Research and professional experience:

2005-Present- OGI Distinguished Professor of Marine and Biomolecular Systems, Institute of Environmental Health, Oregon Health & Science University.

2006-Present-Professor Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD.

2004-2006- Professor-in-Residence, Marine Biology Research Division and Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

1987-2004-Research Biologist and Lecturer, Marine Biology Research Division and Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

1985-1986-Associate Research Scientist, Chesapeake Bay Institute, Johns Hopkins University.

Education:

1983-1985-Postdoctoral Research Associate with Prof. S. Emerson, School of Oceanography, University of Washington.

1978-1983-Graduate student (Research Assistant) with Prof. K.H. Nealson, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. Ph.D. in Marine Biology.

1980-NASA summer course "Planetary Biology and Microbial Ecology", Santa Clara, CA.

1974-1976-University of California, San Diego (Revelle College). B.A. in Biology

1973-1974-University of Munich (Ludwig Maximillan Universität).

1971-1973-University of California, San Diego (Revelle College).

Research Interests:

Geomicrobiology—physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology of bacteria that catalyze metal transformations; molecular mechanisms of microbial metal binding, electron transfer (redox reactions), mineral formation, and alteration of volcanic glasses; the biogeochemical cycling of metals in the environment; marine biotechnology; bioremediation.

Honors and Professional Organizations:

Co-Chair (2006) and Vice Co-Chair (2004) for Environmental Bioinorganic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference, American Academy for Microbiology (fellow), American Society for Microbiology, American Geophysical Union, Geochemical Society, American Chemical Society, The Oceanography Society, Mineralogical Society of America, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi.

Recent cruises and field experience:

2006-Cruise on R/V Melville with Jason ROV, Loihi Seamount, Hawaii (2.5 wks)

2005-Black Sea Expedition, R/V Endeavor, (2 weeks)

Cruise/dives on R/V Ka’imikai O’ Kanaloa/Pisces V, Valilulu’u Seamount, American Samoa (10 days

2004-Cruise on R/V Clifford A. Barnes, Chief Scientist, Saanich Inlet, B.C., Canada (10 days)

2003-Cruise/dives on R/V Ka’imikai O’ Kanaloa/Pisces V, Loihi Seamount, Hawaii (10 days).

US-Turkey Black Sea Expedition, R/V Knorr (31 days

2002-03-2 Cruise/dives on R/V Ka’imikai O’ Kanaloa/Pisces V, Loihi Seamount, Hawaii (10 days)

2001-US-Turkey Black Sea Expedition, R/V Knorr (10 days)

1998-2002-Field research, Pinal Creek, AZ (5 trips)

1999-2001-Student cruises (Chief Scientist) on R/V Gordon Sproul (SD Bay & Coastal SD).

1979-1992-Fifteen cruises (12 as Chief Scientist) on various ships to Saanich Inlet, B.C., Canada (1 week each).

Current Teaching:

Environmental Bioinorganic Chemistry (EBS 516/616), (Winter).

Reading Group: Environmental and Biomolecular Systems (EBS 505A), (Winter).

Environmental and Biomolecular History of the Earth (EBS 515/615), (Fall).