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Come along on this quick hike near Griffith Park. We should see some beautiful views of the city, mountains, and the ocean. Speaking of the ocean, the professor joining us is Cameron Thrash, a professor in marine microbiology. Ask him about marine bacteria, waste-water treatment, and other microbes!
PACKING LIST:
HIKING SHOES OR SNEAKERS
SUN PROTECTION
H2O
WAIVERS
PROFESSOR: CAMERON THRASH
DEPARTMENT: MARINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY
Cameron Thrash is a professor in the Marine and Environmental Biology department in Dornsife. He investigates the relationships among and between aquatic microorganisms and their environment. In his lab, he combines high throughput culturing, physiology, and pure culture multi-omics techniques with cultivation-independent methods. He’s looking to understand why microorganisms occur where they do and what they are doing there!
PEAK: Glendale Peak
DIFFICULTY: 2/5
SCENERY: Beautiful views of the city and the San Gabriel Mountains
FUN FACT: Glendale has over six million square feet of office space .. but Glendale Peak, amazingly, has zero square feet of office space
TRIP LEAD: CELIA WOOD
Celia works in Cameron’s lab! Ask her about the bacteria she’s working on.
Contact Celia: clwood@usc.edu
Read Celia's bio here.