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Kimberly Ritchie
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsMarine Biology
InstitutionsUniversity of South Carolina Beaufort

Kimberly Ritchie an American marine biologist. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Natural Sciences at the University of South Carolina Beaufort [1][2]. Her research is focused on marine microbiology and how microbes affect animal health in hosts such as corals and sharks [1][2][3][4].

Early years and education

Dr. Ritchie was born in Aiken, South Carolina in 1962 [5]. She is the daughter of Robert E. and Francis M. Beach. [5]. Her father was a Forester and her mother was a high school teacher [5]. She grew up in Walterboro, South Carolina and graduated from Walterboro High School [5]. Dr. Ritchie obtained a B.S. in Biology from the University of South Carolina Aiken in 1994 and a Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 2000 [1]. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in the Republic of Panama in the summer of 2000 and a postdoctoral scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego until 2001[1].

Early career

After finishing her postdoctoral training Dr. Ritchie worked as a Senior Scientist (2001-2004) in drug discovery in the Marine Microbiology Division at MicroGenomics, Inc., in Carlsbad, California [1]. She then became a Staff Scientist (2004-2008) and subsequently a Senior Scientist (2008-2016) at Mote Marine Laboratory where she was the manager of the Marine Microbiology Program, focusing broadly on coral reef ecology, microbial ecology, marine diseases, beneficial microbial associates of marine organisms and drug discovery [1]. In 2016, Dr. Ritchie was recruited to the University of South Carolina Beaufort where she is an Associate Professor of Genetics and Prokaryotic Cell Biology [1][3][6]

Research

Kim Ritchie is a pioneer in uncovering the importance of microbes in coral holobionts.[3][6][7]. She was a leader in studying the microbiology of coral diseases as they increased in abundance in the Caribbean and worldwide as well as the role of potentially beneficial bacteria in coral health [3]. Her work has also included research on shark microbiomes and beneficial roles of bacterial associates on elasmobranch (shark, skate and ray) epidermal surfaces [1][3]

Mentorship

During her years at Mote Marine Laboratory, Dr. Ritchie led a popular NSF REU summer research program in estuarine and coastal sciences.[8] At USCB, she teaches Coral Reef Ecology, Marine Policy and Marine Microbiology and continues to mentor undergraduate students in marine microbial research [1].

Awards and honors

▪ National Academy of Sciences Kavli Fellow, 2015[9]

▪ Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2000[10]

▪ Editorial Board, Coral Reefs, 2014 to present[7]

▪ Editorial Board, Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015 to present[6]

▪ Editorial Board, Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016 to present[4]

▪ Guest Associate Editor, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018 to present [4]

▪ Review Editor, Microbial Symbioses, 2016 to present [4]

▪ Florida Keys Water Quality Advisory Committee, 2007-2018[11]

▪ Acropora Recovery Team Member for ESA Listing, National Marine Fisheries Service[12]

Selected publications (in order of highest citations) [3]

Ritchie, KB (2006) Regulation of marine microbes by coral mucus and mucus-associated bacteria. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 322: 1-14

Eakin CM, Morgan JA, Heron SF, Smith TB, Liu G, et al. of 67 authors (2010) Caribbean Corals in Crisis: Record Thermal Stress, Bleaching, and Mortality in 2005. PLoS ONE 5(11): e13969. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013969

Patterson, KL, JW Porter, KB Ritchie, GW Smith, SW Polson (2002). Etiology of white pox, a lethal disease of the Caribbean elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 99(13): 8725-8730 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.092260099

McDaniel, LE, Young E, Delaney J, Ruhnau F., Ritchie KB, Paul JH (2010) High Frequency of Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Oceans. Science 330, 50 DOI: 10.1126/science.1192243

Smith, GW, LD Ives, IA Nagelkerken and KB Ritchie (1996) Caribbean Sea-Fan Mortalities. Nature 383, 487 https://www.nature.com/articles/383487a0

Richardson, LL, WM Goldberg, KG Kuta, RB Aronson, GW Smith, KB Ritchie, JC Halas, JS Feingold, SL Miller (1998) Florida's mystery coral-killer identified. Nature 392:557-558 https://www.nature.com/articles/33302

https://www.uscb.edu/academics/academic_departments/school-of-science-and-mathematics/natural_sciences/research/kim-ritchie.html

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&pli=1&user=ARJ5Q1cAAAAJ

https://www.findinggeniuspodcast.com/podcasts/marine-microbes-kim-b-ritchies-research-on-coral-reefs-and-beneficial-bacteria/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLoXb8U4a2w

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i https://www.uscb.edu/academics/academic_departments/school-of-science-and-mathematics/natural_sciences/research/kim-ritchie.html
  2. ^ a b https://www.gulfbase.org/people/dr-kim-b-ritchie
  3. ^ a b c d e f https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&pli=1&user=ARJ5Q1cAAAAJ
  4. ^ a b c d https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/123539/overview
  5. ^ a b c d Beach, Robert E. (2009) “From Mt Carmel to Kuhburg Hill – Bobby: A brief story of my life” BookSurge Publishing March 23, 2009 https://www.amazon.com/Mount-Carmel-Kuhberg-Hill/dp/1439225249
  6. ^ a b c https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/123539/overview
  7. ^ a b https://www.springer.com/journal/338/editors
  8. ^ https://mote.org/research/internships/research-experiences-for-undergraduates-reu-program
  9. ^ http://www.nasonline.org/programs/kavli-frontiers-of-science/news/2015-kavli-fellows.html
  10. ^ https://www.smithsonianofi.com/fellowship-opportunities/smithsonian-institution-fellowship-program/past-smithsonian-institution-fellowship-program-awardees/
  11. ^ https://nmsfloridakeys.blob.core.windows.net/floridakeys-prod/media/archive/sac/minutes/060411minutes.pdf
  12. ^ http://fragmentsofhope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/final_acropora_recovery_plan.pdf

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