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Department of Geosciences 
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Princeton University 
Princeton, NJ 08544
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Students and Postdoctoral Scholars

Postdoctoral Scholars

Dr. Caroline Tuit. Trace metals in microbial physiology and ecology. 2003-present.

Dr. Andrew Allen. Molecular biology of nitrogen uptake by phytoplankton.  2002-present.

Dr. Chris Francis. Diversity and expression of nitrite reductase genes in a permanently ice-covered Antarctic Lake. 2001-2003.

Dr. Gaspar Taroncher-Oldenburg. Functional gene chips for analysis of microbial nitrogen cycling. 2000-2002.

Dr. Amal Jayakumar. Biogeochemistry of nitrogen cycling in oxygen minimum zones. 2000-present.

Dr. Bongkeun Song. Molecular biology of nitrogen uptake by phytoplankton; functional genes in chlorobenzoate degrading bacteria. 2000-present.

Dr. Darryl Martino.  Fate of nitrate in Monterey Bay; Diversity of isolates, genes, and enzymes in denitrification.  1998-2000.

Dr. Deborah Bronk. Mechanisms and rates of dissolved organic nitrogen production in the surface layer of the ocean. 1992-1994

Dr. Dennis Hansell. DOC and DON concentrations in the ocean investigated using high temperature catalytic oxidation. 1989-1991

 

Greg O'Mullan. Biocomplexity of microbial nitrogen cycling. EEB, Princeton, 2000-present.

Karen Casciotti. Production of N2O by nitrifying bacteria; genetics of N2O production. Geosciences, Princeton, 1998-present.

Mary Voytek. Relative abundance and species diversity of autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in aquatic systems. PhD., Biology; UCSC 1996

Lee Kerkhof. Developing a species-specific growth rate assay for the marine bacterium, Pseudomonas perfectomarina. Ph.D., Oceanography-UCSD, 1991
 

Donald G. Bard. An immunomagnetic bead method to assess the in situ productivity of the marine bacterium, Pseudomonas stutzeri. M.S., 1995

Mary E. Hogan. Acclimation of a marine microbial sediment community to simulated in situ exposure of 2,4-dichlorohenoxyacetic acid. M.S., 1995

Deborah B. Golet. Small scale vertical distribution of denitrification and benzoate degradation in intertidal sediments. M.S., 1997

Neil E. Harrington. Effect of pesticides on nitrification in estuarine sediments. 1996-1999

Icarus Solem. Diversity in nitrifying bacteria in marine sediments.  1997-2000
 

Robert E. Harding. Detection of the nitrite reductase gene in samples from the Eastern Tropical North Pacific denitrification regime. 1998

Brandon Carter. Development of DNA probes for nitrate reductase in marine phytoplankton. 1997-1999
 

Gabriela Tobal. The Effect of Nitrous Oxide on Nitrate Reductase Activity in the Process of Denitrification in Pseudomonas perfectomarina. Spring 1991

Francine A. Stanton. Construction and Applications of Xyl E Probe for Detection of TOL+ Bacteria Strains in the Santa Cruz Harbor. Spring 1991

Cindy Smith MacConnell. The Diversity of Luminescent Bacterial Isolates from the Monterey Bay, Characterized through Nutritional Capabilities and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism. Spring 1991

Lara Hansen. The Effect of UVB Radiation on Pseudomonas perfectomarina in Simulated Surface Waters of Monterey Bay. Fall 1991

Christina De La Rocha. Tannin Tolerance in Bacteria isolated from the Guts of Herbivorous Marine Invertegbrates and Fish. Spring 1992

Chris Francis. Quantitative Hybridization Method for Detection and Enumeration of the xylE Gene in a Microbial Mat Community. Spring 1994

Alisa Kirk. Depth Profile of Plasmid DNA Extracted from the Microbial Mats of Elkhorn Slough. Spring 1994

Jeremy Factor. Detection of ammonia monooxygenase and methane monooxygenase genes using the PCR. Spring 1997

L.C. Gorham. Endosulfan Residue in Sediments of Elkhorn Slough. Spring 1997

Caroline Jenkins. Diversity of nitrite reductase genes in denitrifying bacteria. 1998

Erin Osborne. Detection of the tfdB gene (for 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid degradation) in sediments by quantitative hybridization. 1998

Kiersten Ballard. Sequence diversity of ammonia monooxygenase genes in nitrifying bacteria. 1998.

Erin Griner.  Optimization of gene microarray hybridization for analysis of functional genes in the Nitrogen Cycle.  2002.
 

Kristy Paterson. Estimating Bacteial Production in Southern California Bight from the Simultaneous Incorporation of Thymidine and Leucine. Fall 1992

Jan Purl. A Study of Zooplankton Fecal Pellet Contents as an Indicator of Variation in Diet. Spring 1997