Holden Lab: People

Principal Investigator:

James F. Holden, Associate Professor
jholden@microbio.umass.edu

Graduate Students:

Helene C. Ver Eecke
helenev@microbio.umass.edu

Samantha L. (“Sam”) Zelin
szelin@microbio.umass.edu

Jennifer Tzi-Hsuan Lin
jlin@microbio.umass.edu

Lab Alumni:

Yajing Hu (Ph.D., 2007) Dissertation title: “Characterization of the CO2 assimilation pathways in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrobaculum islandicum”

Lawrence F. Feinberg (Ph.D., 2007) Dissertation title: “Dissimilatory iron reduction in the hyperthermophilic archaea Pyrobaculum”

Daniel M. Oslowski (M.S., 2009) Topic: “Cellulose-to-hydrogen conversion by hyperthermophilic heterotrophs”

Natalie J. Neubert (M.S., 2008) Topic: “Iron lung Pyrobaculum aerophilum: Dissimilatory iron reduction near 100°C”

Ines C. Scholl (M.S., 2008) Topic: “Extracellular iron reduction by Pyrobaculum aerophilum”

Lynda J. Yennaco (M.S., 2006) Topic: “Malate dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrobaculum aerophilum”