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2024

Ciemniecki, John Alan (2024) The Bioenergetics of a Low-Power, Phenazine-Dependent Maintenance Metabolism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/n992-ey51. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04152024-205944516

Lim, Sujung (2024) The Impact of Energy Availability and Substrate Complexity on Anaerobic Microbial Communities in Marine Sediment. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/67j6-4885. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04172024-164449548

2023

Liu, Xinyan (2023) Bioorthogonal Noncanonical Amino Acid Tagging for Understanding Bacterial Persistence. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/q6bx-kt39. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08272022-063655097

Osorio Rodríguez, Daniela (2023) Microbial Transformations of Sulfur: Environmental and (Paleo) Ecological Implications. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9bn5-z794. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06092023-201353115

Sanders, Cecilia Brooke (2023) Geological and Geochemical Explorations of the Salitre Formation Phosphorite, Eastern Brazil. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/rd4m-7x08. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07202022-060317708

Tsypin, Lev Maximovich (2023) The Discovery and Biological Mechanisms of a Widespread Phenazine's Oxidation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/rmsf-e465. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01202023-073514292

Wilbert, Steven Alexander (2023) The Role of Context-Dependent Metabolic Interactions in Organizing Microbial Communities. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/7sv2-gj10. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06122023-184806431

2022

Esswein, Shannon Rose (2022) Structural Basis of Antibody Recognition of Viruses. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/krjp-se81. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05202022-005152490

2021

Chadwick, Grayson Lee (2021) How to Beat Diffusion: Explorations of Energetics and Spatial Relationships in Microbial Ecosystems. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/svrp-rb07. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07182020-211405749

Lingappa, Usha Farey (2021) Manganese Through Time and Other Stories Concerning Cyanobacteria and the World Around Them. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9ysw-jt52. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06012021-160326752

McCardell, Reed Dillard (2021) Genetic Circuits for the Control of Multi-Strain Bacterial Populations. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/wgpp-vj97. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05082021-185615529

Metcalfe, Kyle Shuhert (2021) Symbiotic Diversity and Mineral-Associated Microbial Ecology in Marine Microbiomes. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ve4r-k526. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08122020-110818529

Mullin, Sean William Alexander (2021) Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Microorganisms Living Along Steep Energy Gradients and Implications for Ecology and Geologic Preservation in the Deep Biosphere. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/f3k8-ck13. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09232020-172452048

2020

Ireland, William Thornton (2020) A Quantitative and High-Throughput Approach to Gene Regulation in Escherichia coli. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/0sk3-hd69. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03262020-092455420

Zhu, Yanzhe (2020) 3D Microfluidics for Environmental Pathogen Detection and Single-cell Phenotype-to-Genotype Analysis. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/vk3d-7212. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06082020-172255300

2019

Ramesh, Pradeep (2019) Imaging and Control of Engineered Cells using Magnetic Fields. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/KY00-7Y74. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06052019-181520170

2018

Donaldson, Gregory Paul (2018) Colonization of the Intestinal Surface by Indigenous Microbiota. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/6EZ0-3007. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05082018-122340793

Lloyd, Max Kaufmann (2018) Clumped and Intramolecular Isotopic Perspectives on the Behavior of Organic and Inorganic Carbon in the Shallow Crust and Deep Biosphere. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z96T0JV5. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01312018-211454203

Mahmoudabadi, Gita (2018) Virology By The Numbers: A Quantitative Exploration of Viral Energetics, Genomics, and Ecology. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9Q81B91. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:04172018-174233725

2017

Magyar, Paul Macdonald (2017) Insights into Pathways of Nitrous Oxide Generation from Novel Isotopologue Measurements. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z93776RJ. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05262017-143517395

Ward, Lewis Michael (2017) Microbial Evolution and the Rise of Oxygen: The Roles of Contingency and Context in Shaping the Biosphere through Time. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9BZ642S. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06012017-152345273

Yu, Hang Hank (2017) Understanding the Symbiosis in Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane Through Metabolic, Biosynthetic and Transcriptomic Activities. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9XD0ZQQ. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechThesis:06082017-134458390

2016

Case, David Hamilton (2016) Carbonate-Associated Microbial Ecology at Methane Seeps: Assemblage Composition, Response to Changing Environmental Conditions, and Implications for Biomarker Longevity. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9TD9V84. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05262016-170051580

Marlow, Jeffrey James (2016) Physical, Metabolic, and Energetic Investigations of Methane-Metabolizing Microbial Communities. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9W66HPS. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07212015-103405937

Trembath-Reichert, Elizabeth (2016) Molecular and Geochemical Insights into Microbial Life Centimeters to Kilometers Below the Seafloor. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z96Q1V6Q. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05262016-132232540

2015

Johnson, Jena Elaine (2015) Manganese: Minerals, Microbes, and the Evolution of Oxygenic Photosynthesis. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9RF5S0X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05182015-162708844

Kopf, Sebastian Hermann (2015) From Lakes to Lungs: Assessing Microbial Activity in Diverse Environments. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9HQ3WV6. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08182014-160835979

2014

Lucey, Kaitlyn Shae (2014) Catechol 2,3-Dioxygenase-Assisted Cleavage of Aromatics by "Anaerobic" Termite Gut Spirochetes and Genomic Evidence of a Complete Meta-Pathway. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/KQB3-7010. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10262013-152651094

2013

Bergmann, Kristin Diane (2013) Constraints on the Carbon Cycle and Climate During the Early Evolution of Animals. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/KFJX-7S28. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:06102013-045943358

Dekas, Anne Elizabeth (2013) Diazotrophy in the Deep: An Analysis of the Distribution, Magnitude, Geochemical Controls, and Biological Mediators of Deep-Sea Benthic Nitrogen Fixation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/H9F5-T161. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:12192012-141624638

Osburn, Magdalena Rose (2013) Isotopic Proxies for Microbial and Environmental Change: Insights from Hydrogen Isotopes and the Ediacaran Khufai Formation. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/KBAN-B073. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:03202013-162430365

Saxena, Abigail Green (2013) Sulfur-Cycling in Methane-Rich Ecosystems: Uncovering Microbial Processes and Novel Niches. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Z9125QKD. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05282013-062935856

2011

Ballor, Nicholas R. (2011) Hydrogenases and Hydrogen Sensors in the Symbiotic Microbial Communities of Wood-Feeding Termites. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/621E-9221. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:08182010-104705359

Farnsworth, Claire Elizabeth (2011) Processes Controlling the Fate and Transport of Trace Metals in the Subsurface During Changing Redox Potential. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/TB3A-Z569. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05132011-121157483

Harrison, Benjamin Kimball (2011) Microbial Colonization of Minerals in Marine Sediments – Method Development and Ecological Significance. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/3891-QQ56. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05262011-085126961

Tadmor, Arbel David (2011) Phage-Host Interaction in Nature. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/68Q5-D532. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05252011-233927917

2010

Yang, Wanwan (2010) Fast Viability Assessment of Clostridium Spores: Survival in Extreme Environments. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8BBD-7Y02. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:01072010-132355433

Zhang, Xinning (2010) I. Formate Dehydrogenase Gene Diversity in Lignocellulose-Feeding Insect Gut Microbial Communities. II. Metabolic Impacts on the Hydrogen Isotope Content of Bacterial Lipids. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/ETXQ-D671. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:05072010-142709280

2008

Mendez, Jeffrey Michael (2008) Iron and Manganese in the Ocean: Investigation of Atmospheric Input by Dust and Coastal Ocean Time Series. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/Q7JK-MV77. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05022008-220144

Nash, Cody Zane (2008) Mechanisms and Evolution of Magnetotactic Bacteria. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/9M6S-MS85. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05282008-140316

2007

Jiao, Yongqin (2007) Physiological and Mechanistic Studies of Phototrophic Fe(II) Oxidation in Purple Non-sulfur Bacteria. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/XC8V-K304. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-01242007-141030

2005

Bosak, Tanja (2005) Laboratory Models of Microbial Biosignatures in Carbonate Rocks. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/NJ3F-PJ25. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-12102004-144939