The Deep-Sea Community Ecology Team, lead by Principal Investigator Lauren Mullineax, studies the relationship between organisms of deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities and their hostile, extreme environment. Explore Lauren’s Benthic Ecology Lab. Dr. Lauren MullineauxSenior Scientist, Biological Oceanographer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Faculty member of the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography Dr. Stephan HourdezWorm Ecologist, Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France Michael MenesesPhD Student, MIT-WHOI Joint Program Ayinde BestUndergraduate Student, Wheaton College Massachusetts Dr. Nadine LeBrisDeep-Sea Ecologist, Sorbonne Université Susan MillsResearcher, Mullineaux Lab Dr. Lauren DyckmanMIT-WHOI Joint Program