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BRIE is a cross-disciplinary research program involving faculty from a wide
variety of departments across Penn State. Below is a list of the faculty currently
involved with Team 3, Biologically Enhnaced Mineral Reactivity.
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 | Jean E. Brenchley,
Professor of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology
Microbiology Laboratory: Recombinant DNA methods to clone
genes and express cold-active enzymes,
purification and analysis of enzymes, PCR, DNA sequencingand phylogenetic analyses
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| Jonathan D.
Chorover, Assistant Professor of Environmental Soil Chemistry, Soil Science Program,
Agronomy Dept.
Soil Chemistry Laboratory: Wet chemistry, AA and Auger
electron spectroscopy, ion and high pressure liquid chromatography, UV-Vis, FTIR, nuclear
magnetic resonance, TEM
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| James G. Ferry, Stanley
Person Professor and Director of the Center for Microbial Structural Biology, Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Center for Microbial Structural Biology: Isolation and
biochemical analysis of enzymes from microorganisms with special emphasis on the
methanogens
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| Lee R. Kump, Professor of
Geosciences
Analytical and Computational Biogeochemistry Laboratory:
Automated nutrient analysis; rock, sediment, and porewater analysis including ICP, XRD,
and petrography; numerical modeling
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| Carlo G. Pantano,
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Director of the Materials
Characterization Laboratory and the Materials Research
Institute
Material Characterization Laboratory: Analytical services,
specialties in state-of-the-art surface analysis, materials characterization in support of
research and training
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| Richard F. Unz,
Professor of Environmental Microbiology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Environmental Microbiology Laboratory: Isolation of bacteria
from environmental specimens, chemical extraction, computer-coupled "real time"
analysis of corrosion events (primarily crevice corrosion) |
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