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Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology · Ecology

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h-index55
i10-index128
Publications306
Citations14,873

Grants

8 total · 0 active

NSF #2432215

Conference: Participation of early-career and diverse scientists in the International Conference on Geo-Omics of Archaea II

Amount
<$100K
Period
2024-08-01 → 2026-07-31
PIs
4

Awarded at University of Nevada Las Vegas

NSF #2038420

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Investigating the link between modern spring activity and associated paleospring mounds in Death Valley, NP

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2021-07-01 → 2025-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Nevada Las Vegas

NSF #1841658

Workshops: Development of a roadmap for the next decade of microbial systematics research

Amount
<$100K
Period
2018-08-01 → 2021-07-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Nevada Las Vegas

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All Grants

8 total · 0 active

NSF #2432215

Conference: Participation of early-career and diverse scientists in the International Conference on Geo-Omics of Archaea II

Amount
<$100K
Period
2024-08-01 → 2026-07-31
PIs
4

Awarded at University of Nevada Las Vegas

NSF #2038420

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Investigating the link between modern spring activity and associated paleospring mounds in Death Valley, NP

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2021-07-01 → 2025-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Nevada Las Vegas

NSF #1841658

Workshops: Development of a roadmap for the next decade of microbial systematics research

Amount
<$100K
Period
2018-08-01 → 2021-07-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Nevada Las Vegas

NSF #1516679

Collaborative Research: Tectonic and climatic forcing of hydrological systems in the southern Great Basin: Implications for ancient and future aquatic system resilience

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2015-08-01 → 2021-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Nevada Las Vegas

NSF #1557042

Collaborative Proposal: Biodiversity discovery and analysis of "Aigarchaeota", a globally distributed but poorly understood archaeal lineage

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2016-05-01 → 2021-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Nevada Las Vegas

NSF #1928924

Engagement of early-career and diverse scientists in international science on Archaea at the International Conference on Geo-Omics of Archaea; October 25-27, 2019; Shenzhen, China

Amount
<$100K
Period
2019-05-01 → 2020-04-30
PIs
5

Awarded at University of Nevada Las Vegas

NSF #0968421

PIRE: Toward a holistic and global understanding of hot spring ecosystems: A US-China based international collaboration

Amount
$3M–$4M
Period
2010-08-15 → 2018-07-31
PIs
8

Awarded at University of Nevada Las Vegas

NSF #0546865

CAREER: Linking novel thermophiles with ecosystem function: Study of a model spring in Nevada

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2006-09-01 → 2012-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Nevada Las Vegas

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: Metagenomics reveal unrestricted dispersal of extreme halophiles and higher connectivity among coastal vs. inland solar salterns and hypersaline lakes (ISME Communications)2026-06-13
  2. New preprint: Isolation of two species of Caldatribacterium (Atribacterota) and the importance of folate for their culturability2025-11-11

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