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Author:

Jones, Daniel Seth

Title:

MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF SULFIDIC KARST ECOSYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

biogeography
sulfide oxidation
acidophile
karst
Hydrogen sulfide
Acidithiobacillus

File:

Download Jones_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Macalady, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Scott Fantle, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
Brian Dempsey, Committee Member

Author:

Albrecht, Heidi Lynn

Title:

Bacteriohopanepoyols Across Environmental Gradients

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

bacteriohopanepolyols
hopanoid
geochemistry
biogeochemistry
organic geochemistry

File:

Download Thesis_3262011.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Macalady, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Dawson, Katherine Strigari

Title:

Biogeochemistry of Isoprenoid Production and Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Biodgeradation

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

archaeal lipids
halophilic archaea
coal bed methane
hydrocarbon biodegradation
anaerobic
isoprenoids

File:

Download thesis_17may2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Macalady, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

Author:

Rhodes, Matthew E

Title:

The Diversity and Coping Mechanisms of Life Inhabiting the Hypersaline Dead Sea

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Lateral Gene Transfer
Haloarchaea
Halophile
Dead Sea
Metagenomics

File:

Download Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

Author:

Thomas IV, Randal Burton

Title:

Intramolecular Isotopic Variation in Acetate from Soils and Sediments

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

intramolecular isotopic analysis
wetland biogeochemistry

File:

Download RBT2008Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Allan Arthur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Robert David Shannon, Committee Member

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:

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:

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