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Author:

Tsao, Leah Emily

Title:

Culture-dependent and independent studies of sulfur oxidizing bacteria from the Frasassi Caves

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

sulfur oxidizing bacteria
Thiobacillus baregensis
Sulfuricurvum kujiense
sulfuric acid speleogenesis
Frasassi Caves

File:

Download Tsao2014_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Macalady, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chorney, Andrew Philip

Title:

mechanisms of sulfur isotope fractionation during thermochemical sulfate reduction by amino acids: implications for the Mif-s record in archean rocks

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

sulfur
isotopes
TSR
Archean
MIF-S
mass independent
atmosphere evolution
oxygenation

File:

Download Masters_Thesis-Andrew_Chorney-edit1.pdf

Committee Members:

Hiroshi Ohmoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Scott Fantle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Martino, Amanda Jean

Title:

Assessment and advancement of approaches for the study of subseafloor microbial communities

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

whole genome amplification
costa rica margin
nankai trough
metagenomics
biogeography
archaea

File:

Download Martino_Dissertation_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member
Jennifer Biddle, Special Member

Author:

Mccauley Rench, Rebecca Louise

Title:

Metabolic Potential and Diversity of the Microbial Communities in a Sulfidic Cave System

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Frasassi cave system
Astrobiology
Geomicrobiology
Beggiatoa
rope-like biofilms

File:

Download McCauleyRenchDissertation_final_v1.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Macalady, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lee Kump, Committee Member

Author:

Brandt, Leah Danielle

Title:

A molecular analysis of subsurface microbial communities across a hydrothermal gradient in Okinawa Trough sediments

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

subsurface
hydrothermal
diversity
sequencing
microbial

File:

Download Brandt_Dissertation_revised2_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ilhardt, Peter Donald

Title:

Micro-Scale Sulfur and Carbon Isotope and Trace Metal Analysis of a Neoarchean Stromatolite: Evidence for a Redox Transition in Epeiric Platform Carbonates Prior to the Great Oxidation Event

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Neoarchean
Stromatolite
Geochemistry
Sulfur Isotopes
Carbon Isotopes
Trace Metals
Great Oxidation Event
Pyrite
Microanalysis
Mass-Independent Fractionation

File:

Download Ilhardt_PSU_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Heaney, Committee Member
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member

Author:

Harman, Chester Ervin

Title:

Oxygen as a Biosignature on Terrestrial Planets

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

oxygen
sulfur
mass independent fractionation
false positive
Archean
atmospheric chemistry
planetary science

File:

Download Harman_dissertation_05312017.pdf

Committee Members:

James F. Kasting, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James F. Kasting, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christelle Wauthier, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Steinn Sigurdsson, Outside Member

Author:

Wilpiszeski, Regina Leila

Title:

Extremophiles in Built Environments

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Extremophiles
Built environment
Subsurface
Astrobiology
Microbial ecology
Thermus scotoductus

File:

Download Wilpiszeski_dissertation_final_11.20.2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Julie Genevieve Cosmidis, Committee Member
Istvan Albert, Outside Member

Author:

Rodriguez, Laura Elise

Title:

THE REACTIVITY OF NITROGEN HETEROCYCLES IN COMPLEX PREBIOTIC MIXTURES: USING CHEMICAL TRENDS TO EVALUATE PLAUSIBLE STRUCTURES OF PRIMITIVE GENETIC MATERIAL ON EARLY EARTH

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Astrobiology
Origins of life
Nucleobases
RNA World
Pre-RNA
Mass spectrometry
Michael addition

File:

Download Dissertation_Rodriguez_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
James Kasting, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Outside Member

Author:

Payne, Rebecca

Title:

CO2, O2, and the History of the Greenhouse Effect: Select Problems in the Evolution of Earth's Atmosphere and Climate

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

geoscience
climate
paleoclimate
astrobiology
photochemistry
climate modeling
Archean
Phanerozoic
Earth history
Earth climate
geology

File:

Download RCPayne_PhDdissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

James Kasting, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kasting, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Julie Genevieve Cosmidis, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar, Jr., Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair