Email: mxweber@berkeley.edu

Phone: (510) 642-1607

Her research: Michele studies giant clams and their dinoflagellate symbionts. She does her field work in the coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific.

Why she loves her work: Michele loves studying coral reefs because they are such complicated systems. "They are the most diverse marine ecosystems and symbiosis is the framework that supports all reef organisms. Giant clams and their single celled symbionts are just one example of symbiosis on the reef and the more we snorkel, the more we discover."

Fay, S., M. Weber, and J. Lipps. 2009. The distribution of Symbiodinium diversity within individual host foraminifera. Coral Reefs 28:717-726.  

Fay, S., J. H. Lipps and M. Weber. 2008. Evolutionary Potential of Photosymbiosis on Other Planets: Astrobiology 8 (2): 469.

Fay, S., M. Weber, and J. H. Lipps. 2008. The cell ecology of Symbiodinium in soritid foraminifera. Reefs for the Future, 11th Internat. Coral Reef Symposium 2008 – Abstracts, p. 286

Lipps, J. H., L. R. Casazza, S. A. Fay, M. Weber. 2008. Evolutionary History of Photosymbiosis and Its Implications for the Future of Reefs. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 40 (6), xx

Weber, M., S. Fay, and J. H. Lipps. 2008. The biogeography of Symbiodinium from Tridacna maxima across the Indo-Pacific. Reefs for the Future, 11th Internat. Coral Reef Symposium 2008 – Abstracts, p. 255.

Finger, K.L., M. Weber, J. H. Lipps, A. Bartolini, M.-T. Vénec-Peyré, S. Gardin, T. Adatte, and S. Bajpai. 2006. Test malformation in foraminifera. Anuário do Instituto de Geociências - UFRJ 29: 258-259.

Vénec-Peyré, M.-T., K.L. Finger, M. Weber, J.H. Lipps, A. Bartolini, S. Gardin, T. Adatte, and S. Bajpai. 2006. Test malformation in foraminifera. Forams 2006, Natal Brazil. Anuário do Instituto de Geociências UFRJ 29(1):258-259.