Geomicrobiology
Office: SEB 4250
Phone: (702)-895 1421
Email: adcockc2@unlv.nevada.edu
Education:
B.S., Environmental Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Research Interests:
I am a geomicrobiologist and low-temperature aqueous geochemist. My research interests include investigating microbe-mineral interactions and their affect on system geochemistry and microbial growth. My work has included modeling the thermodynamics of geochemical and biogeochemical processes occurring in microbe-water-rock systems, including microbe-metal surface adsorption and biogeochemical sulfur, iron and nitrogen cycling. I am currently investigating snow algae-microbe-mineral interactions and their role in supporting snow algae bloom formation.
Publications:
Harrold, Z. R., Skidmore, M.L., Hamilton, T.L., Amada, K, Roden, E.E., and Boyd, E.S. (Submitted) Aerobic and Anaerobic Thiosulfate Oxidation by a Cold-Adapted Chemoautotroph. Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Harrold, Z. R. and Gorman-Lewis, D., (2013) Thermodynamic analysis of Bacillus subtilis endospore protonation using isothermal titration calorimetry, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 109, 296-3
Gorman-Lewis, D., Jensen, M. P., Harrold, Z. R., and Hertel, M. R., (2013) Complexation of neptunium(V) with Bacillus subtilis endospore surfaces and their exudates. Chemical Geology 341, 75-83.
Harrold, Z. R., Hertel, M. R., and Gorman-Lewis, D., (2011) Optimizing Bacillus subtilis spore isolation and quantifying spore harvest purity. J. of Microbiol. Methods 87, 325-329.