People

Principal Investigator

Klaus Nusslein

Klaus Nüsslein

Principal Investigator | Email: nusslein@microbio.umass.edu

Research Interests

Publications

Graduate Students

Caryl Ann Becerra

Caryl Ann Becerra

Graduate Student | cbecerra@microbio.umass.edu

Research Focus:
Sulfate reducing activity in low pH environments

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Caryl Ann Becerra

Teresa Conneely

Teresa Conneely

Graduate Student | Email: tconneel@microbio.umass.edu

Research Focus:
Microbiology of autotrophic Perchlorate degradation

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Teresa Conneely

Nazita Gamini

Nazita Gamini

Graduate Student | Email: ngamini@student.umass.edu

Research Focus:
Perchlorate Biodegradation under nitrate stress & related shifts in community composition

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Nazita Gamini

George Hamaoui

George Hamaoui

Graduate Student | Email: ghamaoui@microbio.umass.edu

Research Focus:
Amazon Rainforest – Shifts in nitrogen cycle in response to land use change

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George Hamaoui

Brendan Murphy

Brendan Murphy

Graduate Student | Email: brendanm@student.umass.edu

Research Focus:
Catalytic and non-enzymatic reduction of iron by acidotolerant sulfate-reducing bacteria

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Brendan Murphy

Burcu Ünsal

Burcu Ünsal

Graduate Student | Email: burunsal@yahoo.com

Research Focus:
Methanogenesis in subsurface coal and shale basins

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Burcu Ünsal

Postdoctoral Researchers

Kyung-Hwa Baek

Kyung-Hwa Baek

Postdoctoral Researcher | Email: baek@microbio.umass.edu

Research Focus:
Amazon Rainforest – Land use change effects on microbial diversity

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Kyung-Hwa Baek

Heather Reed

Heather Reed

Postdoctoral Researcher, visiting | Email: hreed@microbio.umass.edu

Research Focus:
Marsh sediment community function in in situ microcosms and reciprocal transplants

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Heather Reed

Undergraduate Students

Nidhi KumarFrances Long

Nidhi Kumar

Undergraduate Student | Email: kushinid@student.umass.edu

Research Focus:
Antimicrobial testing of amphiphilic polymers.

Frances Long

Undergraduate Student | Email: flong@student.umass.edu

Research Focus:
Isolation and characterization of acidotolerant sulfate-reducing bacteria

Kahlil Rieber

Kahlil Rieber

Undergraduate Student | Email: krieber@student.umass.edu

Research Focus:
Microbial attenuation of subsurface 1,2-Dibromoethane contamination

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Kahlil Rieber

Albert Wong

Albert Wong

Undergraduate Student | Email: wong@student.umass.edu

Research Focus:
Isolation and characterization of acidotolerant sulfate-reducing bacteria