology
    MIC 425 (Fall 2018)
  • Honors Thesis
    ENVS 498H (Fall 2018)

2017-18 Courses

  • Dissertation
    ENVS 920 (Spring 2018)
  • Independent Study
    ENVS 399 (Spring 2018)
  • Independent Study
    MIC 399 (Spring 2018)
  • Directed Research
    ENVS 492 (Fall 2017)
  • Envir Microbiology
    ENVS 425 (Fall 2017)
  • Envir Microbiology
    ENVS 525 (Fall 2017)
  • Envir Microbiology
    MIC 425 (Fall 2017)
  • Honors Independent Study
    ENVS 399H (Fall 2017)
  • Independent Study
    ENVS 399 (Fall 2017)
  • Independent Study
    MIC 399 (Fall 2017)
  • Senior Capstone
    BIOC 498 (Fall 2017)

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