Research Interests: Bacterial foraging and survival strategies, especially the use of extracellular enzymes in polar, sedimentary, and deep-sea environments; assessing degradation of natural materials and organic contaminants in marine environments; and limits of microbial life in sea ice and the subsurface marine biosphere

Other Affiliations: UW Astrobiology Program

Honors: Member of the National Academy of Sciences

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E-mail: jdeming@u.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-0845
Office: 370 MSB