Line Islands
He has authored more than 180 scientific papers and book chapters, as well as two popular science book, "Coral Reefs in the Microbial Seas" (2010) and "Life in Our Phage World" (2015). He pioneered the use of metagenomics as a means to characterize viral and microbial communities, such as those associated with coral reefs. His field work with colleagues includes expeditions to the Northern Line Islands in 2005 and 2010, and to the Southern Line Islands in 2009.