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Cole Easson

Assistant Professor

Middle Tennessee State University

Affiliations

College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Department of Biology

Cole Easson is currently serving as a College Of Basic And Applied Sciences Assistant Professor at Middle Tennessee State University.

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Middle Tennessee State University

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ecology marine biology marine systems microbial ecology biology microbiology marine ecology aquatic ecosystems oceanography environmental microbiology microbiome hydrobiologia microorganisms biological oceanography microbial diversity coastal research coral reefs marine biodiversity marine environments marine chemistry marine biota symbiosis ocean sciences evolutionary biology biodiversity functional ecology marine geology molecular ecology applied microbiology microbial systematics benthic communities marine genomics aquatic conservation deep sea ecology evolution environmental dna invertebrate pathology community structure evolutionary microbiology marine sponges niche structure host specificity ocean pollution oceanographic research microbial genetics cold seeps sponge microbiome project edna profiles molecular gastroenterology gut microbes gut-organ axis dysbiosis oil spills oral microbiology coastal geochemistry marine biotechnology hydrobiology seagrass phytoplasmas bacteriology virulence factors sequence assembly algal biology ecosystem interactions global sponge microbiome abstract sponges core microbiome immune system biomarkers sleep physiology sleep deprivation rrna gene host sponges read thresholds mixed consortia seawater edna host population genetics

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Low Abundance Taxa Show Diverse Microbial Symbiotic Interactions With the Freshwater Sponge, Radiospongilla Crateriformis, Pre and Post Gemmulation. Environmental Microbiology Reports (2026)

symbiosismicrobial consortiumpost gemmulationhydrobiologiaapplied phycologymicroorganismsima fungusfreshwater spongemicrobiologybiologymicrobial diversityecologyenvironmental microbiologymicrobial ecologysynthetic ecology

Freshwater Sponges in the Southeastern U.S. Harbor Unique Microbiomes That Are Influenced by Host and Environmental Factors. PeerJ (2025)

Jacqueline G. KeleherTaylor A. StropeNoah E. EstradaAllison M. Griggs MathisCole G. EassonCara Fiore

aquatic ecosystemssurrounding waterhydrobiologyenvironmental microbiologyhydrobiologiaenvironmental sciencemicrobiologymicrobial diversityfreshwater spongeswestern north carolinamarine systemsmarine biologyecologymicrobiomemicrobial ecologyfreshwater biology

Photosymbionts Contribute to Niche Partitioning in Coral Reef Sponges. Marine Ecology Progress Series (2025)

Christopher J FreemanAlex Idwal ParryCole G EassonCara L FioreL. Jay HoukRobert W Thacker

coral reef spongesaquatic ecosystemscoral reefsbiologymarine systemsmarine biologymicrobial ecology

The Chromosomal Genome Sequence of the Fragile Freshwater Sponge, Eunapius Fragilis (Leidy, 1851) and Its Associated Microbial Metagenome Sequences. Wellcome Open Research (2025)

Sally P. LeysUte HentschelCole Gregory EassonDamon StimsonJose Victor LopezGraeme OatleyElizabeth SinclairEerik AuninNoah GettleCamilla SantosMichael PauliniHaoyu NiuVictoria McKennaRebecca O’Brien

environmental dnametagenomicsbacteriageneticsevolutionary microbiologygene annotationgenomicsbiologymicrobial geneticsmolecular evolutionsequence assemblyhydrobiologiamicroorganismsnucleic acidsmicrobiologyhigh-quality bacterial metagenomesfragile freshwater spongegenome biologymicrobial systematicsmolecular ecologymarine genomics

Microbiome Changes in Sinularia Spp. Soft Corals Relative to Health Status. Marine Biology (2024)

Cole G. EassonDeborah J. GochfeldMarc Slattery

coral reefsmicrobiome changessinularia sppmicrobiologybiologymarine systemsharmful algaemarine biologymarine ecologysoft coralsmicrobiomemicrobial ecology

Sponge-Derived Matter is Assimilated by Coral Holobionts. Communications Biology (2024)

Alicia M. ReigelCole G. EassonAmy ApprillChristopher J. FreemanMichaela M. BartleyCara L. Fiore

coral reefsoceanographybiogeochemistrycoral aquaculturesponge-derived mattercoral holobiontsbiologyecosystemsmarine systemsmarine ecologymarine biologyecologymarine chemistrybiological oceanography

Sponge Exhalent Metabolites Influence Coral Reef Picoplankton Dynamics. Scientific Reports (2024)

Alicia M. ReigelCole G. EassonCara L. FioreAmy Apprill

aquatic ecosystemscoral reefsoceanographysponge exhalenthydrobiologiaorganic geochemistrybiogeochemistryenvironmental sciencesponge treatmentsmarine systemsmarine environmentsmarine biologyecologymarine chemistrybiological oceanographymicrobial ecology

Limited Metabolomic Overlap Between Commensal Bacteria and Marine Sponge Holobionts Revealed by Large Scale Culturing and Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics: An Undergraduate Laboratory Pedagogical Effort at Georgia Tech. Marine Drugs (2023)

Jessica M. DeutschMadison O. GreenPriyanka AkavaramAshleigh C. DavisSarth S. DiskalkarIsabelle A. Du PlessisHannah A. FallonEmma M. GrasonEmma G. KaufZoe M. KimJeffrey R. MillerAbby L. NealTatiana RieraSofie-Ellen StroevaJollin TranVivi TranAzucena Velgara CoronadoVanessa Velgara CoronadoBenjamin T. WallChung mo YangIpsita MohantyNadine H. AbrahamseChristopher J. FreemanCole G. EassonCara L. FioreAlison E. OnstineNaima DjeddarShweta BiliyaAnton V. BryksinNeha GargVinayak Agarwal

applied microbiologycommensal bacteriaenvironmental microbiologymass spectrometry-based metabolomicshydrobiologiamarine biotamicrobiologybiologymetabolomicsmass spectrometrymarine biotechnologymicrobiomemicrobial ecology

Microbiome Analyses Demonstrate Specific Communities Within Five Shark Species. Frontiers in Microbiology (2021)

Rachael StoroCole EassonMahmood ShivjiJose V. Lopez

microbial systematicspotential human pathogensenvironmental microbiologyshark anatomical locationmetagenomicsinvertebrate pathologyhydrobiologiashark speciesmicrobiologybiologymicrobial diversitymarine genomicsmarine biologyecologymicrobiomemicrobial ecology

Sponge–Microbe Interactions on Coral Reefs: Multiple Evolutionary Solutions to a Complex Environment. Frontiers in Marine Science (2021)

Christopher J. FreemanCole G. EassonCara L. FioreRobert W. Thacker

symbiosiscoral reefsmarine spongesmarine micropaleontologybiologyhost spongeorganic mattermarine systemsmarine ecologymarine biologyecologymicrobial ecology

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Cole Easson

Assistant Professor

Middle Tennessee State University

Affiliations

College of Basic and Applied Sciences

Department of Biology

Cole Easson is currently serving as a College Of Basic And Applied Sciences Assistant Professor at Middle Tennessee State University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Middle Tennessee State University

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Low Abundance Taxa Show Diverse Microbial Symbiotic Interactions With the Freshwater Sponge, Radiospongilla Crateriformis, Pre and Post Gemmulation. Environmental Microbiology Reports (2026)

Freshwater Sponges in the Southeastern U.S. Harbor Unique Microbiomes That Are Influenced by Host and Environmental Factors. PeerJ (2025)

Jacqueline G. KeleherTaylor A. StropeNoah E. EstradaAllison M. Griggs MathisCole G. EassonCara Fiore

Photosymbionts Contribute to Niche Partitioning in Coral Reef Sponges. Marine Ecology Progress Series (2025)

Christopher J FreemanAlex Idwal ParryCole G EassonCara L FioreL. Jay HoukRobert W Thacker

coral reef spongesaquatic ecosystemscoral reefsbiologymarine systemsmarine biologymicrobial ecology

The Chromosomal Genome Sequence of the Fragile Freshwater Sponge, Eunapius Fragilis (Leidy, 1851) and Its Associated Microbial Metagenome Sequences. Wellcome Open Research (2025)

Sally P. LeysUte HentschelCole Gregory EassonDamon StimsonJose Victor LopezGraeme OatleyElizabeth SinclairEerik AuninNoah GettleCamilla SantosMichael PauliniHaoyu NiuVictoria McKennaRebecca O’Brien

Microbiome Changes in Sinularia Spp. Soft Corals Relative to Health Status. Marine Biology (2024)

Cole G. EassonDeborah J. GochfeldMarc Slattery

coral reefsmicrobiome changessinularia sppmicrobiologybiologymarine systemsharmful algaemarine biologymarine ecologysoft coralsmicrobiomemicrobial ecology

Sponge-Derived Matter is Assimilated by Coral Holobionts. Communications Biology (2024)

Alicia M. ReigelCole G. EassonAmy ApprillChristopher J. FreemanMichaela M. BartleyCara L. Fiore

coral reefsoceanographybiogeochemistrycoral aquaculturesponge-derived mattercoral holobiontsbiologyecosystemsmarine systemsmarine ecologymarine biologyecologymarine chemistrybiological oceanography

Sponge Exhalent Metabolites Influence Coral Reef Picoplankton Dynamics. Scientific Reports (2024)

Alicia M. ReigelCole G. EassonCara L. FioreAmy Apprill

Microbiome Analyses Demonstrate Specific Communities Within Five Shark Species. Frontiers in Microbiology (2021)

Rachael StoroCole EassonMahmood ShivjiJose V. Lopez

Sponge–Microbe Interactions on Coral Reefs: Multiple Evolutionary Solutions to a Complex Environment. Frontiers in Marine Science (2021)

Christopher J. FreemanCole G. EassonCara L. FioreRobert W. Thacker

symbiosiscoral reefsmarine spongesmarine micropaleontologybiologyhost spongeorganic mattermarine systemsmarine ecologymarine biologyecologymicrobial ecology

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