PAPERS: (Alphabetical order)

Bollag, J.-M., M. Strynar*, Mi-youn Ahn and J. Dec.  2002. Characterization of enzymatic or abiotic immobilization of xenobiotics in soil.  In: Soil Mineral-Organic Matter-Microorganism Interactions and Ecosystem Health - Ecological Significance of the Interactions among Clay Minerals, Organic Matter and Soil Biota.  Develop. Soil Sci. 28B:289-299.

Brantley, S.L., Guynn, R.L., Liermann, L.J., Anbar, A., Icopini, G.**, Barling, J.  Fe isotopic fractionation during mineral dissolution with and without bacteria. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 68:15 p. 3189-3204.

Buss H.L.*, Brantley S.L., and Liermann L.J. 2003. Nondestructive methods for removal of bacteria from silicate surfaces.  Geomicrobiology J. 20:25-42.

Campen, R. K.*, Sowers, T., and R.B. Alley.  2003.  Evidence of microbial consortia metabolizing within a low-latitude mountain glacier.  Geology v. 31, p. 231-234.

Coker, J., Sheridan, P.**, Loveland-Curtze, J., Gutshall, K., Auman, A. and  Brenchley, J.. 2003. Biochemical characterization of a ß-galactosidase with a low temperature optimum obtained from an Antarctic Arthrobacter isolate. J. Bacteriol. 185:5473-5482.

Fujitake, N., M.J. Strynar, J. Dec, T. Mishima, M. Tsukamoto, T. Suzuki, H. Otsuka, J.-M. Bollag. 2003.  Optimization of a Methylation Procedure to Obtain Chloroform-Soluble Humic Acids.  Soil Science and Nutrition.49(3).

Goyne, K.W.*, J. Chorover, A.R. Zimmerman**, S. Komarneni, and S.L. Brantley. 2004. Influence of mesoporosity on the sorption of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid onto alumina and silica. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 272 (2004) 10–20.

Goyne, K.W.*, J.D. Kubicki, A.R. Zimmerman**, S. L. Brantley, and J. Chorover. 2004. Sorption of the antibiotic ofloxacin to mesoporous and non-porous alumina and silica. J. Colloid. Interface Sci. (In press).

Goyne, K.W.*, A.R. Zimmerman**, B.L. Newalkar, S. Komarneni, S.L. Brantley, and J. Chorover. 2002. Surface charge of variable porosity Al₂O₃ (s) and SiO₂ (s)  adsorbents. J. Porous Mater. 9: 243- 256.

Icopini, G.A.**, Anbar, A.D., Ruebush S.S.*, Tien, M., and Brantley, S.L.  2004. Iron isotope fractionation during microbial reduction of iron: The importance of adsorption. Geology; v. 32; no. 3; p. 205–208.

Iyer, P., Bruns, M.A., Zhang, H.*, Van Ginkel, S.*, and Logan, B.E.  H2-Producing bacterial communities from a heat-treated soil inoculum.  2004.  Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. (on-line)

Kalinowski, B.E., L.J. Liermann, S.L. Brantley, A. Barnes*, and C.G. Pantano. 2000. X-Ray Photoelectron Evidence for Bacteria-Enhanced Dissolution of Hornblende. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 64(8): 1331-1343.

Lewicki, J.L., W.C. Evans, G.E. Hilley, M.L. Sorey, J.D. Rogie, and S.L. Brantley.  Shallow soil CO₂ flow along the San Andreas and Calaveras faults, California, Journal of Geophysical Research, in press.

Liermann, L.J., A.S. Barnes*, B.E. Kalinowski, X. Zhou, and and S.L. Brantley. 2000. Microenvironments of pH in biofilms grown on dissolving silicate surfaces. Chemical Geology. 171. 1-16.

Logan, B.E., S.-E. Oh, I.S. Kim, and S. Van Ginkel*. 2002. Biological hydrogen production measured in batch anaerobic respirometers.  Environ. Sci. Technol. 36(11):2530-2535.

Miteva, V. I., P. Sheridan**, and J. Brenchley. 2004. Phylogenetic and physiological diversity of microorganisms isolated from a deep Greenland glacier ice core. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70: p. 202-213.

Oh, S.-E., S. Van Ginkel*, and B.E. Logan. 2003. The relative effectiveness of pH control and heat treatment for enhancing biohydrogen gas production. Environ. Sci. Technol., 37(22):5186-5190.

Pavlov A.A., Kasting J.F., Eigenbrode, J.L., and Freeman, K.H., 2001, Organic haze in Earth’s early atmosphere: Source of low-¹³C Late Archean kerogens? Geology, v. 29, p. 1003-1006.

Salerno, M.B.*, B.E. Logan, and D. Velegol.  2004.  Importance of molecular details in predicting bacterial adhesion to hydrophobic surfaces. Langmuir, In press.

Sak, P.B., Fisher, D.M., Gardner, T.W., Murphy, K., and Brantley, S.L. In press.  Rates weathering rind formation on Costa Rican basalt. Geochemica et Cosmochemica Acta.

Shellenberger, K.* and B.E. Logan 2002. Effect of molecular scale roughness of glass beads on colloidal and bacterial deposition. Environ. Sci. Technol. 36(2):184-189.

Sheridan, P.**, N. Panasik, J. Coombs, and J. Brenchley. 2000. Approaches to deciphering the structural basis of low temperature enzyme activity. Biochem. Biophys. Acta. 1543:413-429.

Sheridan, P.** and J. E. Brenchley. 2000. Characterization of a salt tolerant family 42 ß-galactosidase from a psychrophilic Antarctic Planococcus isolate. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:2438-2444.

Sheridan, P.**, K. Freeman, and J. Brenchley. 2003. Estimated minimal divergence times of the major Bacterial and Archaeal phyla. Geomicrobiology Journal 20:1-14.

Sheridan, P.**, J. Loveland-Curtze, V. I. Miteva, and J. Brenchley. 2003. Isolation and Characterization of Rhodoglobus vestali gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel psychrophilic organism isolated from an Antarctic Dry Valley Lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 53:985-994.

Sheridan, P.**, V. I. Miteva, and J. Brenchley. 2003. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rDNA of an Anaerobic Psychrophilic Community obtained from a Greenland Glacier Ice Core. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:2153-2160.

Strynar, M.J.*, J. Dec, A. Benesi, A. D. Jones, and J-M. Bollag. 2002.  Using ¹⁹F-NMR to determine the fate of trifluralin in soil systems. (in press).

Strynar, M.J.*, J. Dec, and J.-M. Bollag. 2002.  Anaerobic/aerobic composting of soil contaminated with 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene. Bioremed. J.  6:177-190.

Velegol, S.B., S. Pardi*, X. Li, D. Velegol, and B.E. Logan. 2003.  AFM imaging artifacts due to bacterial cell height and AFM tip geometry.  Langmuir, 19(3):851-857

Werner, C., G. Chiodini, G., D. Voigt, S., Caliro, R. Avino, M. Russo, T. Brombach, J.C. Wyngaard,  and S. Brantley. Monitoring CO₂ fluxes using eddy covariance at Solfatara volcano, Naples, Italy.  EPSL In press.

Werner, C. and S. Brantley.  2003.  CO₂ emissions from the Yellowstone volcanic system.  Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 4(7), 1061.

Zhang H.*, M.A. Bruns, and B.E. Logan. 2002. Perchlorate reduction by a novel chemolithoautotrophic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium. Environ. Microbiol., 4(10):570-576.

Zhang, H.*, B.E. Logan, J.M Regan, L.A. Achenbach, and M.A. Bruns. 2004. Molecular assessment of inoculated and indigenous bacteria in biofilms from a pilot-scale perchlorate-reducing bioreactor. Microb Ecol (in press).

Zimmerman, A.R**, K. W. Goyne*, J. Chorover, S. Komarneni and S. L. Brantley.  2004 Mineral mesopore effects on nitrogenous organic matter adsorption.  Organic Geochemistry 35 355–375.

IN REVIEW/IN PREPARATION

Biddle, J.F.*, House, C.H., and Brenchley, J.E., Cultivation of pyschrophlic microorganisms from deeply buried marine sediments of the accretionary prism off-shore Peru (ODP Site 1230).  To be submitted to Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results.  July 2004.

Buss HL*, Luttge, A., and Brantley SL.  Etch pit formation on iron-silicate glass during siderophore-promoted dissolution.  In Prep. for submission to Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta.

Hausrath, E. M.*, Liermann, L. J., Brantley, S. L. and House, C.H..  Nickel uptake by methanogens from glass.  In prep for submission to Astrobiology

Iyer, P., M.A. Bruns, S. Van Ginkel*, and B.E. Logan. Hydrogen gas production in a continuous flow bioreactor using a heat-treated soil inoculum. Submitted to Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.

Liermann, L.J., Marin, A.*, Guynn, R. L., Anbar, A. and Brantley, S. L. Production of a molybdophore during metal-targeted dissolution of silicates by soil bacteria.  Submitted to Chemical Geology.

Moran, J.*, House, C.H., Freeman, K.H., and Ferry, J.G. Trace methane oxidation studied in several Euryarchaeota under diverse conditions.  Submitted to Archaea.

Ruebush SS*, Icopini GA, Tien M, Brantley SL. In Vitro Enzymatic Mineral Oxide Reduction by Membrane Fractions from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. In prep. for submission in Geochim. Comsmochim. Acta.

Smith, F.A.** and K.H. Freeman.  In prep.  Influence of physiology and climate on dD of leaf wax n-alkanes from C3 and C4 grasses.  To be submitted to Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, December, 2004.

Steinberg, L.M.*, Trimble, J., and Logan, B.E.  Enzymes responsible for perchlorate reduction in Azosuillum sp. KJ and Pseudomonas sp. PDA.  Submitted to Environmental Microbiology.

Strynar, M.J.*, A. Benesi, K. Mueller, R. A. Fry, S. Mabury, A. D. Jones, J. Dec and J-M.  Bollag.  Feature Article: The Investigation of Fluorinated Organics in Environmental Media Using ¹⁹F NMR. (in preparation).

Zerkle A. L.*, House, C. H., and Brantley, S. L. (submitted) Using genomic information to infer biogeochemical aspects of the past biosphere. Submitted to Quantitative Approaches Toward Biogeochemistry: Processes, Scaling, and Interfaces, American Journal of Science Special Volume.

Zimmerman, A**. R., J. Chorover, Goyne, K. W.*, S.L. Brantley (submitted). Protection of mesopore-adsorbed organic matter from enzymatic degradation.  Environmental Science and Technology.

ABSTRACTS

Biddle, J. F.* , C. House, J. Brenchley. 2004. Microbial inhabitants of the deep marine subsurface: Studies of ODP Leg 201. Abstracts of the International Society for Extremophiles Meeting. September 2004, Cambridge, MD.

Biddle, J. F.* , C. House, J. Brenchley. 2004. Enrichment and Isolation of Psychrophilic Microorganisms from Sediment Collected at Ocean Drilling Program Site 1230. Abstracts of the 104th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. May 2004, New Orleans, LA.

Biddle, J.F.*, C.Turich,* S. Brantley and M.A. Bruns. Linking Microbial and Biogeochemical Studies: Biological Controls of Methane Release from an Acidic Natural Wetland in Central Pennsylvania Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet.Suppl., Abstract B51B-0727, 2002.

Brantley, S. L., A. Anbar*, R. L. Guynn, J. Barling, L.J. Liermann, and G. Icopini**. Fe release and isotopic fractionation during dissolution of Hornblende and Goethite in the presence of soil bacteria, Eos Trans. AGU, 82(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V21A-0970.  2001

Buss H.L.*, Brantley S.L., and Liermann L.J. Using AFM and XPS to evaluate pitting by bacteria grown of Fe-silicate surfaces. In 11th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Abstract #3710. LPI Contribution No. 1088, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM).  May 20-24, 2001

Buss H. L.*, Luttge A., and Brantley S. L. 2002.  Etch pits and leached layers on iron-silicate surfaces during siderophore-promoted dissolution. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 66, A113 (abstr.).

Eigenbrode, J.L., Logan, G.A., Summons, R.E, and Freeman, K.H. Probable late Archean biomarkers from the Pilbara Craton, Australia: Biogeochemical Implications, Nancy, France, 20^th International Meeting of Organic Geochemistry Abstracts Volume I, p. 312-313.  2001

Eigenbrode, J.L, Freeman, K.H., Summons, R.E, Logan, G.A., Brocks, J.J., Late Archean biomarkers in carbonates from the Hamersley Basin, Pilbara  Craton, Western Australia, Washington D.C., NASA Astrobiology Institute Annual Meeting Abstracts.  2001

Goyne, K.W.*, J. Chorover, S.L. Brantley, S. Komarneni. 2001. Sorption of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid to porous minerals. In Eleventh Annual V.M.Goldschmidt Conference, Abstract # 3413. LPI Contribution No. 1088, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM). 

Goyne, K. W.*, Chorover, J., Brantley, S. L., Komarneni, S. & Newalkar, B. L. 2002.  2,4-D sorption/desorption: Influence of sorbent mesoporosity and surface chemistry. In Third International Conference on the Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds. Poster Abstracts: C3. Enhanced Bioremediation of Recalcitrant Contaminants (Monterey, CA).

Icopini, G.A.**, S.L. Brantley, S. Ruebush*, M. Tien, and T.D. Bullen. Iron fractionation during microbial reduction of iron, Eos Trans. AGU Fall Meet. Suppl. December, 2002

Riccardi, A.*, Arthur, M.A., Kump, L.R., D"Hondt, S. (2004)  Pertubations to the Carbon and Sulfur Cycle during the Permian-Triassic boundary event in Southern China. Eos Trans AGU, 85(46), Fall Meet.  Suppl., Abstract PP41A-0581

Ruebush S. S.*, G. Icopini,** J. Gardner, M. Tien, and S. L. Brantley. 2001. Preliminary investigations of membrane Fe(III) reductase activity and electron transfer processes, In Eleventh Annual V. M. Goldschmidt Conference, Abstract #3742, LPI Contribution No. 1088, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM). 

Ruebush, S.*, M. Tien, G.A. Icopini**, and S.L. Brantley. Biochemical analyses of dissimilatory iron reduction by Shewanella oneidensis,  Eos Trans. AGU Fall Meet. Suppl..  December, 2002

Sak, P.B.**, Brantley, S.L., and Fisher, D.M., 2001, Diffusion models for weathering rind genesis.  In Eleventh Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Abstract #3397.  LPI Contribution No. 1088, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM).

Sak, P.B.**, Brantley, S.L., Fisher, D.M., and Gardner, T.W., 2000, A diffusion model for weathering rind genesis in a tropical setting.  In Tenth Annual Goldschmidt Conference. Cambridge Publications Ltd.

Sak, P.B.**, Brantley, S.L., Fisher, D.M., Wise, J., and Gardner, T.W., 1999, Weathering rinds as a calibrated dating technique in a tectonically active tropical setting, Costa Rica: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, p. A 474.

Sheridan, P.** J. Loveland-Curtze, V. Miteva, and J. Brenchley. 2001. Characterization and phylogenetic analyses of novel psychrophiles isolated from an Antarctic lake and a Greenland ice core. 101st Abst. Gen. Mtg. ASM; I-91;p. 435.

Smith, F.A.** and K.H. Freeman.  2003.  Rainfall and the Miocene expansion of C4 grasses: A leaf wax hydrogen isotope paleohydrologic proxy.  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 35 (Seattle, WA).

PRESENTATIONS: (date order)

Logan, B.E. and K.J. Shellenberger. Probing chemical- microbiological interactions using atomic force microscopy (AFM). Pres. ACS Annual Meeting, Washington DC   August 20-25, 1999

A.S. Barnes, C.G. Pantano, B.E. Kalinowski, L.J. Liermann, S.L. Brantley, "Geomicrobial Weathering of Hornblende Glass Analogs by Arthrobacter sp. and Streptomyces sp," Presented at the Glass and Optical Materials Division Meeting of the American Ceramic Society, Cleveland, OH  Oct. 3-6, 1999

Strynar, M.J., J. Dec, and J.-M. Bollag. Using ¹⁴C- and ¹⁵N-labeled 2,4,6-TNT to investigate the nature of binding in various fractions of contaminated soil during composting. p. 352. Preprints of the 91^st Annual Meeting of American Society of Agronomy, Salt Lake City, Utah  31 October – 4 November, 1999

Bollag, J.-M., M. Strynar, Mi-youn Ahn and J. Dec. Characterization of enzymatic or abiotic immobilization of xenobiotics in soil. Third International Symposium of the Working Group M.O. Interactions of Soil Minerals with Organic Components and Microorganisms of the International Union of Soil Sciences. Naples-Capri, Italy..May 22-26, 2000

Shellenberger, K.J. and B.E. Logan. Effect of surface roughness and charge heterogeneity on bacterial adhesion. Pres. 74th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA.  June 19-21, 2000

Zimmerman, A. R. and E. A. Canuel. Gordon Research Conference on Organic Geochemistry, (Holderness, NH). Historical progression of eutrophication in the mesohaline Chesapeake Bay:  A sediment geochemical record.  (poster)..  Aug. 13-18, 2000

Icopini, G.A., Gruhl, W., Gardner, J., Tien, M.,  and Brantley, S.L., Preliminary investigations of membrane bound Fe(III) reductase and siderophore electron transport processes.  Allegheny Branch of the American Society for Microbiology Fall Meeting..  Fall 2000

Zimmerman, A.R., S. L. Brantley, J. D. Kubicki, J. Chorover and K. W. Goyne. The effect of mesopores on organic matter adsorption to mineral analogues.  (poster) Goldschmidt Conference on Geochemistry, Hot Springs, VA.  May 20-24, 2001

Pardi, S.T. and B.E. Logan. Methods for bonding colloids to glass surfaces for their analysis using atomic force microscopy. Poster Pres. 75th ACS. Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  June 10-13 2001

A.S. Barnes, C.G. Pantano, S.D. Conzone, “Controlling Factors in the Adhesion of Polymer Films to (Rare-Earth Doped) Sodium Aluminophosphate Glass” Presented at the XIX International Congress on Glass, Edinburgh, Scotland.  July 1-7, 2001

 Velegol, S.B., S. Pardi, and B.E. Logan. Molecular scale analysis of bacterial adhesion forces using atomic force microscopy. Pres. 222nd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.  August 26-30, 2001

Turich, C., M.A. Bruns, and K. Freeman. Molecular characterization of microbial diversity in hypersaline ponds, San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Geological Society of America, Boston, MA.  November 5-8, 2001

Zhang, H., M.A. Bruns, and B.E. Logan. Isolation and 16S rRNA analysis of a perchlorate-reducing bacterium that grows on CO2 and H2. Allegheny Branch of American Society for Microbiology, Indiana, PA.  Nov. 9-10, 2001

Pardi, S. and B.E. Logan. Changes that bind: immobilizing bacteria for AFM imaging. Fifth Environmental Chemistry Symposium, Penn State University, University Park.  March 23, 2002

Miteva, V., P. Sheridan, and J. Brenchley. 2002. The isolation of novel psychrophilic microorganisms and the characterization of microbial diversity at low temperatures.  Astrobiology Science Conference: Extreme Environments p. 203, NASA Ames Res. Center, CA..  April, 2002

Logan, B.E., S.B. Velegol, X. Li, and S.T. Pardi. Analysis of molecules at elastic surfaces using atomic force microscopy. Poster presentation. American Chemical Society (223^rd National Meeting, Orlando, FL).  April 7-11, 2002

Zimmerman, A.,  J. Chorover, J. Kubicki, K. Goyne, S. Komarneni, and S.L. Brantley. Effect of mesopores on amino acid adsorption to mineral analogues.  American Chemical Society (223^rd National Meeting, Orlando, FL).  April 7-11, 2002

Miteva, V., P. Sheridan, J. Brenchley. 2002. Phylogenetic and physiological diversity of microorganisms in a Greenland Ice core. 102nd Abst. General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, P. 330..  May 19-23, 2002

Zhang, H. M.A. Bruns, and B.E. Logan.  Perchlorate reduction by a novel autotrophic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium. Abstracts of the 102^nd General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, p. 401.  May 19-23, 2002

Fujitake, N., M. Strynar, T. Mishima, M. Tsukamoto, T. Suzuki, H. Otsuka, J. Dec, and J-M. Bollag.  Optimization of a methylation procedure to obtain chloroform-soluble humic acids.   International Humic Substances Society 20th Anniversary Conference Humic Substances – Nature’s Most Versatile Materials.  Boston, MA.  July 21-26, 2002

Eigenbrode, J.L., Freeman, K.H., Snape, C.E., Love, G.D., Summons, R.E., Logan, G.A. High pressure hydropyrolysis products from 2.7 billion year old kerogens.  Organic Geochemistry Gordon Conference, Holderness School, New Hampshire, poster presentation.  July 28, 2002.

Zimmerman, A.,  J. Chorover, J. Kubicki, K. Goyne, S. Komarneni,  S.L. Brantley. The effect of mineral mesoporosity on amino acid adsorption.  Goldschmidt 2002, Davos, Switzerland.  August 18-23, 2002

Sak, P. Centre de Geochimie de la Surface, Ecole et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre, Strasbourg France. "Rates of transport-limited weathering: basaltic weathering rinds in Costa Rica.".  September, 2002

Brantley, S.L., A.R. Zimmerman , K.W. Goyne , J.D. Chorover , S. Komarneni, J. Kubicki .  Mineral Mesoporosity and its Effect on the Adsorption of Organic Matter. American Geophysical Union, Fall 2002  Dec. 6-10, 2002

Zimmerman, A.R., J. D. Chorover, S. Komarneni, S. L. Brantley. The sequestration and protection of organic matter within mineral mesopores (oral).  American Geophysical Union, Dec. 6-10, 2002

M.J. Strynar^1,2,*, B. Schrick³, B. N. Will³, J.Dec², and T. E. Mallouk³, J.-M. Bollag^. Using zero-valent metal nanoparticles to remediate organic contaminants. American Chemical Society Meeting, New Orleans.  March 2003

Hausrath, E.M., Liermann, L.J., and Brantley, S.L. Enhanced nickel release in the presence of methanogens: Evidence for a nickel binding ligand? 226^th meeting of the American Chemical Society, New York City, NY.  March 2003

Smith, F.A., Pedentchouk, N., Freeman, K.H.  Hydrogen isotope ratios of lipid biomarkers (N-alkanes) as paleohydrologic proxies: aquatic vs. terrestrial archives.  EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly.  April 6-11, 2003

Miteva, V., P. Sheridan, and J. Brenchley. Analysis of a diverse bacterial community obtained from a 120,000 year old Greenland ice core sample. 103rd Abst. General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology N-354.  May 2003

Zhang, H., M.A.Bruns, J. Regan, B. Min, and B.E. Logan. 2003. Development of a microbial community in a pilot-scale perchlorate-reducing bioreactor. Poster Pres. 103rd American Society for Microbiology Conference, Washington, DC. May 18-23.

Logan, B.E., S. Van Ginkel, and S. Oh. 2003. Biological hydrogen production from Industrial wastewaters using continuous flow and membrane bioreactors. Pres. Society for Industrial Microbiology (SIM) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.  August 10-14.

Hausrath, E.M., Liermann, L.A., and Brantley, S.L..  Enhanced nickel release in the presence of methanogens: Evidence for a nickel binding ligand?  226th meeting of the American Chemical Society New York, NY.  September 7-11 2003

Smith, F.A. and K.H. Freeman.  Rainfall and the Miocene expansion of C4 grasses: A leaf wax hydrogen isotope paleohydrologic proxy.  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 35, Seattle, WA.  November 2-5, 2003

Van Ginkel, S. and B.E. Logan. 2003. Complete resource recovery and waste elimination - turning food processing waste into electricity using a fast, two-phased, fermentation system. Invited talk. Renewable Bioenergy Conference, Minneapolis, MN.  Nov. 16-18.

Yanez, C.,* M.A. Bruns, and C.E. Martinez. 2003. Molecular analyses of sulfur bacteria in naturally metalliferous organic soils. Oral presentation at Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting, November 2-6, Denver, CO.

Iyer, P.P.,* S.W. van Ginkel, B.E. Logan, and M.A. Bruns. 2003. Characterization of hydrogen-producing microbial populations by ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis. Poster presentation. Abstracts of 103^rd General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, May 18-22, Washington, DC, p. 559.

Salerno, M. and B.E. Logan. 2004. Addition of Hydrophobic Silane Molecules to SiO2 Increases the Adhesion of Bacteria.  Pres. 78^th Colloids and Surfaces Symposium, Yale University, CT..  June 20-24.

Van Ginkel, S. and B.E. Logan. 2004. Biological hydrogen production using food processing wastewaters. Poster Pres. Seventh Environmental Chemistry Symposium, Penn State University, University Park.  March 20. 

Salerno, M., B.E. Logan and D. Vellegol. 2004. Addition of hydrophobic silane molecules to SiO₂ increases the adhesion of bacteria. Pres. Seventh Environmental Chemistry Symposium, Penn State University, University Park.  March 20. 

Turich, C.H., Caruso, A., Freeman, K.H. 2004. "A new organic lipid paleotemperature proxy applied to the Messinian Tripoli Formation, Caltanissetta Basin, Sicily." 4th International Congress Identity and Environment in the Mediterranean, Corte, Corsica.

Buss, H.L.*, S.L. Brantley, P.B. Sak, and A.F. White 2004.  Mineral Dissolution at the Granite-Saprolite Interface. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, Vol. 2 (ed. R. Wanty and R. Seal, II), pp. 1341-1345. A. A. Balkema Publishers.

Hausrath E. M., Liermann L. J., and Brantley S. L. (2004) Enhanced dissolution in the presence of methanogens. Water Rock Interactions, 1123-1125.

Moore J.*, White A. F., and Brantley S. L. 2004. Effects of giant sequoia on soil chemistry. In Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, Vol. 2 (ed. R. Wanty and R. Seal, II), pp. 1341-1345. A. A. Balkema Publishers.

Navarre, A*., Sak, P., Brantley, S. 2004. Processes controlling weathering rind advancement on Costa Rican basalt clasts, 11th Annual Proceedings of the Water-Rock Interaction Conference, Vol. 1 (ed. R. Wanty and R. Seal, II), pp. 853-858. A. A. Balkema Publishers.

Hausrath E. M., Liermann L. J., and Brantley S. L. (2004) Influence of methanogens on mineral weathering. Astrobiology Science Conference, 31.

Smith, F.A. and K.H. Freeman.  2004. Compound-specific hydrogen isotope ratios of leaf wax n-alkanes from C3 and C4 grasses.  Invited "Hot Topic" oral presentation at Organic Geochemistry Gordon Research Conference (Holderness School, NH).

Smith, F.A.**, N. Pedentchouk and K.H. Freeman.  2003.  Hydrogen isotope ratios of lipid biomarkers (n-alkanes) as paleohydrologic proxies: Aquatic vs. terrestrial archives.  Joint Assembly of EGS-AGU-EUG (Nice, France).

Smith F.A., K.H. Freeman, B. Helliker, J.R. Ehleringer.  2004.  Hydrogen Isotope Ratios of Leaf Waxes in C3 and C4 Grasses Record Meteoric Water and Aridity Signatures.  Oral presentation at Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (San Francisco, CA).

Meyer, K.M., Freeman, K.H. and Kump, L.R. (to be presented Feb 2005). Relationship between hopanoid biomarker and planktonic microbial diversity in sediments of meromictic Fayetteville Green Lake, NY. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting (Salt Lake City, UT).

FACULTY PAPERS

Ahn, M.-Y., J. Dec, J.-E. Kim, J.-M. Bollag. 2002. Use of free and immobilized laccase for the decontamination of soil polluted with 2,4-dichlorophenol. J. Environ. Qual. 31:1509-1515.   

Beerling, D.J., Lomax, B.H., Royer, D.L., Upchurch, G.R. Jr., and Kump, L.R. 2002. New constraints on atmospheric CO₂ changes following the terminal Cretaceous biotic crisis. Proc. Nat’l. Acad. Sci. 99, 7844-7847.

Bollag, J.-M. and J. Dec. 2001. Characterization of the interaction between xenobiotic residues and humic substances. pp. 155-164. In: C.E. Clapp, M.H.B. Hayes, N. Senesi, P.R. Bloom, and P.M. Jardine (eds.). Humic Substances and Chemical Contaminants. Soil Science Society of America, Inc. Madison, WI.

Bollag, J.-M., J. Berthelin, D. Adriano and P.M. Huang.  2002. Impact of soil minerals – organic component – microorganisms interactions on restoration of terrestrial ecosystems.  17th World Congress of Soil Science.  Bangkok, Thailand.  Paper no. 861,1-7, 2002.

Bollag, W.B., J. Dec, J.-M. Bollag. 2000. Biodegradation. pp. 461-471. In: Lederberg, J. et al. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Microbiology, Vol. 1, 2nd edition, Academic Press, Inc., New York.

Brantley, S.L., L. Liermann, and T.D. Bullen. 2001. Fractionation of Fe isotopes by soil microbes and organic acids. Geology. 29(6): 535-538.

Brantley, S.L., L. Liermann, M. Bau, and S. Wu. 2001. Uptake of trace metals and rare earth elements from hornblende by a soil bacterium. Geomicrobiology Journal. 18: 37-61.

Bruns, M.A. and D.H. Buckley. 2002. Isolation and purification of microbial community nucleic acids from environmental samples. In C.J. Hurst (ed.), Manual of Environmental Microbiology, 2^nd ed., ASM Press, Washington, DC, pp. 564-572.

Bruns, M.A. and L.B. Byrne. 2004. Scale Model of a Soil Aggregate and Associated Organisms: A Teaching Tool for Soil Ecology. Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, J. Nat. Resour. Life Sci. Educ., 33:85-91.

Bruns, M.A. 2002. Soil Bacteria. In Rattan Lal (ed.), Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, pp. 94-99.

Bruns MA, Hanson JR, Mefford J, and Scow KM. 2001. Isolate PM1 populations are dominant and novel methyl tert-butyl ether-degrading bacteria in compost biofilter enrichments. Environmental Microbiology 3:220-225.

Burks, G.A. S.B. Velegol, E.U. Watson, B.E. Lindenmuth, J.D. Feick, and B.E. Logan. 2003. Macroscopic and nanoscale measurements of the adhesion of bacteria with varying outer layer surface composition. Langmuir, 19(6):2366-2371.

Cameotra, S.S. and J.-M. Bollag.  2003.  Biosurfactant-enhanced bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.  Crit. Rev. Environ. Sci. Technol. 33 p 111-126.

Camesano, T.A. and B.E. Logan. 2000. Probing electrostatic interactions using atomic force microscopy. Environ. Sci. Technol. 34(16):3354-3362

Corbett, D.R., Kump, L.R., Dillon, W., and Chanton, J., 2000. Fate of wastewater-borne nutrients under low discharge conditions in the subsurface of the Florida Keys, USA. Marine Chemistry 69: 99-115.

Davidson, E. A., J. Chorover and D. B. Dail.  2003.  A mechanism of abiotic immobilization of nitrate in forest ecosystems: The ferrous wheel hypothesis.  Global Change Biology 9 228-236.

Dec, J., K. Haider, and J.-M. Bollag. 2003.  Release of substituents from phenolic compounds during oxidative coupling reactions.  Chemosphere 52:549-556.

Dec, J. and J.-M. Bollag. 2000. Phenoloxidase-mediated interactions of phenols and anilines with humic materials. J. Environ. Qual. 29, 665-676.

Dec, J., and J.-M. Bollag. 2001. Use of enzymes in bioremediation. pp. 182-193. In: J.C. Hall, Hoagland, R.E., and R.M. Zablotowicz (eds.). Pesticide Biotransformation in Plants and Microorganisms: Similarities and Divergences. ACS Symposium Series 777, American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C.

Dec, J., J.-M. Bollag, P.M. Huang, and N. Senesi. 2002. Impact of interactions between microorganisms and soil colloids on the transformation of organic pollutants. pp. 323-378. In: P.M. Huang, J.-M. Bollag, and N. Senesi (eds.). Interactions between Soil Particles and Microorganisms and the Impact on the Terrestrial Ecosystem. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chichester, U.K..

Dec, J., K. Haider, and J.-M. Bollag. 2001. Decarboxylation and demethoxylation of naturally occurring phenols during coupling reactions and polymerization. Soil Sci. 166:660-671.

Dec, J., K. Haider, and J.-M. Bollag. 2003.  Release of substituents from phenolic compounds during oxidative coupling reactions.  Chemosphere 52:549-556.

Dillon, K., Burnett, W., Kim, G., Chanton, J., Corbett, D.R., Elliott, K., and Kump, L., 2003 (in press). Groundwater flow and phosphate dynamics surrounding a high discharge wastewater disposal well in the Florida Keys. J. Hydrol.

Flanders, C., J. Dec, and J.-M. Bollag. 1999. Horseradish-mediated binding of 2,4-dichlorophenol to soil. Bioremed. J. 3:315-321.

Freeman K. H. 2001 Isotopic biogeochemistry of marine carbon.  In: Stable Isotope Geochemistry (J. W. Valley and D. R. Cole, eds.), Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, volume 43, 579-605.

Gianfreda, L. and J.-M. Bollag.  2002. Isolated enzymes for the transformation and detoxification of organic pollutants.  In: R.G. Burns and R. P. Dick (eds.) 'Enzymes in the environment: Activity, ecology, and applications'.  Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York.  pp. 495-538.

Griggs, E.M., Kump, L.R., and Bohlke, J.K., 2003. The fate of wastewater-derived nitrate in the subsurface of the Florida Keys: Key Colony Beach, Florida. Est. Coastal Shelf Sci. 58: 517-539.

Haider, K., M. Spiteller, J. Dec, and A. Schäffer. 2000.  Silylation of soil organic matter: Extraction of humic substances and soil-bound residues. pp. 139-170. In: J.-M. Bollag and G. Stotzky (eds.). Soil Biochemistry, Vol. 10. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York.

Hotinski, R.M., Bice, K.L., Kump, L.R., Najjar, R.G., Arthur, M.A., 2001. Ocean stagnation and end-Permian anoxia. Geology, 29: 7-10.

Hotinski, R.M., Kump, L.R., and Najjar, R.G., 2000. Opening Pandora's Box: The impact of open system modeling on interpretation of anoxia. Paleoceanography 15:267-279.

Hotinski, R.M., Kump, L.R., and Bice, K.L., 2002. Comment on “Could the Late Permian deep ocean have been anoxic?” by R. Zhang et al. Paleoceanography 17: 1052, doi:10.1029/2001PA000680.

Hotinski, R.M., Kump, L.R., and Arthur, M.A., 2003 (in press). A ¹³C gradient from platform carbonates of the Pethei Group (Great Slave Lake Supergroup, N.W.T. Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer.

Inagaki, F. et al, New insights into prokaryotic communities associated with hydrate-bearing deep marine sediments.  Submitted to Science.

Huang, P.M., J.-M. Bollag and N. Senesi.  (Editors).  2002.  Interactions between soil particles and microorganisms: Impact on the terrestrial ecosystem.  IUPAC.  John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. Chichester, U.K.  582 pages.

Kalinowski, B.E., L.J. Liermann, S. Givens, and S.L. Brantley. 2000. Rates of bacteria- promoted solubilization of Fe from minerals: A review of problems and approaches. Chemical Geology. 357-370.

Kang, K.-H., J. Dec, H. Park, and J.-M. Bollag. 2002.  Transformation of the fungicide cyprodinil by a laccase of Trametes villosa in the presence of phenolic mediators and humic acid. Water Res. 36:4907-4915.

Kump, L.R., Kasting, J.F., and Barley, M.E., 2001. Rise of atmospheric oxygen and the “upside-down” Archean mantle. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 2, Paper number 2000GC000114.

Kump, L.R., 2001. What drives climate? Nature (News and Views section) 408: 651-652.

Kump, L.R., 2001. Chill taken out of the tropics. Nature (London), vol.413, no.6855, pp.470-471, 04 Oct 2001.

Kump, L.R., 2002. Reducing uncertainty about carbon dioxide as a climate driver. Nature, v. 419, pp. 188-190.

Kump, L.R., in press. Self-regulation of ocean composition by the biosphere. In: Scientists on Gaia II. MIT Press

Kump, L.R., Kasting, J.F., and Crane, R.G., 2003. The Earth System, 2/e. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 419 pp.

Kump, L.R., in press. The geochemistry of mass extinction. In: Turekian, K.K. and Holland, H.D. (eds.) Treatise on Geochemistry. Holland: Elsevier, Ch. 7.14.

Naidja, A., P.M. Huang, J. Dec, and J.-M. Bollag. 1999. Kinetics of catechol oxidation catalyzed by tyrosinase or d-MnO₂. p. 181-188. In: J. Berthelin, P.M. Huang, J.-M. Bollag, and F. Andreux (eds.). Effect of Mineral-Organic-Microorganism Interactions on Soil and Freshwater Environments. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York.

Naidja, A., P.M. Huang and J.-M. Bollag. 2000. Enzyme-clay interactions and their impact on transformations of natural and anthropogenic organic compounds in soil. J. Environ. Qual. 29, 677-691.

Oh, S.E., P. Iyer, M.A. Bruns, and B.E. Logan. 2004. Biological hydrogen production using a membrane bioreactor. Biotechnology & Bioengineering, in press.

Park, J.-W., J. Dec, J.-E. Kim, and J.-M. Bollag. 1999. Effect of humic constituents on the transformation of chlorinated phenols and anilines in the presence of the oxidoreductive enzymes or birnessite.  Environ. Sci. Technol. 33:2028-2034.

Park, Jong-Woo, J. Dec., J.-E. Kim and J.-M. Bollag. 2000. Transformation of chlorinated phenols and anilines in the presence of humic acid. J.Environ. Qual. 29, 214-220.

Park, Jong-Woo, J. Dec., J.-E. Kim and J.-M. Bollag. 2000. Dehalogenation of xenobiotics as a consequence of binding to humic materials. Arch. Environ.Contam. Toxicol. 38, 405-410.

Richards, P. and Kump, L.R., 2003 . Soil pore-water distributions and the temperature feedback of weathering in the field. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 67: 3803-3816.

Shipboard Scientific Party (House, C.H.), 2003.  Controls on Microbial Communities in Deeply Buried Sediments, Eastern Equatorial Pacific and Peru Margin.  Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Reports, 201:  Ch. 1 & Ch. 5-12.

Thiele, S., E. Fernandes and J.-M. Bollag.  2002.  Enzymatic transformation and binding of labeled 2,4,5-trinitrotoluene to humic substances during an anaerobic/aerobic incubation.  J. Environ. Qual.  31, 437-444.

Tonegawa, M., J. Dec, and J.-M. Bollag. 2003. Use of additives to enhance the removal of phenols from water treated with horseradish and hydrogen peroxide. J. Environ. Qual. 32:1222-1227.

Vasilyeva, G.K., V.D. Kreslavski, P.J. Shea, and J.-M. Bollag.  2002.  Transformation and binding of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene in soil amended with activated carbon.  In 'Soil Mineral-Organic Matter-Microorganism Interactions and Ecosystem Health.  Ecological Significance of the Interactions Among Clay Minerals, Organic Matter and Soil Biota'.  Develop. Soil Sci. Vol. 28B: 157-168.

Velegol. S.B. and B.E. Logan. 2002. Contributions of bacterial surface polymers, electrostatics and cell Elasticity to the shape of AFM force curves. Langmuir, 18:5256-5262.

Violante, A., P.M. Huang, J.-M. Bollag. and L. Gianfreda.  (Eds.).  2002.  Soil Mineral-Organic Matter-Microorganism Interactions and Ecosystem Health.  Dynamics, Mobility and Transformation of Pollutants and Nutrients.  Develop. Soil Sci. Vol. 28A.  Elsevier, Amsterdam.  459 pages.

Violante, A., P.M. Huang, J.-M. Bollag. and L. Gianfreda.  (Eds.).  2002.  Soil Mineral-Organic Matter-Microorganism Interactions and Ecosystem Health.  Ecological Significance of the Interactions Among Clay Minerals, Organic Matter and Soil Biota.  Develop. Soil Sci. Vol. 28B.  Elsevier, Amsterdam.  434 pages.

FACULTY PRESENTATIONS: (date order)

Dec, J., and J.-M. Bollag. The role of phenoloxidases in the transformation of pesticides in soil. Preprints of the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Agrochemical Division, Symposium on Pesticide Biotransformation in Plants and Microorganisms: Similarities and Divergences, New Orleans, Louisiana 22-26 August 1999

Bollag, J.-M., and J. Dec. Detoxification of pesticides and their metabolites in soil and water by plant materials containing peroxidases. Preprints of the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Agrochemical Division, Symposium on Pesticide Biotransformation in Plants and Microorganisms: Similarities and Divergences, New Orleans, Louisiana  22-26 August 1999

Logan, B.E. Using atomic force microscopy to understand factors affecting bacterial transport in porous media. Invited Seminar, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA November 15, 1999

Logan, B.E. Using atomic scale measurements to understand factors affecting bacterial transport in porous media. Invited Seminar, Dept. of Geography and Environmental Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD November 30, 1999

Logan, B.E. Examining colloid properties of adhesion at macro- to atomic-scales. Invited Keynote Lecture, Third Environmental Chemistry Symposium, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA  February 26, 2000

Logan, B.E. Analysis of bacterial surface topography and bacterial adhesion to soil particles using atomic force microscopy (AFM). Invited seminar, Yale University, New Haven, CT March 29, 2000

Logan, B.E. Analysis of bacterial surface topography and bacterial adhesion to soil particles using atomic force microscopy (AFM). Invited seminar, Environmental Science Graduate Program seminar series on "Contaminated Systems and Human Response" and the Environmental Surface Science Initiative. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH April 14, 2000

Logan, B.E. Molecular-scale analysis of bacteria and interaction forces measured using atomic force microscopy. Invited seminar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis November 3, 2000

Kubicki, J., D. Velegol, J. Chorover, M. Elimelech, and B.E. Logan. Molecular level analysis of macromolecule-surface interactions in bacterial adhesion. Pres. 221st ACS National Meeting, San Diego, April 1-5, 2001

Logan, B.E. Molecular-scale analysis of interaction forces between bacteria and surfaces measured using atomic force microscopy. Invited seminar, Princeton University April 2, 2001

Tonegawa, M., J. Dec, and J.-M. Bollag. Improvement of water quality by the addition of plant materials amended with selective additions. p. 23. Preprints of the 9^th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Amsterdam, The Netherlands  August 26-31, 2001

Bruns, M.A. and S. Brantley. Microbial Community Analysis of Wetland Samples Using Ribosomal RNA Gene Spacer Fingerprinting: A Tool for Biogeochemical Research and Education. Abstracts of the Ninth International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, International Society for Microbial Ecology, Amsterdam, p. 312 August 26-31, 2001

Dec, J., K. Haider, and J.-M. Bollag. Release of substituents from phenolic compounds during oxidative coupling reactions.  p. 61-62. Preprints of Extended Abstracts. 15^th Intern. Symposium On Environmental Biogeochemistry, Wroclaw, Poland  September 11-15, 2001.

Logan, B.E. Molecular-Scale Analysis of Bacterial Adhesion using Atomic Force Microscopy. Invited talk, PPG Industries, Monroeville, PA September 12, 2001

Bollag, J.-M., K. Haider, A. Schäffer, and J. Dec. Analytical methods to determine the mechanisms of pollutant retention in soil.  CD-ROM preprints of the 93^rd Annual Meeting of Soil Science Society of America, Charlotte, NC October 21-25, 2001.

Dec, J., K. Haider, A. Schäffer, and J.-M. Bollag. Aging and Bioavailability of Pesticide Residues in Soil. CD-ROM preprints of the 93^rd Annual Meeting of Soil Science Society of America, Charlotte, NC  October 21-25, 2001

Hurtgen, M., Arthur, M.A., and Kump, L.R. The sulfur isotopic evolution of neoproterozoic seawater sulfate. Ann. Meeting Geological Soc. Amer, Boston, MA  Nov. 2001

Watson, E. and B.E. Logan. Study of the effects of LPS on bacterial transport through porous media. Fifth Environmental Chemistry Symposium, Penn State University, University Park, (Award for Best Undergraduate Poster)  March 23, 2002

Kump, L.R., Griggs, E., Elliott, K., and Bohlke, J.K. Fate of wastewater nutrients in groundwaters of the Florida Keys. Sixth International Symposium on the Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface, Honolulu, Hawaii. May, 2002.

Ruiz, J., Mathur, R., Brantley, S.,  Liermann L. Experimental constraints on copper fractionation in natural environments: Sixth International Symposium on the Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface, Honolulu, Hawaii.  May, 2002

Logan, B.E. Particle dynamics in environmental systems.  Invited lectures, University of Girona, Spain. June 14 – 28, 2002

Logan, B.E. Using nanoscale (atomic force microscopy) and macroscale (column) measurements to understand bacterial adhesion and transport.  Pres. AEESP/AAEE Conference, Toronto, Canada  August 10-14, 2002

Logan, B.E. 2003.  Using atomic force microscopy to study bioadhesion at molecular- to nano-scale levels.  Invited talk, Workshop on Flocculation in Natural and Engineered Systems, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Burlington, Ontario.  September 5-6.

Logan, B.E. 2003.  Using atomic force microscopy to study bioadhesion at molecular- to nano-scale levels.  Invited talk, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. September 23.

Pouliot, J., and B.E. Logan. 2004. The Effect of Metal Oxides on Bacterial Adhesion. Pres. 78^th Colloids and Surfaces Symposium, Yale University, CT.  June 20-24.
 
Logan, B.E. 2004.  Using atomic force microscopy to study bioadhesion at molecular- to nano-scale levels.  Invited talk, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.  March 25.

THESES: (Alphabetical order)

Barnes, Amy.  2003.  The Surface of Sodium Aluminophosphate Glasses:  Reaction with Water and Aminosilanes.  Ph.D. Dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University

Buss, Heather L. 2001. BRIE undergraduate. AFM investigations of pitting on silicate surfaces by a soil bacterium. B.S. Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University

Goyne, Keith.  2003.  Influence of Intraparticle Mesoporosity on the Sorption of Polar

Organic Compounds to Alumina and Silica. Ph.D. Dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University.

Lewicki, Jennifer L. 2002. BRIE-related graduate.  Soil carbon dioxide flow associated with the San Andreas and Calaveras faults, California.  Ph.D. Dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University

Pardi, Shaun. 2002 (M.S.).  Investigation of bacterial extracellular polymeric substances utilizing an atomic force microscope with newly developed deflection curve acquisition and analysis protocol.

Salerno, Carlo.  2002. BRIE Assessment Coordinator. On the technical and allocative efficiency of research-intensive higher education institutions. Ph.D. Dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University

Strynar, Mark.  2002. Determination of binding interactions between xenobiotic chemicals and soil humic material.  Ph.D. Dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University.

von Willert, Frank.  2002. BRIE-related graduate. Chemical processes affecting the subsoil during reclamation of highly acidic minespoil.  Ph.D. Dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University

Werner, Cindy. 1999. BRIE-related graduate. CO₂ Emissions related to the Yellowstone volcanic system:  Statistical sampling, total degassing, and transport mechanisms. M.S. Thesis, The Pennsylvania State University