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Karen Adair

Karen Adair

Karen is a graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences at NAU. Her research focuses on ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea, in particular their niches and roles in soil nitrogen cycling. DNA methods and stable isotope probing are utilized.

Cammie Crowder

Cammie is currently a research assistant in the Schwartz lab. Her research focuses on stable isotope analysis to determine the presence and processes of microbes in soil samples. She is a recent graduate of The Evergreen State College and hopes to enter into the Masters of Science program at NAU in the spring.
Berai Evans

Berai Evans

Berai is a microbiology major and plans to graduate in May '08. She is currently working on a project with Karen Adair, involving ammonium oxidizing bacteria and archaea.
Andrew Schwartz

Andrew Schwartz

Andrew Schwartz is a Pre-Medical Student Graduating in 2008 with a degree in Biology with a minor in Chemistry. Currently he is working with Eukaryotic genomics focusing on mRNA extractions from different species of Algae. Future plans include Medical School, Research, Public Health and a growing interest in Environmental Research. At this time there is no known relation between Egbert Schwartz and Andrew Schwartz.
Egbert Schwartz

Egbert Schwartz

Research: Microbial Ecology, Bioremediation, Ecosystem Ecology.

Academic Highlights: Post-doctoral researcher: University of California, Berkeley, 2000-2001 PhD: University of California, Davis, 1999 M.S. University of Michigan, 1991 B.S.: Michigan State University, 1988

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Zachary Walker

Zachary Walker

Zach is a undergraduate student majoring in environmental science and microbiology. He is currently conducting a research project in the Schwartz Lab. His project focuses on grazing impacts on soils north of the San Francisco Peaks.

Amy Welty-BernardAmy Welty-Bernard

Amy Welty-Bernard is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biological Science. She is currently performing basic research toward isolation and characterization of aluminum-resistant microbial communities from temperate forest ecosystems in Arizona using traditional culturing methods and molecular techniques. In addition, she is participating in decomposition experiments with researchers from the University of Arizona to assess the role of aluminum on organo-mineral complexation and microbial biodegradation of labile carbon. She is currently developing experiments to understand the mechanisms and genes conferring tolerance to acid soil stress and aluminum toxicity.
 
 
 
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