{"id":683,"date":"2019-06-21T14:47:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T14:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/genomics1\/?page_id=683"},"modified":"2025-04-23T19:16:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T19:16:14","slug":"mya-breitbart","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/genomics\/people\/mya-breitbart\/","title":{"rendered":"Mya Breitbart"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class=\"section swatch-white-red section-normal \" ><div class=\"background-media\"><\/div><div class=\"background-overlay\" style=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row vertical-top\"><div class=\"col-md-12  text-default\" ><h1>Mya Breitbart<\/h1>\n<p>I am a Distinguished University Professor at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of South Florida College of Marine Science<\/a>.\u00a0 I earned my Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology with <a href=\"http:\/\/coralandphage.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Forest Rohwer<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0San Diego State University in 2006 and my B.S. in Biological Sciences from Florida Institute of Technology in 2000.\u00a0 In addition to being passionate about microbiological and genomic research, I am a strong proponent of scientific outreach, especially aimed at enhancing scientific accessibility and increasing the number of women in STEM fields. My faculty profile and CV can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usf.edu\/marine-science\/faculty\/faculty-directory\/biological-oceanography\/mya-breitbart.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. When I\u2019m not doing science, I\u2019m happiest near, in, or under the water (in that order of preference).\u00a0 I\u2019m an avid <a href=\"http:\/\/fineartamerica.com\/profiles\/mya-breitbart.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nature photographer<\/a> and can often be found playing with my dog Riley and cat Misty.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Mya by email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mya@usf.edu\">mya@usf.edu<\/a><\/p>\n[vc_media_grid css=&#8221;&#8221; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1745435673532-4948ed69-9b6f-1&#8243; include=&#8221;1051,1723,1052&#8243;]<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marine.usf.edu\/genomics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DSC2379-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><p>Photos by Amanda Sosnowski at Terrene Visions (www.terrenevisions.com @terrenevisions)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mya Breitbart I am a Distinguished University Professor at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science.\u00a0 I earned my Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology with Dr. Forest Rohwer\u00a0at\u00a0San Diego State University in 2006 and my B.S. in Biological Sciences from Florida Institute of Technology in 2000.\u00a0 In addition to being passionate about","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":585,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-683","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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