Shelby Gantt
Postdoctoral Associate
Boston University College of Arts and Sciences
Biology




Shelby earned a B.S. in Biology from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an M.S. in Marine Biology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, before completing a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her doctoral research focused on how wild and captive environments influence the physiology and function of coral hosts and their microbial symbionts. As an NSF-OCE Postdoctoral Fellow in the Davies lab, Shelby will study the impact of environmental factors on corals in both marginal and non-marginal habitats of Panama. Her research aims to understand how coral lineage and varying reproductive investments between sexes influence the sex ratios of a gonochoric coral species, Siderastrea siderea, in different environments. Outside of her scientific pursuits, Shelby enjoys all kinds of crafting, baking sweets, and exploring the natural world.

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  1. Gantt SE, Kemp KM, Colin PL, Hoadley KD, LaJeunesse TC, Warner ME, Kemp DW. Influence of reef habitat on coral microbial associations. Environ Microbiol Rep. 2024 Dec; 16(6):e70051. PMID: 39517101; PMCID: PMC11549029; DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.70051;
     
  2. Zhang Y, Gantt SE, Keister EF, Elder H, Kolodziej G, Aguilar C, Studivan MS, Williams DE, Kemp DW, Manzello DP, Enochs IC, Kenkel CD. Performance of Orbicella faveolata larval cohorts does not align with previously observed thermal tolerance of adult source populations. Glob Chang Biol. 2023 Dec; 29(23):6591-6605. PMID: 37846617; DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16977;
     
  3. Gantt SE, Erwin PM. Effects of sponge-to-sponge contact on the microbiomes of three spatially competing Caribbean coral reef species. Microbiologyopen. 2023 Jun; 12(3):e1354. PMID: 37379422; PMCID: PMC10134890; DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.1354;
     
  4. Keister EF, Gantt SE, Reich HG, Turnham KE, Bateman TG, LaJeunesse TC, Warner ME, Kemp DW. Similarities in biomass and energy reserves among coral colonies from contrasting reef environments. Sci Rep. 2023 Jan 24; 13(1):1355. PMID: 36693980; PMCID: PMC9873650; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-28289-6;
     
  5. Gantt SE, Keister EF, Manfroy AA, Merck DE, Fitt WK, Muller EM & Kemp DW. Wild and nursery-raised corals: comparative physiology of two framework coral species. Coral Reefs. 2023; 42:299-310. View Publication
  6. Gantt SE, McMurray SE, Stubler AD, Finelli CM, Pawlik JR, Erwin PM. Testing the relationship between microbiome composition and flux of carbon and nutrients in Caribbean coral reef sponges. Microbiome. 2019 Aug 29; 7(1):124. PMID: 31466521; PMCID: PMC6716902; DOI: 10.1186/s40168-019-0739-x;
     
  7. Gantt SE, McMurray SE, Stubler AD, Finelli CM, Pawlik JR, Erwin PM. Testing the relationship between microbiome composition and flux of carbon and nutrients in Caribbean coral reef sponges. Microbiome. 2018; 1(7):124. View Publication
  8. Gantt SE, López-Legentil S, Erwin PM. Stable microbial communities in the sponge Crambe crambe from inside and outside a polluted Mediterranean harbor. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 2017; 11(364). View Publication
  9. Gantt SE, López-Legentil S, Erwin PM. Stable microbial communities in the sponge Crambe crambe from inside and outside a polluted Mediterranean harbor. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2017 Jun 15; 364(11). PMID: 28520957; DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnx105;
     
  10. Padilla CC, Ganesh S, Gantt S, Huhman A, Parris DJ, Sarode N, Stewart FJ. Standard filtration practices may significantly distort planktonic microbial diversity estimates. Front Microbiol. 2015; 6:547. PMID: 26082766; PMCID: PMC4451414; DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00547;
     

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