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

Jenny Baeseman

Education

    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

Rebecca Barnes, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow

Education

     B.S.  Geology & Environmental Studies, Oberlin

                         College, Oberlin, OH

     MPA Environmental Policy & Natural Resource

                         Management, Indiana University,

                         Bloomington, IN 

     MSES Water Resources, Indiana University,

                      Bloomington, IN

    Ph.D.  Biogeochemistry, Yale University, 

                      New Haven, CT 

Research Interests

• Biogeochemistry and ecology of watersheds with an emphasis on carbon and nitrogen cycling

• Land use change and development effects of atmospheric deposition on watersheds

Current Contact Information:

NSF Microbial Biology Postdoctoral Fellow
Princeton University
Department of Geosciences
M45 Guyot Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544

e-mail: baeseman@princeton.edu

Current Contact Information:

Email: becca.barnes@gmail.com 

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

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

Contact Information

U.S. Geological Survey

e-mail: shharris@usgs.gov

Current Contact Information
Crustal Imaging and Characterization Team
U.S. Geological Survey
Denver Federal Center, MS 973
Denver, CO 80225
e-mail:jhollow@usgs.gov