Richard L. Smith, Project Chief

Education

    B.S.  Biology, Western Michigan University,

                             Kalamazoo, MI

    M.A.  Biology, Western Michigan University,

                             Kalamazoo, MI

    Ph.D.  Microbiology, Michigan State University,

                             East Lansing, MI

Research Interests

• Microbial ecology of aqueous environments

• C and N biogeochemistry

• Cycling and flux of trace gases

• Bioremediation

• Anaerobic microbiology

• Development of in situ assessment techniques for biogeochemical processes

Contact Information:

U.S. Geological Survey

3215 Marine St., Suite E-127

Boulder, CO 80303

Phone: (303) 541-3032

Fax:  (303) 541-3084

Email:  rlsmith@usgs.gov

Charles P. Hart

Education

    B.S. Geology, College of Charleston,

                              Charleston, SC

    M.S. Geological Sciences, The Ohio State

                              University, Columbus, OH

Research Interests

• Geomorphology and surficial processes

• Soil & bedrock geochemical interactions

Contact Information: 

U.S. Geological Survey 

3215 Marine St., Suite E-127 

Boulder, CO 80303

Phone (303) 541-3031

Fax  (303) 541-3084

Email  cphart@usgs.gov

Jenny Baeseman

    B.S.  Water Chemistry, University of WI - 

             Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI

    M.S.  Civil Engineering-Environmental Emphasis,

              University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

    Ph.D. Civil Engineering-Environmental Emphasis,

               University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 

Research Interests

• Nutrient Cycling in Extreme Environments

• Nitrogen and Iron Cycling in Acid Mine Drainage Streams

• Microbial Ecology of Polar Streams 

• Nitrogen Cycling in Aquatic Systems 

• Microbial Ecology of the Hyporheic Zone of Streams 

• Bioremediation

JoAnn M. Holloway

Education

    B.S. Geology, University of Utah, 

                            Salt Lake City, UT

    M.S. Geology, Western Washington University,

                              Bellingham, WA 

    Ph.D. Hydrologic Sciences, 

                       University of California, Davis, CA

Research Interests

• Geologic nitrogen in terrestrial biogeochemical cycling

• Sources and fate of nitrogen and carbon in thermal waters

• Soil microbial processes in impacted and pristine ecosystems

• Watershed-scale hydrogeochemistry

Current Contact Information:

Director - Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) 
University of Tromsø
Norwegian College of Fishery Science, C-120
NO- 9037 Tromsø, Norway

e-mail: jbaeseman@gmail.com

Current Contact Information

Crustal Imaging and Characterization Team

US Geological Survey

Denver Federal Center, MS 973

Denver, CO 80225

e-mail:jhollow@usgs.gov

Steve H. Harris, NRP Post-Doctoral Fellow

Education

  B.S. Microbiology, The University of Oklahoma,

                                      Norman OK

Ph.D. Microbiology, The University of Oklahoma,

                                      Norman OK

Research Interests

• Microbial H2 consumption/competition

• in situ assessment of microbial activities

• microbial N cycling

Contact Information

U.S. Geological Survey

e-mail: shharris@usgs.gov