Publications

Monica Schul

Marine Ecology and Biotechnology

Ph.D., Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences,
University of Florida

Monica Schul Publications
  1. Pitts, K. A., Scheuermann, M., Lefcheck, J. S., Ushijima, B., Danek, N., Murphy McDonald, E., Milanese, A. R., Schul, M. D., Meyer, J. L., Toth, K. A., Ferris, Z., DeLaFlor, Y., DeMarco, T., Noren, H. K. G., Walker, B. K., & Paul, V. J. (2025). Evaluating the effectiveness of field-based probiotic treatments for stony coral tissue loss disease in southeast Florida, USA. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12.
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1480966

  2. Schul, M. D., Zangroniz, A., Patterson, J., Krueger, S., Smyth, A., & Meyer, J. (2024). The coral holobiont: A brief overview of corals and their microbiome. Ask IFAS – Powered by EDIS.

    https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/SS733

  3. Howard, R. D., Schul, M. D., Rodriguez Bravo, L. M., Altieri, A. H., & Meyer, J. L. (2023). Shifts in the coral microbiome in response to experimental deoxygenation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 89(11), e0057723.

  4. Schul, M. D., Anastasious, D.-E., Spiers, L. J., Meyer, J. L., Frazer, T. K., & Brown, A. L. (2023). Concordance of microbial and visual health indicators of white-band disease in nursery reared Caribbean coral. PeerJ, 11, e15170.

  5. Brown, A. L., Anastasiou, D. E., Schul, M., MacVittie, S., Spiers, L. J., Meyer, J. L., Manfrino, C., & Frazer, T. K. (2022). Mixtures of genotypes increase disease resistance in a coral nursery. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1–6.

  6. Schul, M., Mason, A., Ushijima, B., & Sneed, J. M. (2022). Microbiome and Metabolome Contributions to Coral Health and Disease. The Biological Bulletin, 243(1), 76–83.

Key Skills

Data Analysis 85%
Scientific Writing 90%
Grant Writing 80%
Scientific Diving 95%
Strategic Planning 80%
Laboratory Management 90%