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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:

Nguyen, Uyen T

Title:

GEOCHEMICAL AND METAGENOMIC INVESTIGATION OF MARINE HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

oil biodegradation
high pressure
gulf of mexico
deepwater horizon
hydrocarbon-degrading genes
coal biodegradation

File:

Download Nguyen_Dissertation_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Macalady, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
James Kubicki, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Outside Member
Sara Ann Lincoln, Committee Member

Author:

Thweatt, Jennifer

Title:

Characterization of Pigment Biosynthesis and Light-Harvesting Complexes of Selected Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

photosynthesis
chlorophyll
light-harvesting
green sulfur bacteria
carotenoid
astrobiology
GSB
purple sulfur bacteria
PSB

File:

Download ThweattETD1.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Ashley Bryant, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Outside Member
Timothy Iwao Miyashiro, Committee Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Crist, Clarissa

Title:

Exploring how diagenetic alteration of marine carbonate sediments is accommodated in heterogeneous assemblages

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

carbonate diagenesis
marine biogeochemistry
carbonate proxy archives

File:

Download CCrist_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew S Fantle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julie Genevieve Cosmidis, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ayala, Diana

Title:

Omics-enabled evaluation of microbial communities in acidic environmental systems

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

acidophiles
acidic systems
acid mine drainage
metagenomics
metatranscriptomics
acidic pit lakes

File:

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Committee Members:

William Burgos, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jay Regan, Major Field Member
Jennifer Macalady, Co-Chair, Outside Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Rachel Brennan, Major Field Member
Estelle Couradeau, Outside Unit Member
John Regan, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Si

Title:

THE FORMATION OF IRON (HYDR)OXIDES IN SURFACE ENVIRONMENTS: A CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC AND KINETIC

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

hematite
goethite
ferrihydrite
hydrohematite
iron oxides
iron hydroxides
transformation
XRD
X-ray diffraction
synchrotron
neutron
neutron scattering
geochemistry
low temperature
kinetics
crystallographic
surface environment
DFT
First principle study
hydrous hematite
hydrous
deficient
vacancy
mineralogy
iron oxyhydroxides

File:

Download ChenSi2021-Thesis-draft-100121-v7.pdf

Committee Members:

William Burgos, Outside Unit & Field Member
Peter Heaney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Susan Brantley, Major Field Member
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Major Field Member

Author:

La Fond, Julia

Title:

Efficient Maintenance and Distribution of the Comprehensive SETI Bibliography on the Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

SETI
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Extraterrestrial Intelligence
NASA ADS
Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
Comprehensive SETI Bibliography
Database Curation

File:

Download LaFond_Masters_Thesis_Final_Version__Comprehensive_SETI_Bibliography_.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kate Freeman, Committee Member
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Jason Wright, Committee Member
Julie Cosmidis, Special Signatory

Author:

Smith, Hillary

Title:

Exploring the Grayness at the Origin of Life and a Perspective on the Potential Use of Wastewater in Anaerobic Cultivation of Microbial Biomass for Astronaut Nutrition During Long-Term Space Flight

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

Origin of life
Astrobiology
Prebiotic evolution
Meteoritic organics
pre-RNAs
Metalloenzymes
Thioesters
Lipids
Evolutionary transitions
Space exploration
Astronaut nutrition
Single cell protein
Microbial co-culture
Wastewater recycling
Agnostic biosignatures

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Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member
Amie Kathleen Boal, Committee Member

Author:

Leapaldt, Hanna

Title:

Seasonal lacustrine carbonate early diagenesis driven by microbial metabolisms in Green Lake, New York

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

carbonate
early diagensis
thrombolite
sedimentology

File:

Download HCL_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Miquela Ingalls, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Kimberly Lau, Committee Member

Author:

Ji, Aoshuang

Title:

The evolution of O2, O3 and CH4 and their interactions in the atmosphere–ocean system during the mid-Proterozoic

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

atmospheric chemistry
ozone layer
methane lifetime
oxygen level
mid-Proterozoic atmosphere

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Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Raymond Najjar, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jennifer Macalady, Major Field Member
Matthew Fantle, Major Field Member
James Kasting, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eugene Clothiaux, Outside Field Member