{"id":180328,"date":"2023-04-05T14:35:57","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T18:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/?page_id=180328"},"modified":"2023-07-14T13:47:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T17:47:38","slug":"the-dhondt-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/the-dhondt-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"The D&#8217;Hondt Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>The D\u2019Hondt Lab<\/h1><p>at the URI Graduate School of Oceanography<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/droppedImage.jpeg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control cl-accessibility-control-hidden\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<div class=\"fullwidth\">\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"The Lohmann Lab\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-the-dhondt-lab\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-180358\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-180358\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/the-dhondt-lab\/\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-180357\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-180357\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/the-dhondt-lab\/the-dhondt-lab-people\/\">People<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-180356\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-180356\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/the-dhondt-lab\/the-dhondt-lab-current-research\/\">Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-180354\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-180354\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/the-dhondt-lab\/the-dhondt-lab-expeditions\/\">Expeditions<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-180352\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-180352\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/the-dhondt-lab\/the-dhondt-lab-technical-developments\/\">Technical Developments<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-180353\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-180353\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/research\/the-dhondt-lab\/the-dhondt-lab-geobiology-laboratory\/\">Geobiology Laboratory<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style\">The D\u2019Hondt lab addresses fundamental problems in geobiology, with particular focus on subseafloor life. We analyze the composition and diversity of microbial communities in seawater and sediment. We study the metabolic activities of subseafloor communities, the structure of subseafloor ecosystems, and the processes that nourish subseafloor life. We assess the extent to which environmental properties, particularly low flux of bioavailable energy, limit the existence of life. We test the dependence of subseafloor ecosystems on the surface world. We assess their effects on the composition of Earth\u2019s ocean, atmosphere and mantle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">As members of the Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations (<a title=\"http:\/\/www.darkenergybiosphere.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.darkenergybiosphere.org\/\">C-DEBI<\/a>) and the Deep Carbon Observatory (<a title=\"https:\/\/deepcarbon.net\" href=\"https:\/\/deepcarbon.net\/\">DCO<\/a>), we collaborate with scientists from around the world to advance understanding of subsurface life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong><span class=\"style_1\">Contact<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Steven D\u2019Hondt<br \/>\nGraduate School of Oceanography<br \/>\nUniversity of Rhode Island<br \/>\nNarragansett Bay Campus<br \/>\n215 South Ferry Road<br \/>\nNarragansett, RI 02882<br \/>\n<a title=\"mailto:dhondt@uri.edu\" href=\"mailto:dhondt@uri.edu\">dhondt@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The D\u2019Hondt lab addresses fundamental problems in geobiology, with particular focus on subseafloor life. 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